Reveal

2001年リリースの本作12枚目で結成20年目を迎えた。メロディックでよりレイヤーの厚いサウンドが評価され、2001年のベスト・アルバムとの評が高かった名盤。USではゴールド、UKではプラチナム・ディスクに輝き、"Imitation of Life"が日本でも大ヒット!

Spin - 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..." Mojo - "...Pitches camp somewhere between UP's experimentation and AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE's traditionalism....There is joy and true artistry here..." Mojo - Ranked #25 in Mojo's "Best [40] Albums of 2001". Alternative Press - 7 out of 10 - "...A remarkably cohesive album of intense beauty and heady wisdom..." Q - Ranked #27 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime" Rolling Stone - 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." Q - 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..." NME - Ranked #34 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".