Rolling Stone (5/24/01, pp.83-4) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...An album of gorgeous, woozily sun-struck ballads....it's a spiritual renewal rooted in a musical one....ceaselessly astonishing beauty." Spin (6/01, pp.143-4) - 7 out of 10 - "...A collection of torch songs aching not to become swan songs....Vaguely psychedelic, filled with hazy shades of woo...REVEAL moves with the graceful drag of 1985's FABLES OF THE RECONSTRUCTION, yet with more ebb and flux..." Q (10/01, p.67) - Ranked #27 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime" Q (6/01, pp.116-7) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Voluptuously modern....12 wonderfully engaging songs that contain clearly defined verses, choruses and middle-eights....they've proved that rock holds no restrictions for REM whatsoever..." Alternative Press (7/01, pp.79,81) - 7 out of 10 - "...A remarkably cohesive album of intense beauty and heady wisdom..." Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.70) - Ranked #25 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". Mojo (Publisher) (6/01, p.100) - "...Pitches camp somewhere between UP's experimentation and AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE's traditionalism....There is joy and true artistry here..." NME (Magazine) (12/29/01, p.59) - Ranked #34 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".

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