REM album puts careers on the line

After a series of critical and commercial flops, the critics love the album Accelerate and fans can't wait to hear it when it is officially launched next week.

It has been described, almost unanimously by the music press, as the band's best work for more than a decade.

In the past, the band have campaigned for Burma and Tibet. But on Accelerate, their focus is much closer to home and their anger is against George Bush.

Stipe said: "I kind of feel like some of the fury or the rage within the more political songs on the record are reflective of the attitudes of a lot of people living in my country. For me the songs and the content really just reflect the times that we're living in.

"It's a response to this administration and possibly a call for something much better very soon.

"My candidate of choice is Barack Obama and I do think he has a chance of winning."

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