or so the Independent reckons
And of course it is. Just like their last three albums have been "triumphant returns to form" or every single Oasis album since "What's The Story" or the rest...
We all bought "Automatic For The People", we all bought Moby's "Play", we all bought Air's "Moon Safari" we all bought "What's The Story". Etc. Etc. Etc.
Some of us were so impressed we bought their next new album.
Oh dear......
Of course the album that followed the follow up (ie. the one we didn't buy because it's predecessor was such utter crap) were invariably hailed as a "triumphant return to form".
No-one listened. Or, rather, no-one believed it.
We all know a band reaches a creative peak. Slowly and relentlessly though this passes. Some do the decent thing and split (only to reform a couple of years later) others just provide evidence of the law of diminishing returns.
Returns which are no less just because some hack in a newspaper says otherwise, or rather tells us something they've told us about every follow up to the popular one.
So the next REM album is almost certain to be a triumphant return to form. I guarantee it.
