The Best of R.E.M. is a greatest hits album by R.E.M. released in 1991, shortly after the success of the band’s seventh studio album, Out of Time, released by Warner Bros. The Best of R.E.M., however, was released by the band’s previous record label, I.R.S. Records, and only includes tracks from their first five albums while the group was with that label. As such, it covers their output from 1982 to 1987. The Best of R.E.M. was only issued in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil and Chile, complete with liner notes from Remarks: The Story of R.E.M. by Tony Fletcher (a greatest hits album with alternate mixes had been released prior with a very similar track list titled Eponymous). Three songs were taken from each of the first five studio albums and one song was taken from Chronic Town, the band’s first EP, making a total of sixteen songs on the album.
Tracklisting
| Position | Title |
|---|---|
| Us | |
| A1 | Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) |
| A2 | Radio Free Europe |
| A3 | Perfect Circle |
| A4 | Talk About The Passion |
| A5 | So. Central Rain |
| A6 | Pretty Persuasion |
| A7 | Green Grow The Rushes |
| Them | |
| B1 | Can’t Get There From Here |
| B2 | Fall On Me |
| B3 | I Believe |
| B4 | Cuyahoga |
| B5 | The One I Love |
| B6 | Finest Worksong |
| B7 | It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) |
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Release Information
| Key | Value |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_R.E.M. |
| Format | 1× Vinyl LP, Compilation |
| Label | I.R.S. Records |
| Catalog Number | MIRH 1 |
| Notes | Issued with a printed inner sleeve with song by song notes taken from the book ‘Remarks - The Story Of R.E.M.’ by Tony Fletcher. Track A1 titled “Carnival Of Sorts” on the back cover. This compilation: ℗ 1991 International Record Syndicate, Inc. © 1991 International Record Syndicate, Inc. |
| Discogs URL | R.E.M. - The Best Of R.E.M. |