▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁ ▁Acc eler ate ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁highest - chart ing ▁release ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 ' s ▁New ▁Advent ures ▁in ▁Hi - Fi . ▁ ▁It ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁two ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁with ▁first ▁week ▁sales ▁of ▁ 1 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁sell ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 5 3 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁band ' s ▁e ighth ▁album ▁to ▁top ▁the ▁British ▁album ▁charts . ▁ ▁" Super natural ▁Sup ers er ious " ▁was ▁released ▁as ▁the ▁album ' s ▁first ▁single . ▁The ▁second ▁single ▁" H ollow ▁Man " ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁with ▁" Man - S ized ▁W re ath " ▁following ▁in ▁August . ▁According ▁to ▁Billboard , ▁Acc eler ate ▁stayed ▁ 1 8 ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 ▁chart . ▁▁ ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁four ▁out ▁of ▁five ▁stars , ▁with ▁critic ▁David ▁F ric ke ▁pra ising ▁the ▁group ' s ▁ag gress ive ▁sound , ▁writing , ▁" St ipe ▁has ▁not ▁sound ed ▁this ▁vis cer ally ▁engaged ▁in ▁his ▁singing ▁and ▁poet ically ▁le th al ▁in ▁his ▁writing ▁since ▁the ▁tw il ight ▁of ▁the ▁Re agan ▁administration ." ▁N ME ▁rev iewer ▁Alan ▁Wood house , ▁similarly ▁app la ud ing ▁the ▁group ' s