Around the Sun is REM's first studio album since the acclaimed platinum Reveal in 2001. This eagerly anticipated album follows the success of last year's multi-platinum greatest hits collection, In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003.Around the Sun, REM's 13th album, was written by REM and produced by REM and Pat McCarthy. It features the evocative new single "Leaving New York" and 12 other new songs including the enigmatic, "The Outsiders", "Wanderlust" with its infectious chorus, and the epic tale of "Boy in the Well".