1.0 link 94959 <![CDATA[Rock Criticism 101: If you can't say something nice...]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-wyman/rock-criticism-101-if-you_b_94959.html We reclined, the other day, accompanied by the new issue of Rolling Stone, a fresh bag of Fig Newtons, and a sense of breathless anticipation. Who would not be excited at the prospect of hearing this fabled magazine's thoughts on the quality of and accomplishments embodied within the new R.E.M. album, Accelerate?

Indeed, "accelerate" was a word we would have used to describe our pulse.

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We were pleased to see the reviewer was David Fricke, one of...

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