Album

ReleaseFormatDate/AreaLabel
Official
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 1992-10-06 CA
Columbia House, Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 1992-10-06 US
Warner Bros. Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Automatic for the People (WB logo underneath barcode)CD
  • 1992-10-06 US
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (WB logo right of barcode, pressed by Allied Record Company)CD
  • 1992-10-06 US
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 1992-10-10 JP
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 1992-10 XE
  • 1992-10 DE
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (Columbia House Club Edition)CD
Columbia House, Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (WB logo right of barcode, pressed by Specialty Records Corporation)CD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People12" Vinyl
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (2000 repress)CD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleDVD-Audio
  • 2002-12-03 US
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 2004-07-09 AU
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
  • 2007-03-21 JP
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (Mastered for iTunes)Digital Media
Automatic for the People (hi-res audio)Digital Media
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the PeopleCD
Concord Bicycle Music
Automatic for the People (25th anniversary edition)3×Digital Media
  • 2017-11-10 XE
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People2×CD
  • 2017-11-10 XE
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People12" Vinyl
  • 2017-11-10 XE
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People12" Vinyl
  • 2017-11-10 US
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People (25th anniversary edition, Mastered for iTunes)3×Digital Media
  • 2017-11-10 US
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People (25th anniversary edition, digital booklet)2×Digital Media
  • 2017-11-10 XW
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People (25th anniversary deluxe edition)3×CD + Blu-ray
  • 2017-11-10 XW
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People (explicit, iTunes)Digital Media
R.E.M./Athens L.L.C.
Automatic for the People (Dolby Atmos mix)Digital Media
  • 2021-06-14 -
Automatic for the People (MQA x UHQCD)HQCD
  • 2021-10-29 JP
Craft Recordings
Automatic for the People (1990s repress with SID codes)CD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (Reissue)CD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (WB logo underneath barcode, pressed by Allied Record Company)CD
Warner Bros. Records
Automatic for the People (qobuz booklet)Digital Media
Craft Recordings

Relationships

associated singles/EPs:Devil Rides Backwards (demo)
Drive
Everybody Hurts
Find the River
Ignoreland
Man on the Moon
Mike’s Pop Song (demo)
Nightswimming
Photograph (demo)
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
covers:Stereogum Presents… DRIVE XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People by Various Artists
included in:Complete Studio Albums 1988–1996
part of:Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (number: 4) (order: 4)
Fifteen Albums to Play the First Time You Have Sex With a Woman, Assuming You Know Nothing Except Her First Name (number: 5-Jennifer) (order: 5)
Grammy Award: Best Alternative Music Album nominees (number: 1994) (order: 16)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 26) (order: 26)
Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (number: 63) (order: 63)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 96) (order: 96)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 96) (order: 96)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 1994) (order: 155)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 247) (order: 247)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 249) (order: 249)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (number: 718) (order: 719)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/57830 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mgn8 [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/r_e_m_/automatic_for_the_people/ [info]
https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-1503 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000089350 [info]
Wikidata:Q782550 [info]