  R.E.M. hail from Athens, Georgia
and formed in 1980. The band consists of
Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar),
Mike Mills (bass), and Bill Berry (drums).
Originally Stipe and Buck began playing music
together as Mills and Berry were doing the
same. After being introduced together by a
friend, the 4 men teamed up to play at a
friend's party, calling themselves the
"Twisted Kites." Soon after, the
named themselves R.E.M. and began touring
small, southern gigs playing cover tunes. In
the meantime, the band started to refine
their sound, write their own tunes, and
develop a following. R.E.M. began their
career with a large following with college
audiences in the early 80s and were regarded
as one of the pioneers to the alternative
music sound. As alternative music moved
beyond college radio and into other music
platforms, R.E.M. kept the pace and grew in
universal popularity as well. When punk rock
faded and synthesized alternative music grew
in the early 80s, R.E.M. maintained a pure,
un-synthesized rock/alternative sound.
 R.E.M.'s debut EP, Chronic
Town, was released on I.R.S. Records
and was a hit with alternative audiences and
underground music fans.
April 12: R.E.M. released Murmur.
 R.E.M. hits the US charts for
the first time with a re-recorded version of
"Radio Free Europe."
Rolling
Stone named Murmur "Album of the
Year."
 Reckoning was released with the
tracks "(Don't Go Back To)
Rockville" and "So. Central
Rain."
R.E.M. released Fables
Of The Reconstruction.
 R.E.M. released Life's
Rich Pageant with the hit "Fall On
Me."
 # 82
Singles Artist of the Year
R.E.M. kicked off the year
touring the U.S.
Life's
Rich Pageant was certified gold.
The release of Dead
Letter Office included the Chronic
Town EP and various
unreleased tracks and b-sides.
 R.E.M. began to feel success on
the pop charts with the release of the Top 10
Document and the Top 10
"The One I Love" (which was also
nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in '88
for Best Direction). Other track
favorites on the LP included "Finest
Worksong" and "It's The End Of The
World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Document was ranked at #41 in Rolling
Stone's "100 Best Albums of the
Eighties."
 Document was certified gold.
 # 196
Singles Artist of the Year
Document was certified
platinum.
 R.E.M. signed with Warner Bros.
Records.
Stipe could be heard on the
Disney compilation, Stay
Awake, with "Little April
Shower" (accompanied by Natalie
Merchant).
A hits compilation, Eponymous, was released.
The video for "The One I
Love" was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Direction.
 After the release of Green R.E.M. stopped touring
for awhile to focus on their music. Hits from
Green included "Orange
Crush," "Pop Song 89,"
"Turn You Inside Out," and "Stand."
 # 46
Singles Artist of the Year
Green was certified gold.
 Green was certified
platinum.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Stand."
R.E.M. embarked on their
"Green World Tour."
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "Stand."
The video for "Orange
Crush" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Post Modern Video.
 # 19
Singles Artist of the Year
 R.E.M. released Out
Of Time which contained their biggest
pop hit, "Losing My Religion." The track
marked the first time the band lip-synched in
a music video, and it paid off.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Losing My Religion."
 Out
Of Time was certified platinum and hit
#1.
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "Losing My Religion."
Fables
Of The Reconstruction was certified gold, Reckoning was certified gold,
and Out
Of Time was certified 2x platinum.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Shiny Happy People."
The video for "Losing My Religion" won 6 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Direction (Tarsem), Best Art Direction (Jose Montana), Best Editing (Robert Duffy), and Breakthrough Video, and was nominated for
Best Alternative Video, Best Cinematography, and Viewer's Choice.
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "Shiny Happy People."
R.E.M. could also be heard on a
tribute LP for Leonard Cohen
(I'm
Your Fan) with the cover "First We
Take Manhattan."
Murmur was certified gold and
Out
Of Time was certified 3x platinum.
R.E.M. won 2 Billboard Music
Awards for Top Modern Rock Artist and Top
World Album.
 # 108
Singles Artist of the Year
R.E.M. were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Out
Of Time).
R.E.M. won 3 Grammy
Awards for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Losing My Religion"), Best Alternative Music
Performance (Out
Of Time), and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Losing My Religion") and was
nominated for Album of the Year (Out
Of Time), Record of the Year and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Losing My Religion"), and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Radio Song").
R.E.M. also won a Brit Award for
Best International Group.
Out
Of Time was certified 4x platinum.
 R.E.M. released Automatic
For The People. The LP contained the hits
"Drive," "Man On The Moon," and the
haunting "Everybody Hurts." Rolling
Stone said of the LP, "...R.E.M.
has never made music more gorgeous...
musically irresistible..." The LP was
ranked at #23 in NME's
"Greatest Albums of All-Time" and
the Village Voice's 3rd Best Album
of 1992.
Stipe could also be heard on Neneh
Cherry's LP, Homebrew, on the track
"Trout."
R.E.M. topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"Drive."
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Drive."
 Automatic
For The People was certified 2x platinum.
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
Stipe and Mills took part n
MTV's Rock & Roll Inaugural Ball.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Man On The Moon."
R.E.M. won a Brit Award for Best
International Group.
R.E.M. could be heard on the Coneheads soundtrack
with "It's A Free World Baby."
The video for "Man On The
Moon" was nominated for 6 MTV Video Music
Awards including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Viewer's Choice.
 R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Everybody Hurts."
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included Losing My Religion" at # 3, "Man On The Moon" at # 41, and "Orange
Crush" at # 93.
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "Everybody Hurts."
Automatic
For The People was certified 3x platinum.
 # 49
Singles Artist of the Year
R.E.M. were honored with the
Rock the Vote Patrick Lippert Award.
R.E.M. were nominated for 4 Grammy
Awards for Album of the Year and
"), Best Alternative Music
Performance (Automatic
For The People), Best Pop Performance by a Duo
or Group with Vocal ("Man On The Moon"), and Best Music
Video, Short Form ("Everybody Hurts").
Green was certified 2x
platinum.
 The video for
"Everybody Hurts" won 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Direction (Jake Scott), Best Editing (Pat Sheffield), and Best Cinematography (Harris Savides), and
was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and the Viewer's Choice.
R.E.M. released Monster. The LP continued the
band's commercial and critical success and
the band began touring again after a six year
break, and found sold-out stadiums. Many fans
and critics also argued Monster showed R.E.M.
returning to their original raw
rock/alternative sounds. Hits from the LP
included "What's The Frequency,
Kenneth?", "Bang And Blame," "Crush
With Eyeliner," and "Tongue."
R.E.M. topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with
"What's The Frequency,
Kenneth?"
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"What's The Frequency,
Kenneth?."
Monster topped the Billboard
Pop Albums chart for 2 weeks.
R.E.M. performed on Saturday
Night Live.
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "What's The Frequency,
Kenneth?."
Monster was certified 2x
platinum.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Bang And Blame."
R.E.M. topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks with
"Bang And Blame."
 # 28
Singles Artist of the Year
R.E.M. hit the Top 10 with "Bang And Blame."
R.E.M. were named Best Band by Rolling
Stone (Critic's Choice), won a Brit
Award for Best International Act, and headed
out on a world tour.
Automatic
For The People was certified 5x platinum.
R.E.M. cancelled the remaining
European tour dates after Berry underwent a
craniotomy for a ruptured aneurysm on his
brain. Monster was certified 3x
platinum.
R.E.M. were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (Monster).
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Strange Currencies."
More concert dates are cancelled
in Europe when Mills had surgery to remove a
intestinal tumor.
Monster was certified 4x
platinum.
R.E.M. were honored with the
Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music
Awards and the video for "What's The Frequency,
Kenneth?" was nominated for Viewer's Choice.
 # 60
Singles Artist of the Year
R.E.M. was named Best Band and
Best Tour by the readers of Rolling
Stone and Best Band by the critics.
R.E.M. contributed the track
"Sponge" to the Sweet
Relief II compilation to benefit the
rainforests.
 New
Adventures In Hi-Fi was released.
Although R.E.M. had just signed a record deal
with Warner Brothers for 80 million dollars,
the new LP was much less of a success than
previous efforts - but the critical acclaim
continued for the LP. Rolling
Stone called the LP
"...R.E.M.'s most ambitious album to
date..."
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"E-Bow The Letter."
The video for "Tongue"
was nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Art Direction.
New
Adventures In Hi-Fi topped the UK
LP chart for 2 weeks.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Bittersweet Me."
New
Adventures In Hi-Fi was certified
platinum.
 # 145
Singles Artist of the Year
Rock
'N Roll Hall Of Fame's 500
Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll includes "Losing My Religion" and "Radio
Free Europe."
R.E.M. were nominated for a Grammy Award for "), Best Alternative Music
Performance (New
Adventures In Hi-Fi).
Bill Berry announced that he was
leaving R.E.M. Berry stated: "I'm at a
point in my life where some of my priorities
have shifted. I loved my 17 years with
R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess, and
move on to a different phase of my life... I
think I'm just kind of ready to not be a pop
star anymore. It's been great, it's been a
wild ride, but I'm ready to get off."
R.E.M. will now be a trio, opting not to
replace Berry and instead using other
musicians for studio work and touring. The
band also said Berry's departure was
"...an entirely amicable situation among
4 very good friends." Berry was at the
forefront of R.E.M.'s rise to fame since
their formation in 1980. Michael Stipe said
of Berry's departure: "It's the end of
an era for us - Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe -
and that's sad. I'm happy for Bill; it's what
he really wants and I think it's a courageous
decision. For me, Mike, and Peter, as R.E.M.,
are we still R.E.M.? I guess a three- legged
dog is still a dog. It just has to learn how
to run differently." Mills summed it up
with: "As sad as this is the fact that
Bill is still around to be my friend puts
everything in perspective. I look forward to
playing golf with Bill, and music with
Michael and Peter." It was also stated
that Berry's health had nothing to do with
the decision - Berry suffered a brain
aneurysm in 1985 in Switzerland while
touring. R.E.M. later talked more with MTV
about Bill Berry's decision to leave the
group. Michael Stipe: "R.E.M. has always
only been the four of us. We're now a
three-piece musically and we have to honor
Bill's decisions, to figure out a new
direction." Mike Mills: "The three
of us are still the best of friends, and Bill
is also a best friend. He just won't be in
the same room with us as often. We will miss
Bill hugely on both a personal and a
professional level, but the fact is the three
of us are very happy and excited about the
direction our music is taking now, and we
want to carry on. We're sorry that Bill isn't
coming with us."
 # 159
Singles Artist of the Year
Ranked # 50 on VH1: Greatest
Artists of Rock & Roll (and
# 23 on Rock On The Net's
Poll).
R.E.M. announced they would not
be touring in support of the new LP, mainly
due to the departure of Berry.
 Up was released with the
first single, "Daysleeper. Stipe said of the LP,
"It's a pretty different record... we
spent a lot of time working on it and we're
pushing our own boundaries, partially brought
on by Bill's departure. But we were kind of
already headed on that path. It's gonna be a
wild record." R.E.M. talked with SonicNet
about their LP, Up, taking chances with
the new work, and creating new music as a
trio. Mills said: "We really didn't want
to make a record that sounded like anything
we'd done before." Stipe said: "I
don't think you can tell that it's R.E.M.,
except for maybe a couple of songs."
Musicians including Melissa
Etheridge and Michael Stipe offered their
own words of shock, outrage, and support for
the friends and family of Matthew Shepard, a
gay Wyoming student attacked and beaten to
death. Stipe told MTV: "I don't think
there's been an acceptance of homosexuality
or queerness on a mass scale in this country
to start with... It's 1 thing when it's
entertainment based, when it's Ellen or
someone like myself, who's presenting, you
know, a very different side to
entertainment... If it's something that can
be categorized by television, or music, or
the arts, but in day to day, I would say the
homophobia still exists."
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Daysleeper."
Out magazine named the
top gay newsmakers of the year and included
Michael Stipe.
 Up was certified gold.
Nominees for Brit Awards
included R.E.M. for Best International Group.
R.E.M. began writing music for
the film Man
On The Moon - the biopic of
comedian Andy Kaufman.
R.E.M. could be heard on the
soundtrack for Austin
Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me with "Draggin'
The Line."
The band also appeared on the TV
show Party Of Five.
 R.E.M. toured internationally in
the summer for the first time in over 4 years
and for the first time as a trio.
R.E.M. took part in the Tibetan
Freedom Concert.
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Losing My Religion" at # 13 and "Everybody Hurts" at # 98.
 # 97
Singles Artist of the Year
 R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"The
Great Beyond" from the Man
On The Moon soundtrack.
R.E.M. will begin work on their
next LP in Vancouver.
The video "The
Great Beyond" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Video from a Film and Best Editing (Igor Kovlik).
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Losing My Religion" at # 18 and "The One I
Love" at # 61.
 # 142
Singles Artist of the Year
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes Murmur at # 92.
The band performed at the Rock
In Rio festival in Buenos Aires.
R.E.M. were nominated for a Grammy Award as songwriters for
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture,
Television or Other Visual Media ("The
Great Beyond").
Buck was arrested and charged
with assault after he allegedly got in a
scuffle with 2 crew members on a flight from
Seattle to London. Buck later stated: "I
am very sorry for the incident, and, of
course, very embarrassed about the whole
thing."
R.E.M. released Reveal. In a interview in Time,
Stipe admitted to something the press had
eluded to for years - that he in fact is gay:
"I was being made to be a coward about
it rather than someone who felt like it
really was a very private thing."
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos includes:
# 19
- "Losing My Religion."
Reveal topped
the U.K.
LP chart.
R.E.M. hit the Top 40 with
"Imitation Of Life."
Reveal was certified gold.
Reveal topped the UK Albums
chart for 2 weeks.
It was reported that Stipe would
be producing a sitcom for MTV.
Buck pleaded not guilty to
alleged an air-rage inciden (from April).
The video for "Imitation Of Life" was nominated
for 2 were MTV Video Music
Awards including Breakthrough Video and Best Direction (Garth Jennings).
Stipe could be heard on the All-Star
Tribute benefit single "What's Going On" (with proceeds
going to AIDS and 9/11 charities).
R.E.M. were nominated for a MTV
Europe Music Award for Best Group.
R.E.M. were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by
a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Imitation Of Life").
Buck was found not guilty in a
London court on charges related to last
year's "air-rage" incident.
R.E.M. recorded the anti-war
song "The Final Straw" as the US
began invading Iraq. The song was available
from the website www.remhq.com.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Losing My Religion" at # 18.
R.E.M. began touring Europe and
North America in September, and included Bill
Rieflin on drums. When R.E.M. kicked off
their last scheduled US appearance in North
Carolina, former drummer Bill Berry joined
the group for 2 songs.
 R.E.M. released In
Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 with 2 new songs
"Bad Day" and "Animal."
R.E.M. topped the UK LP charts
for a week with In
Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003.
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 197:
Murmur, # 247:
Automatic
For The People, # 470: Document.
 In
Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 was certified gold.
R.E.M. released their next LP Around
The Sun with the single "Leaving
New York."
R.E.M. began touring as part of
the 'Vote For Change' tour. The tour featured
several major acts that performed together in
key "battleground" states with the
goal of getting citizens out to vote, and
vote to change the current administration.
R.E.M. topped the UK LP charts
with Around
The Sun.
# 60 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
R.E.M. had to reschedule a few
shows during their European tour when Mills
fell ill.
 On July 2nd, R.E.M. performed in
London, England, as part of the worldwide Live
8 concerts. The mission of the
concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure
the G8 leaders to take action by doubling
aid, canceling debt, and delivering trade
justice for Africa.
 Stipe topped the Canadian
singles chart with "In The Sun."
And
I Feel Fine: Best Of The I.R.S. Years
1982-1987 was released.
 VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included
"It’s The End of the World As We
Know It" at # 69.
R.E.M. were inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
 R.E.M. could be heard on the
compilation Instant
Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur with "#9
Dream."
R.E.M. released the live
2CD/1DVD set R.E.M.
Live.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Losing My Religion" at # 9.
 R.E.M. released the LP Accelerate.
R.E.M. topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart, Top Digital Albums
chart, and Top Rock Albums chart with Accelerate.
R.E.M. topped the UK and
Canadian LP chart with Accelerate.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Life's
Rich Pageant at # 32.
 In
Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 was certified
platinum.
R.E.M. released the 2CD/1DVD
live set Live
At The Olympia.
 R.E.M. released Collapse
Into Now.
R.E.M. topped the Billboard Rock
Albums chart and Alternative Albums chart
with Collapse
Into Now.
R.E.M. announced they were
breaking up after 31 years together. In an
official announcement the band stated:
"As lifelong friends and
co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a
day as a band. We walk away with a gret sense
of gratitude, of finality, and of
astonishment at all we have accomplished.
"
 R.E.M. released Part
Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage:
1982-2011.
Document
(25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) was released.
 Green:
25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition was released.
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Chronic Town
Released: August, 1982
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Wolves,
Lower" - "Gardening At
Night" - "Carnival Of Sorts
(Box Cars)" - "1,000,000"
- "Stumble" |
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Murmur
 Released: April 12, 1983
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 36
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Radio Free
Europe" - "Pilgrimage" -
"Laughing" - "Talk About
The Passion" - "Moral
Kiosk" - "Perfect Circle"
- "Catapult" - "Sitting
Still" - "9-9" -
"Shaking Through" - "We
Walk" - "West Of The
Fields" |
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Reckoning
Released: April, 1984
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 27
Rolling Stone:
Tracks:
"Harborcoat" - "Seven
Chinese Brothers" - "So.
Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" -
"Pretty Persuasion" -
"Time After Time (Annelise)" -
"Second Guessing" -
"Letter Never Sent" -
"Camera" - "(Don't Go Back
To) Rockville" - "Little
America" |
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Fables Of The
Reconstruction
Released: June, 1985
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 28
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Feeling
Gravity's Pull" - "Maps And
LEgends" - "Driver 8" -
"Life And How To Live It" -
"Old Man Kensey" - "Can't
Get There From Here" - "Green
Grown The Rushes" -
"Kohoutek" - "Auctioneer
(Another Engine)" - "Good
Advices" - "Wendell Gee" |
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Life's Rich Pageant
Released: July, 1986
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Begin The
Begin" - "These Days" -
"Fall On Me" -
"Cuyahoga" - "Hyena"
- "Underneath The Bunker" -
"The Flowers Of Guatemala" -
"I Believe" - "What If We
Give It Away?" - "Just A
Touch" - "Swan Swan H" -
"Superman" |
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Dead Letter Office
Released: January, 1987
Billboard
peak:
# 52
Tracks: "Crazy"
- "There She Goes Again" -
"Burning Down" - "Voice Of
Harold" - "Burning Hell" -
"White Tornado" - "Toys In
The Attic" - "Windout" -
"Ages Of You" - "Pale Blue
Eyes" - "Rotary Ten" -
"Bandwagon" - "Femme
Fatale" - "Walter's Theme"
- "King Of The Road" -
"Wolves, Lower" -
"Gardening At Night" -
"Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)"
- "1,000,000" -
"Stumble" |
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Document
Released: August, 1987
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 10
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Finest
Worksong" - "Welcome To The
Occupation" - "Exhuming
McCarthy" - "Disturbance At The
Heron House" - "Strange" -
"It's The End Of The World As We
Know It (And I Feel Fine)" -
"The One I Love" -
"Fireplace" - "Lightnin'
Hopkins" - "King Of Birds"
- "Oddfellows Local 151" |
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Eponymous
Released: October, 1988
Billboard
peak:
# 44
Tracks: "Gardening
At Night" (Different Vocal Mix) -
"Talk About The Passion" -
"So. Central Rain" -
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
- "Can't Get There From here" -
"Driver 8" -
"Romance" - "Fall On
Me" - "The One I Love" -
"Finest Worksong" (Mutual Drum
Horn Mix) - "It's The End Of The
World As We Know It (And I Feel
Fine)" |
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Green
Released: November, 1988
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Pop Song
89" - "Get Up" - "You
Are The Everything" - "Stand" -
"World Leader Pretend" -
"Wrong Child" - "Orange
Crush" - "Turn You Inside
Out" - "Hairshirt" -
"I Remember California" -
"[Untitled]" |
Amazon.mp3 |
Out Of Time
Released: March, 1991
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Radio
Song" - "Losing My Religion" -
"Low" - "Near Wild
Heaven" - "Endgame" -
"Shiny Happy People" -
"Belong" - "Half A World
Away" - "Texarkana" -
"Country Feedback" - "Me
In Honey" |
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Automatic For The People
Released: October, 1992
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Drive" - "Try
Not To Breathe" - "The
Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" - "Everybody Hurts" - "New
Orleans Instrumental No. 1" -
"Sweetness Follows" -
"Monty Got A Raw Deal" -
"Ignoreland" - "Star Me
Kitten" - "Man On The Moon" -
"Nightswimming" - "Find
The River" |
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Monster
Monster (25th
Anniversary Edition)
Released: September, 1994
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 2 weeks)
Tracks: "What's The
Frequency, Kenneth?" -
"Crush With Eyeliner" -
"King Of COmedy" - "I
Don't Sleep, I Dream" - "Star
69" - "Strange Currencies" -
"Tongue" - "Bang And Blame" - "I
Took Your Name" - "Let Me
In" - "Circus Envy" -
"You" |
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New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Released: September, 1996
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "How The
West Was Won And Where It Got Us" -
"The Wake-Up Bomb" - "New
Test Leper" - "Undertow" -
"E-Bow The Letter" -
"Leave" - "Departure"
- "Bittersweet Me" - "Be
Mine" - "Blinky The
Doormat" - "Zither" -
"So Fast, So Numb" - "Low
Desert" - "Electrolite" |
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Up
Released: October, 1998
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone:
Tracks:
"Airportman" -
"Lotus" - "Suspicion"
- "Hope" - "At Most
Beautiful" - "The
Apologist" - "Sad
Professor" - "You're In The
Air" - "Walk Unafraid" -
"Why Not Smile" - "Daysleeper" -
"Diminished" -
"Parakeet" - "Falls To
Climb" |
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Reveal
Released: May, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "The
Lifting" - "I've Been
High" - "All The Way To Reno
(You're Gonna Be A Star)" -
"She Just Wants To Be" -
"Disappear" - "Saturn
Return" - "Beat A Drum" -
"Imitation Of Life" -
"Summer Turns To High" -
"Chorus & The Ring" -
"I'll Take Rain" -
"Beachball" |
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In Time: The Best Of
R.E.M. 1988-2003
Released: October, 2003
Billboard
peak:
# 8
US: Platinum
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Man On The Moon" - "The
Great Beyond" - "Bad Day"
- "What's The
Frequency, Kenneth?" - "All
The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A
Star)" - "Losing My Religion" - "E-Bow The Letter" -
"Orange Crush" - "Imitation Of Life" -
"Daysleeper" -
"Animal" - "The Sidewinder
Sleeps Tonite" - "Stand" -
"Electrolite" - "All The
Right Friends" - "Everybody Hurts" - "At
My Most Beautiful" -
"Nightswimming" |
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Around The Sun
Released: October, 2004
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Leaving New
York" - "Electron Blue" -
"The Outsiders" - "Make It
All OK" - "Final Straw" -
"I Wanted To be Wrong" -
"Wander Lust" - "The Boy
In The Well" - "Aftermath"
- "High Speed Train" -
"Worst Joke Ever" - "The
Ascent Of Man" - "Around The
Sun" |
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And I Feel Fine: Best Of
The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Released: September, 2006
Billboard
peak:
# 116
Tracks: "Begin The
Begin" - "Radio Free
Europe" - "Pretty
Persuasion" - "(Don't Go Back
To) Rockville" - "Sitting
Still" - "Gardening At
Night" - "7 Chinese Bros."
- "So. Central Rain (I'm
Sorry)" - "Driver 8" -
"Can't Get There From Here" -
"Finest Worksong" -
"Feeling Gravity's Pull" -
"I Believe" - "Life And
How To Live It" -
"Cuyahoga" - "The One I
Love" - "Welcome To The
Occupation" - "Fall On Me"
- "Perfect Circle" - "It's
The End Of The World As We Know It (And I
Feel Fine)" |
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R.E.M. Live
Released: October, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 72
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Live Tracks: "I Took Your
Name" - "So Fast, So Numb"
- "Boy In The Well" -
"Cuyahoga" - "Everybody
Hurts" - "Election Blue" -
"Bad Day" - "The Ascent Of
Man" - "The Great Beyond"
- "Leaving New York" -
"Orange Crush" - "I Wanted
To Be Wrong" - "Final
Straw" - "Imitation Of Life" - "The
One I Love" - "Walk
Unafraid" - "Losing My Religion" - "What's The
Frequency, Kenneth?" -
"Drive" - "(Don't Go Back
To) Rockville" - "I'm Gonna
DJ" - "Man On The Moon" |
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Accelerate
Released: April, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Living Well
Is The Best Revenge" -
"Man-Sized Wreath" -
"Supernatural Superserious" -
"Hollow Man" -
"Houston" -
"Accelerate" - "Until The
Day Is Done" - "Mr.
Richards" - "Sing For The
Submarine" - "Horse To
Water" - "I'm Gonna DJ" |
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Live At The Olympia
Released: October, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 95
Rolling Stone:
Live Tracks: "Living Well
Is The Best Revenge" - "Second
Guessing" - "Letter Never
Sent" - "Staring Down The
Barrel" - "Disturbance At The
Heron House" - "Mr.
Richards" - "Houston" -
"New Test Leper" -
"Cuyahoga" -
"Electrolite" - "Man-Sized
Wreath" - "So. Central
Rain" - "On The Fly" -
"Maps And Legends" -
"Sitting Still" - "Driver
8" - "Horse To Water" -
"I'm Gonna DJ" - "Circus
Envy" - "These Days" -
"Drive" - "Feeling
Gravity's Pull" - "Until The
Day Is Done" -
"Accelerate" -
"Auctioneer" - "Little
America" - "1,000,000" -
"Disguised" - "The Worst
Joke Ever" - "Welcome To The
Occupation" - "Carnival Of
Sorts (Boxcar)" -
"Harborcoat" - "Wolves,
Lower" - "I've Been High"
- "Kohoutek" - "West Of
The Fields" - "Pretty
Persuasion" - "Romance" -
"Gardening At Night" |
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Collapse Into Now
Released: March, 2011
Tracks:
"Discoverer" - "All The
Best" - "UBerlin" -
"Oh My Heart" - "It
Happened Today" - "Every Day Is
Yours To Win" - "Mine Smell
Like Honey" - "Walk It
Back" - "Alligator Aviator
Autopilot Antimatter" - "That
Someone Is You" - "Me, Marlon
Brando And I" - "Blue" |
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Part Lies, Part Heart,
Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
Released: November, 2011
Tracks: "Gardening
At Night" - "Radio Free
Europe" - "Talk About The
Passion" - "Sitting Still"
- "So. Central Rain (I'm
Sorry)" - "(Don't Go Back To)
Rockville" - "Driver 8" -
"Life And How To Live It" -
"Begin The Begin" - "Fall
On Me" - "Finest Worksong"
- "It's The End Of The World As We
Know It (And I Feel Fine)" -
"The One I Love" -
"Stand" - "Pop Song
89" - "Get Up" -
"Orange Crush" - "Losing
My Religion" - "Country
Feedback" - "Shiny Happy
People" - "The Sidewinder
Sleeps Tonite" - "Everybody
Hurts" - "Man On The Moon"
- Nightswimming" - "What's The
Frequency, Kenneth?" - "New
Test Leper" -
"Electrolite" - "At My
Most Beautiful" - "The Great
Beyond" - "Imitation Of
Life" - "Bad Day" -
"Leaving New York" -
"Living Well Is The Best
Revenge" - "Supernatural
Superserious" - "Uberlin"
- "Oh My Heart" -
"Alligator Aviator Autopilot
Antimatter" - "A Month Of
Saturdays" - "We All Go Back To
Where We Belong" -
"Hallelujah" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Unplugged 1991/2001: The
Complete Sessions
Released: May 19, 2014
Live Tracks: 1991: "Half
A World Away" - "Disturbance At
The Heron House" - "Radio
Song" - "Low" -
"Perfect Circle" - "Fall
On Me" - "Belong" -
"Love Is All Around" -
"It's The End Of The World As We
Know It (And I Feel Fine)" -
"Losing My Religion" -
"Pop Song 89" -
"Endgame" -
"Fretless" - "Swan Swan
H" - "Rotary 11" -
"Get Up" - "World Leader
Pretend" - 2001: "All The Way
To Reno" - "Electrolite" -
"At My Most Beautiful" -
"Daysleeper" - "So.
Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" -
"Losing My Religion" -
"Country Freedback" -
"Cuyahoga" - "Imitation Of
Life" - "Find The River" -
"The One I Love" -
"Disappear" - "Beat A
Drum" - "I've Been High" -
"I'll Take The Rain" -
"Sad Professor" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
R.E.M. At The BBC (box set)
Released: October 19, 2018 |
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