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Live at The Olympia
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Live album by R.E.M.
Released October 27, 2009 (2009-10-27)
Recorded June 30 – July 5, 2007
Venue Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
Genre Alternative rock
Length 150:41
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Jacknife Lee
R.E.M. chronology
Live from London
(2008)Live from London2008
Live at The Olympia
(2009)
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
(2010)R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX2010
R.E.M. live album chronology
Live from London
(2008) Live from London2008
Live at The Olympia
(2009) Live at The Olympia2009
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
(2010) R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX2010
R.E.M. video chronology
R.E.M. Live
(2007) R.E.M. Live2007
This Is Not a Show
(2009) This Is Not a Show2009
R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX
(2010) R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX2010
Reckoning Songs from The Olympia
Cover to the promotional EP released through the iTunes Store to promote Live at The Olympia
Cover to the promotional EP released through the iTunes Store to promote Live at The Olympia
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The A.V. Club A−
Classic Rock 8/10 stars
Mojo 2/5 stars
Pitchfork Media 7.4/10
Q 4/5 stars
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars
Uncut 4/5 stars

Live at The Olympia is a live album by American alternative rock band R.E.M.. It is a recording of five-night residency the band held at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, between June 30 and July 5, 2007, and released on October 27, 2009. In this series of "working rehearsals" all of the songs on Accelerate were debuted, with many of them still as works in progress. The album is a two-CD release, and contains a total of 39 songs. In addition, a DVD with a documentary entitled This Is Not a Show directed by Vincent Moon is included. A special edition box set containing the album on 4 LPs as well as the two CDs and the DVD is also available.

To promote the album, R.E.M.'s Dublin website had full streaming clips of "Driver 8", "I've Been High", and "Harborcoat", along with videos for "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" and clips from the Reckoning EP, while the video for "Drive" was made available on R.E.M.'s Myspace page. On October 22, 2009, National Public Radio streamed the entire album for free.

A digital EP containing songs from the album, Reckoning Songs from The Olympia, was released on July 7, 2009, through the iTunes Store and other distributors. It contains "Harborcoat", "Letter Never Sent", "Second Guessing", and "Pretty Persuasion", songs found on the band's 1984 studio album Reckoning.

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe, except where noted

A 10-song version was made available by The Times newspaper as a reader download through the iTunes Store during October 2009. Several tracks were exclusive to this release.


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