R.E.M. discography

R.E.M. discography

R.E.M. in concert in Padova, Italy, in July 2003. From left to right: Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, touring drummer Bill Rieflin, and Peter Buck.
Releases
Studio albums 15
Live albums 2
Compilation albums 10
EPs 3
Singles 65
Video albums 12
Music videos 58
Soundtracks 1

The discography of R.E.M., an American alternative rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, two live albums, 10 compilation albums, three extended play (EP), a film soundtrack, 12 video albums, and 65 singles. This list does not include material recorded by R.E.M. band members with Automatic Baby, The Baseball Project, Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tired Pony or Tuatara.

This page lists albums, singles and compilations by the band R.E.M., alongside their chart positions, release date (United States), and sales achievements in the U.S. and United Kingdom.

In the US the band has sold a certified 25 million albums, and a certified 7.16 million in the UK. In total the band as of 2011 has sold an estimated 85 million albums worldwide, making them by far the most successful of all the American alternative rock bands to emerge in the 1980s.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Year Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1][2]
AUS
[3][4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[2][6]
FRA
[7][8]
GER
[9]
NLD
[10]
NZL
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15][16]
1983 Murmur
  • Released: April 11, 1983
  • Label: I.R.S.
36  —  —  —  —  —  — 47  —  —  — 100
[17]
1984 Reckoning
  • Released: April 16, 1984
  • Label: I.R.S.
27  —  —  —  —  —  — 23  —  —  — 91
1985 Fables of the Reconstruction
  • Released: June 10, 1985
  • Label: I.R.S.
28  —  — 30  —  —  — 29  —  —  — 35
1986 Lifes Rich Pageant
  • Released: July 28, 1986
  • Label: I.R.S.
21 73  — 29  —  —  — 24 17  —  — 43
1987 Document
  • Released: September 1, 1987
  • Label: I.R.S.
10 47  — 12  —  —  — 17  —  —  — 28
1988 Green 12 16 3 4  —  —  — 6  —  —  — 27
1991 Out of Time
  • Released: March 12, 1991
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1 4 1 1 1 19 9 3 4 7 3 1
1992 Automatic for the People
  • Released: October 6, 1992
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2 2 3 3 9 2 2 1 4 7 3 1
  • US: 4× Platinum[18]
  • AUS: 4× Platinum[28]
  • AUT: 2× Platinum[21]
  • CAN: 7× Platinum[19]
  • FRA: Platinum[23]
  • GER: 5× Gold[24]
  • NLD: 3× Platinum[25]
  • SWE: Gold[26]
  • SWI: 2× Platinum[27]
  • UK: 6× Platinum[20]
1994 Monster
  • Released: September 27, 1994
  • Label: Warner Bros.
1 2 1 1 11 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
1996 New Adventures in Hi-Fi
  • Released: September 10, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1998 Up
  • Released: October 27, 1998
  • Label: Warner Bros.
3 5 1 2 9 1 6 8 1 2 7 2
2001 Reveal
  • Released: May 15, 2001
  • Label: Warner Bros.
6 5 1 4 4 1 7 10 1 2 1 1
2004 Around the Sun
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Label: Warner Bros.
13 6 1 7 9 1 7 12 1 1 1 1
2008 Accelerate
  • Released: April 1, 2008
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2 13 2 1 17 2 2 5 1 7 1 1
2011 Collapse into Now
  • Released: March 8, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
5 15 2 6 31 1 8 10 2 9 1 5
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

Compilation albums

Year Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1][2]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[2][6]
GER
[9]
IRL
[32]
NLD
[10]
NZL
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15][16]
1987 Dead Letter Office
  • Released: April 28, 1987
  • Label: I.R.S
52  —  — 59  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 60
1988 Eponymous
  • Released: October 18, 1988
  • Label: I.R.S.
44 29  —  —  —  —  — 16  —  —  — 69
1991 The Best of R.E.M.
  • Released: September 30, 1991
  • Label: I.R.S.
 — 20 22  — 66  —  — 40  — 47 27 7
1994 R.E.M.: Singles Collected
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: I.R.S.
 —  —  —  —  — 53  —  —  — 43  —  —
1997 R.E.M.: In the Attic 185  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —
2003 In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003
  • Released: October 28, 2003
  • Label: Warner Bros.
8 5 1 4 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 1
2006 And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
  • Released: September 12, 2006
  • Label: EMI, I.R.S.
116  —  —  — 80 80  —  —  —  —  — 70
2011 Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011
  • Released: November 15, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
55 71 20  — 15 16 14  — 30 44 17 19
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

denotes compilation was released by I.R.S. Records out-of-contract

Live albums

Year Details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1][2]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
CAN
[2][6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[9]
NLD
[10]
NZL
[11]
NOR
[12]
SWE
[13]
SWI
[14]
UK
[15][16]
2007 R.E.M. Live
  • Released: October 15, 2007
  • Label: Warner Bros.
72  — 12  — 55 8 16  — 25 58 16 12
2009 Live at The Olympia
  • Released: October 27, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
95  — 43  — 157 53 59  —  —  — 80 68
"—" denotes albums that were released but did not chart, or albums not released in a particular territory.

Box sets

Year Details
1989 Singleactiongreen (box set of vinyl singles from Green)
1993 The Automatic Box (box set of CD singles from Automatic for the People)

Soundtracks

Year Details US
[1][2]
1999 Man on the Moon
  • Released: November 23, 1999
109

Extended plays

Year EP details Comments
1982 Chronic Town
  • Released: August 24, 1982
  • Label: I.R.S.
  • Format: LP, CS
Debut release on I.R.S. Records. Later included as part of the CD edition of Dead Letter Office.
2009 Reckoning Songs from The Olympia
  • Released: July 7, 2009
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: DI
Includes four songs from the album Reckoning performed live at the Olympia theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
2011 R.E.M. Three[36]
  • Released: April 16, 2011
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: 7" Vinyl
Includes first three singles from the album Collapse into Now, released for Record Store Day 2011.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[37]
US
Main.

[37]
US
Alt.

[38]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[6][37]
GER
[39]
NLD
[10]
NZL
[11]
SWE
[13]
UK
[16][17]
1981 "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone version) Non-album single
1983 "Radio Free Europe" (I.R.S. version) 78 25 Murmur
"Talk About the Passion"
1984 "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" 85 43 Reckoning
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
1985 "Can't Get There from Here" 110 14 91 Fables of the Reconstruction
"Driver 8" 22
"Wendell Gee" 91
1986 "Fall on Me" 94 5 Lifes Rich Pageant
"Superman" 17
1987 "The One I Love" [40] 9 2 84 11 81 69 6 16 Document
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" [41] 69 16 39
1988 "Finest Worksong" 28 50
"Orange Crush" 1 1 15 5 28 Green
"Stand" 6 1 1 6 23 48
1989 "Pop Song 89" 86 14 16 94
"Get Up"
1991 "Losing My Religion" 4 1 1 11 6 1 16 3 19
  • US: Gold
Out of Time
"Shiny Happy People" 10 8 3 19 5 10 13 29 14 6
"Near Wild Heaven" 65 46 51 27
"Radio Song" 56 28
1992 "Drive" 28 2 1 34 7 13 13 5 24 11 Automatic for the People
"Man on the Moon" 30 4 2 39 4 34 54 8 18
1993 "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" 28 24 99 60 61 29 17
"Everybody Hurts" 29 21 6 8 4 12 7
"Nightswimming" 71 93 48 27
"Find the River" 54
1994 "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" 21 2 1[42] 24 2 74 21 4 21 9 Monster
"Bang and Blame" 19 3 1[42] 29 1 74 24 17 15
1995 "Strange Currencies" 47 8 14 100 14 41 9
"Crush with Eyeliner" 113 20 33 55 28 23
"Tongue" 13
1996 "E-Bow the Letter" 49 15 2 23 6 65 32 21 4 New Adventures in Hi-Fi
"Bittersweet Me" 46 7 6 90 6 93 19
"Electrolite" 96 24 83 92 29
1997 "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us"
1998 "Daysleeper" 57 30 18 57 5 57 64 18 46 6 Up
"Lotus" 31 31 32 50 60 26
1999 "At My Most Beautiful" 10
"Suspicion"
"The Great Beyond" 57 33 11 25 16 56 91 52 3 Man on the Moon soundtrack
2001 "Imitation of Life" 83 22 32 5 35 54 18 32 6 Reveal
"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" 92 24
"I'll Take the Rain" 44
2003 "Bad Day" 22 17 39 68 43 8 In Time: The Best of R.E.M.
2004 "Animal" 93
[43]
33
"Leaving New York" 57 16 43 11 5 Around the Sun
"Aftermath" 78 44 59 41
2005 "Electron Blue" 26
"Wanderlust" 27
2007 "#9 Dream" 101 Instant Karma
2008 "Supernatural Superserious" 85 36 21 50 26 44 17 54 Accelerate
"Hollow Man" 200
"Man-Sized Wreath"
"Until the Day Is Done"
2011 "Mine Smell Like Honey" Collapse into Now
"Überlin"
"Oh My Heart" 46
"All the Best"/"It Happened Today"
"We All Go Back to Where We Belong" Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Other charted songs

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
US
Main.

[37]
US
Alt.

[38]
CAN
[6]
UK
[17]
1987 "Ages of You" [44][45] 39 Dead Letter Office
1989 "Turn You Inside-Out" [45] 7 10 Green
1991 "Texarkana" [45] 7 4 Out of Time
1992 "First We Take Manhattan" [45] 11 I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
"Ignoreland" [45][46] 4 5 43 Automatic for the People
1993 "Photograph" 9 Born to Choose
1995 "Star 69" [45][46] 15 8 73 Monster
1997 "The Wake-Up Bomb" [45][46] 30 51 New Adventures in Hi-Fi
2007 "Everybody Hurts [live]" 116 Live
"Losing My Religion [live]" 123
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Music videos

Year Title Director
1982 "Wolves, Lower" Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
1983 "Radio Free Europe" Arthur Pierson
1984 "So. Central Rain" Howard Libov
Left of Reckoning James Herbert
1985 "Cant Get There from Here" Michael Stipe, Rick Aguar
"Driver 8" Michael Stipe, James Herbert
"Life and How to Live It" James Herbert
"Feeling Gravitys Pull"
1986 "Fall on Me" Michael Stipe
1987 "The One I Love" Robert Longo
1988 "It's the End of the World as We Know It" James Herbert
"Finest Worksong" Michael Stipe
"Talk About the Passion" Jem Cohen
"Orange Crush" Matt Mahurin
1989 "Stand" Katherine Dieckmann
"Turn You Inside-Out" James Herbert
"Pop Song 89" Michael Stipe
"Get Up" Eric Darnell
1991 "Losing My Religion" Tarsem Singh
"Shiny Happy People" Katherine Dieckmann
"Near Wild Heaven" Jeff Preiss
"Radio Song" Peter Care
"Love Is All Around" (live on MTV Unplugged) Milton Lage
"Losing My Religion" (live on The Late Show)  ?
"Low" James Herbert
"Belong" (live) Jem Cohen
"Half a World Away" Jim McKay
"Country Feedback" Jem Cohen
1992 "Drive" Peter Care
"Man on the Moon" Peter Care
1993 "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" Kevin Kerslake
"Everybody Hurts" Jake Scott
"Nightswimming" Jem Cohen
"Find the River" Jodi Wille
1994 "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" Peter Care
"Bang and Blame" Randy Skinner
"Crush with Eyeliner" Spike Jonze
"Strange Currencies" Mark Romanek
1995 "Star 69" Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
"Tongue"
1996 "E-Bow the Letter" Jem Cohen
"Bittersweet Me" Dominic DeJoseph
"Electrolite" Peter Care, Spike Jonze
1997 "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" Lance Bangs
"New Test Leper" Lance Bangs and Dominic DeJoseph
1998 "Daysleeper" The Snorri Brothers
"Lotus" Stéphane Sednaoui
1999 "At My Most Beautiful" Nigel Dick
"Suspicion" Nick Wickham
"The Great Beyond" Liz Friedlander
2001 "Imitation of Life" Garth Jennings
"All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" Michael Moore
"I'll Take the Rain" David Weir
2003 "Bad Day" Tim Hope
"Animal" Tim Hope
2004 "Leaving New York" Peter Care
"Aftermath"
2008 "Supernatural Superserious" Vincent Moon
"Living Well Is the Best Revenge"[47]
"Hollow Man" CRUSH, Inc.
"Man-Sized Wreath"
"Until the Day Is Done" Vincent Moon
2011 "Mine Smell Like Honey" Dominic J. DeJoseph
"Überlin" Sam Taylor-Wood
"It Happened Today" Tom Gilroy
"Oh My Heart" Jem Cohen
"Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter" Lance Bangs
"Walk It Back" Sophie Calle
"All the Best" James Herbert
"Every Day Is Yours to Win" Jim McKay, Chris Moukarbel, and Valerie Veatch
"Discoverer" Michael Stipe, Lynda Stipe
"We All Go Back to Where We Belong" (Kirsten Dunst version) Dominic J. DeJoseph and Michael Stipe
"We All Go Back to Where We Belong" (John Giorno version)

Internet-only releases

R.E.M. released and distributed two albums - 2001's live ep Not Bad for No Tour and the remix album r.e.m.IX in 2002, before using iTunes to release several exclusive albums:

Video albums

Year Title Notes (Type)
1987 Succumbs Videos
1990 Tourfilm Concert/Documentary
1990 Pop Screen Videos
1991 This Film Is On Videos
1995 Parallel Videos
1996 Road Movie Documentary
2003 In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 Videos
2004 Perfect Square Live
2006 When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 Videos
2007 R.E.M. Live Live
2009 This Is Not a Show Live
2010 Live from Austin, TX Live

Christmas fan club singles

From 1988 through 2011 R.E.M. rewarded members of their official fan club with special, exclusive Christmas singles. On September 21st, 2011, R.E.M. declared on their official website that the fan club would no longer accept new members or renewals after their disbandment[48]. The 2011 single was the 24th and final fan club Christmas release. Here are all the songs to have featured in each of those packages:

Year Tracks Format
1988 "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
"See No Evil" (Television cover)
Green 7" vinyl
1989 "Good King Wenceslas" (traditional)
"Academy Fight Song" (Mission of Burma cover)
7" vinyl
1990 "Ghost Reindeer in the Sky" (spoof of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones)
"Summertime" (George Gershwin)
7" vinyl
1991 "Baby Baby" (Vibrators cover)
"Christmas Griping" (R.E.M. original)
7" vinyl
1992 "Where's Captain Kirk?" (Spizzenergi cover)
"Toyland" (Victor Herbert/Glen MacDonough, from Babes in Toyland)
7" vinyl
1993 "Silver Bells" (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans)
"Christmas Time Is Here" (Vince Guaraldi/Lee Mendelson, from A Charlie Brown Christmas)
7" vinyl
1994 "Sex Bomb" (Flipper cover)
"Christmas in Tunisia" (R.E.M. original)
7" vinyl
1995 "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak cover)
"Java" (Allen Toussaint instrumental cover)
7" vinyl
1996 "Only in America" (Jay & the Americans cover)
"I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor cover)
7" vinyl
1997 "Live for Today" (R.E.M. original)
"Happy When I'm Crying" (performed by Pearl Jam; Pearl Jam original)
7" vinyl
1998 "E-Bow the Letter" (live video, with backing vocals by Thom Yorke)
"Lucky" (live video, performed by Radiohead with vocals by Michael Stipe; Radiohead original)
- (both recorded at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Washington, D.C. 6/14/98)
VHS
1999 "Country Feedback" (live with Neil Young on guitar)
"Ambulance Blues" (performed by Neil Young and R.E.M.)
(both recorded at the Bridge School Concert, Mountain View, California 10/18/98)
CD
2000 "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" (Beatles cover)
"Hastings and Main" (R.E.M. original)/"Take Seven" (R.E.M. original)
Blue 7" vinyl
2001 "Let Me In" (live at the Bridge School Concert Mountain View, California 10/21/01)
"Find the River" (Athens rehearsal 10/16/01)
"Find the River" (rehearsal video 10/16/01)
Enhanced CD
2002 "No Matter What" (Badfinger cover)
"Jesus Christ" (Big Star cover)
video footage of Michael Stipe reading from a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Enhanced CD
2003 "Country Feedback" (live with Wilco)
"It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (live with Wilco)
(both recorded in Denver 9/14/03)
CD
2004 "I Wanted to Be Wrong" (live)
"She Just Wants to Be" (live)
(both recorded at St. James Church, London 9/15/04)
CD
2005 "Turn You Inside-Out" (live video)
"The Great Beyond" (live video)
(both recorded in Werchter, Belgium 7/3/05)
DVD
2006 "Tongue" (live, performed by Tin Cup Prophette)
"So. Central Rain" (live)
"These Days" (live, performed by The Observatory with Bill Doss)
"Begin The Begin" (live)
(all recorded in Athens 9/12/06)
CD
2007 "Merry Xmas Everybody" (Slade cover)
"Magnetic North" (R.E.M. original)
CD
2008 "Living Well is the Best Revenge" (live video; Torino, Italy 9/27/08)
"Let Me In" (live video; Columbia, Maryland 6/6/08)
"Just a Touch" (live video; Madrid 10/1/08)
DVD
2009 "Santa Baby" (Mike Mills solo) (Joan Javits/Philip Springer)
"Crazy Like a Fox" (Mike Mills with Bill Berry & John Keane) (Link Cromwell cover)
CD
2010 "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (Darlene Love/Phil Spector cover)
"IHT->U->EDIYTW" (dubmix)
CD
2011 "Perfect Circle" (live in Twickenham 8/30/08)
"Life and How to Live It" (live in Mexico City 11/18/08)
CD

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1994 "Half a World Away" (live version) The Unplugged Collection, Volume 1[49]

See also

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  40. ^ "The One I Love" reached #51 in UK originally and #16 with the 1991 re-issue. The song reached #5 in Ireland with 1991 re-issue, and went uncharted upon original release.
  41. ^ "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" reached #87 in UK originally and #39 with the 1991 re-issue. The song reached #22 in Ireland with the 1991 re-issue, and went uncharted upon original release.
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  44. ^ Released as a promotional single.
  45. ^ a b c d e f g "Ages of You," "Turn You Inside-Out," "Texarkana," "First We Take Manhattan," "Ignoreland," "Photograph," "Star 69" and "The Wake-Up Bomb" were not released as standard singles. In the US, they managed to chart on the Mainstream Rock Songs and/or Alternative Songs chart, which measure airplay on rock radio stations in the United States.
  46. ^ a b c "Ignoreland," "Star 69" and "The Wake-Up Bomb" were not released as standard singles. However, in Canada these songs were tracked as singles, and charted in the national top 100 on the basis of airplay.
  47. ^ Only released on the iTunes Music Store
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