In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
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| In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 | ||
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| Compilation album by R.E.M. | ||
| Released | 27 October 2003 (UK) 28 October 2003 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | 1988–2003 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 76:15 61:20 (limited edition disc 2) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Scott Litt, Pat McCarthy & R.E.M. | |
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| R.E.M. chronology | ||
| Reveal (2001) |
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003) |
Around the Sun (2004) |
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M. Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records era, from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal, as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. "Bad Day" was started in 1986, when Bill Berry was still in the band, and was finally finished for this compilation. "Animal" was a recent song written for their upcoming studio album. Similarly, "All the Right Friends", originally written in the early 1980s, had been re-recorded by the band for use in Cameron Crowe's 2001 film Vanilla Sky. Finally, "The Great Beyond" was initially issued in 1999 as part of Miloš Forman's film on Andy Kaufman, Man on the Moon. It ended up becoming the band's biggest UK hit, with a #3 peak, in early 2000. This, the third inclusion of the song on an official release, is the only unedited version. On the Man on the Moon soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; meanwhile, the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted.
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988–2003 was also issued in a limited two-disc edition that included a "Rarities and B-Sides" disc from the same era. The single-disc edition of the album reached #1 in the UK, while going gold in the U.S. and peaking at #8. The limited-edition two-disc release managed to reach #16 in the U.S. and #37 in the UK.
A notable omission from the album is the song "Shiny Happy People" which was deliberately left out by the band despite it being one of their biggest hits.
A companion DVD, entitled In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, was released at the same time.
In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the compilation which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The "Rarities and B-Sides" bonus disc from the limited edition is not included in this package. The CD (as with all in this series) was not remastered.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.
- "Man on the Moon" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 5:14
- "The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from the Man on the Moon soundtrack, 1999) – 5:05
- "Bad Day" – 4:06
- "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (from Monster, 1994) – 4:00
- "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 4:44
- "Losing My Religion" (from Out of Time, 1991) – 4:28
- "E-Bow the Letter" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996) – 5:24
- "Orange Crush" (from Green, 1988) – 3:51
- "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 3:57
- "Daysleeper" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up, 1998) – 3:40
- "Animal" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:01
- "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:07
- "Stand" (from Green, 1988) – 3:11
- "Electrolite" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996) – 4:06
- "All the Right Friends" (from the Vanilla Sky soundtrack, 2001) – 2:46
- "Everybody Hurts" (from Automatic for the People, 1992 – 5:18
- "At My Most Beautiful" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up, 1998) – 3:34
- "Nightswimming" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:18
[edit] Bonus disc
- "Pop Song 89" (Acoustic) (b-side) – 2:57
- "Turn You Inside-Out" (Live) – 4:17
- "Fretless" (from the Until the End of the World soundtrack, 1991) – 4:50
- "Chance (Dub)" (b-side) – 2:34
- "It's a Free World Baby" (from the Coneheads soundtrack, 1993) – 5:12
- "Drive" (Live, November 19, 1992) – 4:00
- "Star Me Kitten" (featuring William S. Burroughs) – 3:31
- "Revolution" (from the Batman & Robin soundtrack, 1997) – 3:05
- "Leave" (Alternate version from the A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack, 1997) – 4:42
- "Why Not Smile" (Oxford American version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:01
- "The Lifting" (Demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:20
- "Beat a Drum" (Demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:27
- "2JN" (b-side) Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:26
- "The One I Love" (Live, June 8, 2001) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:24
- "Country Feedback" (Live) – 6:16
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | 8 (13 weeks on chart) Regular Edition 16 (4 weeks on chart) Limited Edition |
| 2003 | UK album chart | 1 (41 weeks on chart) Regular Edition 36 (1 week on chart) Limited Edition |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2003 | "Bad Day" | Billboard Canadian Singles Chart | 17 |
| 2003 | "Bad Day" | UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| 2004 | "Animal" | UK Singles Chart | 33 |
[edit] Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
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| BPI – UK | Gold | October 24, 2003 |
| BPI – UK | Platinum | October 24, 2003 |
| BPI – UK | 2X Platinum | November 28, 2003 |
| BPI – UK | 3X Platinum | December 12, 2003 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Gold | February 17, 2004 |
