The Very Best of R.E.M.

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Tracklist

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1Losing My Religion
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass and keyboard:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
electric guitar and mandolin:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
guest acoustic guitar:
Peter Holsapple
vocals:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
arranger:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991) and R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1991)
music videos:
Losing My Religion (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 112), Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 115), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 169) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 349)
recording of:
Losing My Religion
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
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2Drive
additional engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer), Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based), John Keane (US indie rock producer/engineer), Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
engineer:
Clif Norrell
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
additional mixer:
Ed Brooks (audio engineer at RFI Mastering in Seattle)
assistant mixer:
Tod Lemkuhl
mixer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and Clif Norrell
guest cello:
Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer (cellist) and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
guest oboe:
Deborah Workman (oboist)
guest viola:
Reid Harris, Paul Murphy (viola) and Heidi Nitchie (violist)
guest violin:
Denise Berginson-Smith (violinist), Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen (violinist), Sandy Salzinger (violinist), Sou-Chun Su (violinist) and Jody Taylor (violin)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
conductor:
George Hanson
orchestrator:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
additionally recorded at:
Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios (New Orleans) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
music videos:
Drive (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
recording of:
Drive
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
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3Shiny Happy People
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass and organ:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
electric guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
guest acoustic guitar:
Peter Holsapple
guest vocals:
Kate Pierson
vocals:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
strings arranger:
Mark Bingham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2016)
music videos:
Shiny Happy People (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
recording of:
Shiny Happy People
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
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4Everybody Hurts
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M. (American rock band) (in 1993)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Athens Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Everybody Hurts
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
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5It’s the End of the World as We Know It
additional recording engineer:
Gary Laney
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
additional mixer:
Steve Catania
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
lead vocals:
Michael Stipe
recorded at:
Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
Master Control in Burbank, California, United States
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 69) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 69)
recording of:
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
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6Man on the Moon
recording of:
Man on the Moon
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
44:45
7Radio Song
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass and organ:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
electronic instruments:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
guest alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Kidd Jordan
guest bass:
Peter Holsapple
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
KRS‐One and Michael Stipe
strings arranger:
Mark Bingham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991)
music videos:
Radio Song (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
recording of:
Radio Song
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
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8Stand
recording of:
Stand
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
43:13
9Finest Worksong (live)
live recording of:
Finest Worksong
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
33:56
10Orange Crush
additional engineer:
Thom Cadley, George Cowan (US engineer) and Tom Laune
assistant engineer:
Jeff Kahan and Chris Laidlaw
engineer and mixer:
Jay Healy and Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass guitar:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
lead vocals:
Michael Stipe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1988) and Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1988)
recorded at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 273)
recording of:
Orange Crush
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd. and Night Garden Music
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11Welcome to the Occupation (live)
live recording of:
Welcome to the Occupation
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
32:51
12King of the Birds (live)
live recording of:
King of Birds
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
25:51
13Near Wild Heaven
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set) and piano and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guest baritone saxophone:
Kidd Jordan
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
vocals:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
strings arranger:
Mark Bingham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991)
music videos:
Near Wild Heaven (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
recording of:
Near Wild Heaven
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
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14Me in Honey
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
bass:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
guitar:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
guest vocals:
Kate Pierson
vocals:
Michael Stipe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991)
recording of:
Me in Honey
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
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15Half a World Away
engineer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
acoustic guitar and mandolin:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist)
bass and percussion:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer)
harpsichord, organ and percussion:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player)
vocals:
Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
strings arranger:
Mark Bingham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens Ltd. (in 1991)
music videos:
Half a World Away (music video) by R.E.M. (American rock band)
recording of:
Half a World Away
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
3.73:28
16The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
additional engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer), Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based), John Keane (US indie rock producer/engineer), Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
engineer:
Clif Norrell
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
additional mixer:
Ed Brooks (audio engineer at RFI Mastering in Seattle)
assistant mixer:
Tod Lemkuhl
mixer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and Clif Norrell
guest cello:
Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer (cellist) and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
guest oboe:
Deborah Workman (oboist)
guest viola:
Reid Harris, Paul Murphy (viola) and Heidi Nitchie (violist)
guest violin:
Denise Berginson-Smith (violinist), Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen (violinist), Sandy Salzinger (violinist), Sou-Chun Su (violinist) and Jody Taylor (violin)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
conductor:
George Hanson
orchestrator:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
additionally recorded at:
Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios (New Orleans) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
recording of:
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
is based on:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
3.854:09
17Nightswimming
additional engineer:
George Cowan (US engineer), Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based), John Keane (US indie rock producer/engineer), Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
engineer:
Clif Norrell
producer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and R.E.M. (American rock band)
additional mixer:
Ed Brooks (audio engineer at RFI Mastering in Seattle)
assistant mixer:
Tod Lemkuhl
mixer:
Scott Litt (producer and engineer) and Clif Norrell
guest cello:
Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer (cellist) and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
guest oboe:
Deborah Workman (oboist)
guest viola:
Reid Harris, Paul Murphy (viola) and Heidi Nitchie (violist)
guest violin:
Denise Berginson-Smith (violinist), Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen (violinist), Sandy Salzinger (violinist), Sou-Chun Su (violinist) and Jody Taylor (violin)
vocals:
Michael Stipe
conductor:
George Hanson
orchestrator:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
additionally recorded at:
Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios (New Orleans) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
recorded at:
Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 160)
recording of:
Nightswimming
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
live recording of:
Nightswimming
writer:
Bill Berry (R.E.M. drummer), Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Mike Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
publisher:
Night Garden Music
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