Editing Automatic for the People (section)

==Release==
[[File:Invitation to Automatic For The People Show.jpg|alt=A live version of "Drive" recorded at this November{{nbsp}}19, 1992 show appears on Alternative NRG.|thumb|A live version of "Drive" recorded at this 11/19/1992 show appears on ''Alternative NRG.'']]
''Automatic for the People'' was released in October 1992. In the United States, the album reached No.{{nbsp}}2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts.<ref name="allmusic_album">"[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r58373/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Automatic for the People > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums]". [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved on March{{nbsp}}12, 2009.</ref> The album reached No.{{nbsp}}1 in the United Kingdom, where it topped the [[UK Albums Chart]] on four separate occasions.<ref>Buckley, p. 230</ref> Despite only making a handful of promotional appearances and conducting a short mini-tour for ''Out of Time'', R.E.M. drastically scaled back their live appearances even further for ''Automatic for the People'', and did not go any tours whatsoever. ''Automatic for the People'' has been certified four times platinum in the US (four million copies shipped), six times platinum in the United Kingdom (1.8 million shipped), and three times platinum in Australia (210,000 shipped).<ref name="Buckley358">Buckley, p.{{nbsp}}358</ref> The album has sold 3.52 million copies in the US, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]] sales figures {{as of|2017|lc=y}}.<ref name="Soundscan sales figures">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7965626/rem-automatic-for-the-people-reissue-peter-buck-interview|title=R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Talks 'Automatic for the People' Before 25th Anniversary Reissue: 'I Didn't Expect It to Be a Huge Hit'|last=Rosen|first=Craig|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2017-09-14|access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref> In 1993, the album has sold 1.7 million copies in the US, according to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s lists of 1993's best-selling albums domestically.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Billboard |date=1994-01-15 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en}}</ref>

''Automatic for the People'' yielded six singles over the course of 1992 and 1993: "Drive", "Man on the Moon", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "Everybody Hurts", "Nightswimming" and "[[Find the River]]". Lead single "Drive" was the album's highest-charting domestic hit, reaching No.{{nbsp}}28 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Other singles charted higher overseas: "Everybody Hurts" charted in the top ten on the [[UK singles chart|United Kingdom singles chart]], Canada, and Australia.<ref name="Buckley358" />

A live, harder, version of "Drive" appears on the ''Alternative NRG'', recorded at Athens' [[40 Watt Club]] on November 19, 1992, during an invitation-only concert supporting [[Greenpeace]] Action. A re-recorded, slower version of "Star Me Kitten", featuring [[William S. Burroughs]], was released on ''[[Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files]]'' in 1996.

The music videos from the album were included in the 1995 video release ''[[Parallel (video)|Parallel]]''.

In 2005, [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]] issued a two-disc edition of ''Automatic for the People'' which includes a CD, a [[DVD-Audio]] disc containing a [[5.1]]-channel [[surround sound]] mix of the album done by [[Elliot Scheiner]], and the original CD booklet with expanded [[liner notes]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

A 25th anniversary edition was released on November 10, 2017, by [[Craft Recordings]], featuring four discs of live recordings, demos, and the album remixed in [[Dolby Atmos]], making ''Automatic for the People'' the first music release on this format.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7965626/rem-automatic-for-the-people-reissue-peter-buck-interview|title=R.E.M.'s Peter Buck Talks 'Automatic for the People' Before 25th Anniversary Reissue: 'I Didn't Expect It to Be a Huge Hit'|website=Billboard.com|access-date=5 November 2021}}</ref>