The new R.E.M. disc - Around The Sun [iTunes] - is officially available. I've had it for, uh, a little bit now, and I think I've listened to it enough to give an honest review. The first few runs through, I wasn't quite sure. But it's come to grow on me. A lot. The best track, by far, is the first single Leaving New York [iTunes]. Beyond that, "Around the Sun" and "Electron Blue" are also potential singles. I think, however, that it's one of those albums that has to be taken as a whole, not as a collection of singles. The production style is much different than their ...