Work on the group’s fourteenth album commenced in early 2007. The band recorded with producer Jacknife Lee in Vancouver and Dublin, where it played five nights in the Olympia Theatre between June 30 and July 5 as part of a “working rehearsal”. R.E.M. Live , the band’s first live album (featuring songs from a 2005 Dublin show), was released in October 2007. The group followed this with the 2009 live album Live at The Olympia , which features performances from its 2007 residency. R.E.M. released Accelerate in early 2008. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard charts, and became the band’s eighth album to top the British album charts. Rolling Stone reviewer David Fricke considered Accelerate an improvement over the band’s previous post-Berry albums, calling it “one of the best records R.E.M. have ever made”.
Work on Accelerate begins
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