| Beat Poetry for Survivalists | ||||
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| Released | March 6, 2020 | |||
| Length | 39:18 | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
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Beat Poetry for Survivalists is a 2020 collaborative studio album by R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck and English musician Luke Haines. It was released on March 6, 2020 under Cherry Red Records. [1] [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10 [3] |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| American Songwriter | [6] |
| The Irish Times | [7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ (  ) [9] |
Beat Poetry for Survivalists was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 8 reviews. [4]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Jack Parsons" | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Apocalypse Beach" | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Last of the Legendary Bigfoot Hunters" | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Beat Poetry for the Survivalist" | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Witch Tariff" | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Andy Warhol Was Not Kind" | 3:39 |
| 7. | "French Man Glam Gang" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "Ugly Dude Blues" | 3:36 |
| 9. | "Bobby;s Wild Years" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Rock 'n' Roll Ambulance" | 2:54 |
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