Automatic for the People

Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band R.E.M., released by Warner Bros. Records on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending top albums charts and achieving global success. Aided by string arrangements from John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson, Automatic for the People features ruminations on mortality, loss, mourning, and nostalgia.

Automatic for the People
Studio album by
R.E.M.
ReleasedOctober 5, 1992 (1992-10-05)
RecordedJune 1991 – July 1992
Studio
Genre
Length48:52
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
  • Scott Litt
  • R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
The Best of R.E.M.
(1991)		 Automatic for the People
(1992)		 The Automatic Box
(1993)
Singles from Automatic for the People
  1. "Drive"
    Released: September 21, 1992
  2. "Man on the Moon"
    Released: November 9, 1992
  3. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
    Released: February 1, 1993
  4. "Everybody Hurts"
    Released: April 5, 1993
  5. "Nightswimming"
    Released: July 12, 1993
  6. "Find the River"
    Released: November 29, 1993

Upon release, it received widespread acclaim from critics, reached number two on the US Billboard 200, and yielded six singles. Rolling Stone reviewer Paul Evans concluded of the album, "This is the members of R.E.M. delving deeper than ever; grown sadder and wiser, the Athens subversives reveal a darker vision that shimmers with new, complex beauty." Automatic for the People has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide.

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