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Automatic for the People is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Nazareth and David Essex. Those roots explain a lot about how Automatic for the People arrange songs and choose their tones. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Automatic for the People, reaching back through Hüsker Dü. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Automatic for the People is the eighth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on October 5, 1992, in the United Kingdom and Europe, and on the following day in the United States, by Warner Bros. Records. R.E.M. began production on the album while their previous album, Out of Time (1991), was still ascending charts and achieving global success. Several tracks include strings arranged by John Paul Jones and conducted by George Hanson.
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Automatic for the People grew out of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Nazareth and David Essex. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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