contain pictures from the road and the deluxe edition of the album is a hardcover book in a slipcase featuring more photographs of R.E.M.'s tour. Critical reception Critical reaction to the album was mostly favorable. Several publications lauded the album for its rich diversity, including Rolling Stone, Q, and Mojo. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said, "In its multifaceted sprawl, [R.E.M.] wound up with one of their best records of the '90s." At the same time, however, Melody Maker criticized the album's empty and flat sound caused by recording in arenas and soundchecks. In a 2017 retrospective on the band, Consequence of Sound ranked it third out of R.E.M.'s 15 full-length studio albums. The album is lead vocalist Michael Stipe's favorite from R.E.M. and he considers it the band at their peak. Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, who cited R.E.M. as a major influence, said it was his favorite R.E.M. album and "Electrolite" was the greatest song of their career. Awards New Adventures in Hi-Fi has since appeared on several lists compiling the best albums of the 1990s or all time: Magnet listed the album at #20 on its list of the "Top 60 Albums 1993–2003", and Mojo also listed the album at #20 on a list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993–2006". It was voted #186 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd Edition, 2000). It was also featured on several year-end best-of lists for 1996: Entertainment Weekly (#2) Eye Weekly (#11) The Face (#28) Magnet (#26) Mojo (#4) NME (#16) Q (unranked) Rock Sound (French edition) (#2) Rolling Stone (#4) Spin (#11) Village Voice (#11) Track listing All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. The Hi Side "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" – 4:31 "The Wake-Up Bomb" – 5:08 "New Test Leper" – 5:26 "Undertow" – 5:09 "E-Bow the Letter" – 5:23 "Leave" – 7:18 The Fi Side "Departure" – 3:28 "Bittersweet Me" – 4:06 "Be Mine" – 5:32 "Binky the Doormat" – 5:01 "Zither" – 2:33 "So Fast, So Numb" – 4:12 "Low Desert" – 3:30 "Electrolite" – 4:05 Unlike most R.E.M. albums, this vinyl release did not have custom side names and was instead released as a double album. Record one has tracks 1–6 (three songs per side) and record two has tracks 7–14 (four songs per side). The tape release