Editing Automatic for the People (section)

{{Short description|1992 album by R.E.M.}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Automatic for the People
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[R.E.M.]]
| cover        = R.E.M. - Automatic for the People.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1992|10|05}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/drive-xv/|title=Stereogum Presents... Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic For The People&nbsp;– Stereogum|work=Stereogum|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>
| recorded     = June 1991&nbsp;– July 1992
| studio       = * [[Bearsville Studios|Bearsville]], [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]]
* [[Criteria Studios|Criteria]], [[Miami]]
* [[John Keane (record producer)|John Keane]], [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]
* Kingsway, [[New Orleans]]
* Bosstown, [[Atlanta]]
| genre        = * [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://theweek.com/articles/481583/rems-legacy-6-ways-band-changed-american-music | title=R.E.M.'s legacy: 6 ways the band changed American music | work=[[The Week]] | date=September 22, 2011 | access-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref>
* [[baroque pop]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/149009-/ | title=R.E.M.'s 'Automatic for the People' | magazine=[[PopMatters]] | date=October 7, 2011 | access-date=September 13, 2015 | author=Mendelsohn, Jason and Eric Klinger}}</ref>
* [[folk rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/automatic-for-the-people-mw0000089350 | title=R.E.M. - Automatic for the People Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
* [[chamber pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16032-part-lies-part-heart-part-truth-part-garbage-1982-2011/|title=R.E.M.: Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 Album Review – Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com}}</ref><ref name= "Treble Staff 2016">{{cite web|last= Treble Staff|title= 10 Essential Chamber Pop Albums|website= Treble|date= September 22, 2016|url= https://www.treblezine.com/best-chamber-pop-albums/|accessdate= September 27, 2024}}</ref>
| length       = {{Duration|m=48|s=52}}
| label        = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer     = * [[Scott Litt]]
* R.E.M.
| prev_title   = [[The Best of R.E.M.]]
| prev_year    = 1991
| next_title   = [[The Automatic Box]]
| next_year    = 1993
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Automatic for the People
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Drive (R.E.M. song)|Drive]]
 | single1date = September 21, 1992<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/Music-Week-1992-09-19-S-OCR.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=September 19, 1992|access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Man on the Moon (R.E.M. song)|Man on the Moon]]
 | single2date = November 9, 1992<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-11-07.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=November 7, 1992|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
 | single3     = [[The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite]]
 | single3date = February 1, 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-01-30.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=January 30, 1993|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
 | single4     = [[Everybody Hurts]]
 | single4date = April 5, 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-03.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=17|date=April 3, 1993|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref>
 | single5     = [[Nightswimming]]
 | single5date = July 12, 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=21|date=July 10, 1993}}</ref>
 | single6     = [[Find the River]]
 | single6date = November 29, 1993<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-11-27.pdf|title=Single Releases|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=November 27, 1993|access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Automatic for the People''''' is the eighth studio album by the American [[alternative rock]] band [[R.E.M.]], released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, ''[[Out of Time (album)|Out of Time]]'' (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include [[String section|strings]] arranged by [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] and conducted by George Hanson.

Yielding six singles, the album reached number two on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and received widespread acclaim from critics upon release. ''[[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."<ref name="uDiscover">{{cite web |first=Tim |last=Peacock |title='Automatic For The People': How R.E.M. Created A Soul-Searching Classic |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/behind-the-albums/r-e-m-automatic-for-the-people/ |date=October 5, 2018 |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> ''Automatic for the People'' has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7990121/rem-automatic-for-the-people-anniversary-essay|title=The Enduring Empathy & Beauty of R.E.M.'s 'Automatic for the People'|magazine=Billboard|first=William|last=Goodman|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album number 96 on its list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/r-e-m-automatic-for-the-people-3-1063137/</ref>