The Best of R.E.M.

by R.E.M.

Overview

This import collection highlights the band's formative years on the independent IRS label. Though it lacks the alternate mixes that spurred completists to purchase 1988's Eponymous, this set offers a more detailed picture of the band's early days, when they sounded more pastoral than pastiche. There is nothing here that can't be found on the original IRS albums, which are all worth purchasing, but this set is still recommended for casual listeners interested in owning just one R.E.M. disc from this creatively fertile period.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/10/1998
Label:	Emi Import
UPC:	0077771312823
catalogNumber:	13128

Tracks

1. Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Perfect Circle
4. Talk About the Passion
5. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
6. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
7. Pretty Persuasion
8. Green Grow the Rushes
9. Can't Get There from Here
10. Driver 8
11. Fall on Me
12. I Believe
13. Cuyahoga
14. One I Love
15. Finest Worksong
16. It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

R.E.M.   Primary Artist
Peter Buck   Group Member
Mike Mills   Group Member
Bill Berry   Group Member

Technical Credits

Peter Buck   Composer
Mike Mills   Composer
Michael Stipe   Composer
Bill Berry   Composer