And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987

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And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released	11 September 2006 (UK) 12 September 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 15, 1981- September 14, 1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:34:33
Label	EMI/I.R.S. Records
Producer	Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman, Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Blender link Pitchfork Media (9.7/10) link
R.E.M. chronology
Around the Sun (2004) And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (2006) Accelerate (2008)

And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 is a compilation album by R.E.M. that features songs from the band's years at I.R.S. Records. It was released 12 September 2006. A companion DVD, called When the Light Is Mine, was released the same day.

And I Feel Fine is available in two versions: a regular one-CD version with 21 fan-favorite tracks spanning the Chronic Town EP from 1982 to 1987's Document, and a second edition that contains the regular CD plus a bonus CD that includes rarities such as unreleased songs and alternate mixes. The album tracks are all re-mastered.

Two songs — "Bad Day" and "All the Right Friends" — appear in demo or outtake versions here, as opposed to final versions on the 2003 Warner Bros. R.E.M. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

So far, And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 reached #70 in the UK charts. In the U.S., each version was charted separately: the 2 CD version reached #116 and the regular version #148.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Begin the Begin" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:29
2. "Radio Free Europe" (from Murmur, 1983) – 4:06
3. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:51
4. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:22
5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (single version, 1984) – 4:33
6. "Sitting Still" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:18
7. "Gardening at Night" (from Chronic Town, 1982) – 3:29
8. "7 Chinese Bros." (from Reckoning, 1984) – 4:15
9. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:15
10. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:23
11. "Cant Get There from Here" (single version, 1985) – 3:39
12. "Finest Worksong" (from Document, 1987) – 3:48
13. "Feeling Gravitys Pull" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:51
14. "I Believe" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:49
15. "Life and How to Live It" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:08
16. "Cuyahoga" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 4:21
17. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) – 3:17
18. "Welcome to the Occupation" (from Document, 1987) – 2:47
19. "Fall On Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:51
20. "Perfect Circle" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:29
21. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) – 4:05

[edit] Disc two

1. "Pilgrimage" – 4:30
   • Mike's pick – from Murmur, 1983
2. "These Days" – 3:25
   • Bill's pick – from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
3. "Gardening at Night" – 4:44
   • Slower electric demo, Outtake from Reckoning, 1984
4. "Radio Free Europe" – 3:48
   • Hib-Tone version
5. "Sitting Still" – 3:16
   • Hib-Tone version
6. "Life and How to Live It" – 6:36
   • Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 September 1987
7. "Ages of You" () – 3:48
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
8. "We Walk" – 3:17
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
9. "1,000,000" – 3:25
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
10. "Finest Worksong" – 3:47
    • Other mix, B-side of "Finest Worksong" 12 Inch, 1987
11. "Hyena" – 2:50
    • Demo, Outtake from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985
12. "Theme from Two Steps Onward" – 4:37
    • Demo, Outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
13. "Superman" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler)– 2:53
    • From Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
14. "All the Right Friends" (Demo) – 3:53
    • Outtake from Murmur, 1983, Previously Released on Dead Letter Office Vintage Years, 1993
15. "Mystery to Me" – 2:01
    • Demo, Outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
16. "Just a Touch" – 2:38
    • Previously Unreleased Version, recorded live to 2 Track during Reckoning Sessions, 1984
17. "Bad Day" – 3:03
    • Session outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986. Originally called "PSA"
18. "King of Birds" – 4:09
    • From Document, 1987
19. "Swan Swan H" – 2:43
    • Originally Released on the Soundtrack to the Film Athens, GA: Inside Out, 1987
20. "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32
    • Peter's pick – from Document, 1987
21. "Time After Time (annElise)" – 3:31
    • Michael's pick – from Reckoning, 1984

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	148 Regular Edition 116 Limited Edition
2006	Billboard Top Internet Albums	207
2006	UK album chart	70 (1 week on the chart)

v • d • e R.E.M. Peter Buck · Mike Mills · Michael Stipe Bill Berry Accompaniment Amanda Brown · Nathan December · Buren Fowler · Peter Holsapple · Barrett Martin · Scott McCaughey · Bill Rieflin · Ken Stringfellow · Joey Waronker Managers Bertis Downs, IV · Jefferson Holt Discography Studio albums Murmur · Reckoning · Fables of the Reconstruction · Lifes Rich Pageant · Document · Green · Out of Time · Automatic for the People · Monster · New Adventures in Hi-Fi · Up · Reveal · Around the Sun · Accelerate Compilations Dead Letter Office · Eponymous · The Best of R.E.M. · Singles Collected · In the Attic · In Time · And I Feel Fine EPs Chronic Town · Not Bad for No Tour Other Songs · Singles · Man on the Moon · r.e.m.IX · R.E.M. Live Videos Succumbs · Tourfilm · Pop Screen · This Film Is On · Parallel · Road Movie · In View · Perfect Square · When the Light Is Mine Related articles Athens, Georgia · Alternative rock · College radio · Hindu Love Gods · The Troggs · Athens Andover · I.R.S. Records · Warner Bros. Records · Hib-Tone · Homer the Moe