Out of Time (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	A^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
Mojo	^[7]
NME	10/10^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Select	^[10]

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Out of Time is the seventh studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. With Out of Time R.E.M.'s status grew from that of a cult band to a massive international act. The record topped the album sales charts in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom, spending 109 weeks on American album charts and enjoying two separate spells at the summit, and spending 183 weeks on the British charts and a single week at the top. The album has sold over four and a half million copies in the U.S. and over 18 million copies worldwide.^[11]^[12] The album won three Grammy Awards in 1992: one as Best Alternative Music Album, and two for the first single, "Losing My Religion."

Details

Out of Time combines elements of pop, folk and classical music heard on their previous album Green, with a new concentration on country elements that would continue on 1992's Automatic for the People.

Preceded by the release of "Losing My Religion", which became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S. hit, Out of Time gave them their first U.S. and UK No. 1 album. The band did not tour to support the release. In Germany, it is the band's best-selling album, selling more than 1,250,000 copies, reaching 5× gold.^[13] Out of Time was the first R.E.M. album to have an alternative expanded release on compact disc, including expanded liner notes and postcards. In Spain, a contest was held to have a limited edition cover with the winner being an abstract oil painting.

The album was featured in Time magazine's unranked list of The All-Time 100 Albums.^[14]

Track listing

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

Side one – "Time side"

"Radio Song" (feat. KRS-One) – 4:12
"Losing My Religion" – 4:26
"Low" – 4:55
"Near Wild Heaven" – 3:17
"Endgame" – 3:48

Side two – "Memory side"

"Shiny Happy People" – 3:44
"Belong" – 4:03
"Half a World Away" – 3:26
"Texarkana" – 3:36
"Country Feedback" – 4:07
"Me in Honey" – 4:06

LP and Cassette releases list Side 1 (tracks 1-5) as Time Side and Side 2 (tracks 6-11) as Memory Side

Personnel

R.E.M.

Michael Stipe - lead vocals, bass melodica and arrangement on "Endgame", backing vocals on "Near Wild Heaven" and Texarkana"; production; packaging; photography
Peter Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin on "Losing My Religion" and "Half a World Away"; production
Mike Mills - bass guitar; backing vocals; organ on "Radio Song", "Low", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Country Feedback"; piano on "Belong"; harpsichord on "Half a World Away"; percussion on "Half a World Away"; lead vocals on "Near Wild Heaven" and "Texarkana"; keyboards and arrangement on "Losing My Religion" and "Texarkana"; production
Bill Berry - drum, percussion, congas on "low", bass guitar on "Half a World Away" and "Country Feedback", piano on "Near Wild Heaven", backing vocals on Near Wild Heaven", "Belong", and "Country Feedback" production

Additional musicians

David Arenz – violin on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Ellie Arenz – violin on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Mark Bingham – string arrangements on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
David Braitberg – violin on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Andrew Cox – cello on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Reid Harris – viola on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Peter Holsapple – bass guitar on "Radio Song" and "Low"; acoustic guitar on "Losing My Religion", "Shiny Happy People", and "Texarkana"; electric guitar on "Belong"
Ralph Jones – double bass on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Kidd Jordan – baritone saxophone on "Radio Song" and "Near Wild Heaven", tenor saxophone on "Radio Song" and "Endgame", alto saxophone on "Radio Song", bass clarinet on "Low" and "Endgame"
John Keane – pedal steel guitar on "Texarkana" and "Country Feedback"
Dave Kempers – violin on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
KRS-One – rapping on "Radio Song"
Scott Litt – echo-loop feed on "Radio Song"
Elizabeth Murphy – cello on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Paul Murphy – lead viola on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Kate Pierson – vocals on "Near Wild Heaven", and duet on "Shiny Happy People", "Me in Honey"
Jay Weigel – orchestral liaison on "Radio Song", "Low", "Near Wild Heaven", "Endgame", "Shiny Happy People", "Half a World Away", and "Texarkana"
Cecil Welch – flugelhorn on "Endgame"

Production

Dave Friedlander – engineering
Tom Garneau – engineering
Ben Katchor – illustrations
John Keane – engineering
Scott Litt – production, engineering
Ted Malia – engineering
Stephen Marcussen – mastering, at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, California, United States
Frank Ockenfels – photography
Tom Recchion – packaging
Mike Reiter – engineering
Ed Rogers – illustrations
Karina Santo – photography
Doug Starn – photography
Mike Starn – photography

Release history

In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Out of Time which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, lyrics, a photo album, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. In 2011 Warner Bros. released a 96 kHz, 24-bit and 192 kHz, 24 bit release of the album at HDtracks.

Out of Time

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	000000001991-03-08-0000March 8, 1991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	7599-26496-2
United Kingdom	000000001991-03-11-0000March 11, 1991	Warner Bros.	LP	7599-26496-1
United Kingdom	000000001991-03-11-0000March 11, 1991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	7599-26496-2
United States	000000001991-03-12-0000March 12, 1991	Warner Bros.	LP	1-26496
			Compact Disc	2-26527
			Cassette	4-26496
Canada	000000001991-03-12-0000March 12, 1991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	CD 26496
France	000000001991-03-01-0000March 1991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	WE 833
Germany	000000001991-03-01-0000March 1991	Warner Bros.	Digital Compact Cassette	7599-26496-5
Argentina	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	Cassette	4-26496
Bolivia	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	WEA WL-1152
Brazil	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	6709323
Germany	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	7599-26496-1†
Israel	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Hed Arzi	Compact Disc	9 26496-2
Japan	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	WPCP 4195
Mexico	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	LPNB-7069
Russia	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	1092MD/RGM 7028-1A/2
South Africa	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros./Tusk	Compact Disc	WBCD 1701
South Korea	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	LP	7599-26496-1
Zimbabwe	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Tusk	LP	WBC 1701
Australia	000000001991-01-01-00001991	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc	7599264962
United States	000000002005-01-01-00002005	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc/DVD-Audio DualDisc	73951
Internet	2011	Warner Bros.	LPCM FLAC 96K/24bit, LPCM FLAC 192K/24bit

† Edition packaged with a bonus 7" single—"World Leader Pretend"/"Turn You Inside Out" from Tourfilm

Box sets

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
Australia	000000001995-01-01-00001995	Warner Bros.	Compact Disc box set	9362460742	Packaged with Green

Awards

Year	Award	Album/Track	Result
1991	Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal	"Losing My Religion" ^[15]	Won
1991	Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance	Out of Time ^[15]	Won
1991	Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form	"Losing My Religion" ^[15]	Won
1991	Grammy Award for Record of the Year	"Losing My Religion" ^[15]	Nominated
1991	Grammy Award for Song of the Year	"Losing My Religion" ^[15]	Nominated
1991	Grammy Award for Album of the Year	Out of Time ^[15]	Nominated
1992	Grammy Award for Best Rock Song	Radio Song ^[15]	Nominated

Charts

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart^[16]	4
Austrian Albums Chart^[17]	1
Canadian RPM Albums Chart^[18]	1
Dutch Albums Chart^[19]	1
French SNEP Albums Chart^[20]	1
German Media Control Albums Chart^[21]	2
Italian Albums Chart^[22]	1
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart^[23]	71
New Zealand Albums Chart^[24]	3
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart^[25]	4
Swedish Albums Chart^[26]	7
Swiss Albums Chart^[27]	3
UK Albums Chart^[28]	1
U.S. Billboard 200^[29]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[30]	12
Austrian Albums Chart^[31]	3
Canadian Albums Chart^[32]	1
Dutch Albums Chart^[33]	2
French Albums Chart^[34]	14
Italian Albums Chart^[22]	3
Swiss Albums Chart^[35]	3
UK Albums Chart^[36]	6
U.S. Billboard 200^[37]	11
Chart (1992)	Position
UK Albums Chart^[36]	40
U.S. Billboard 200^[38]	50

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[39]	Platinum	50,000^x
Brazil (ABPD)^[40]	Gold	100,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[41]	7× Platinum	700,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[42]	2× Platinum	825,300^[43]
Germany (BVMI)^[44]	5× Gold	1,250,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)^[45]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[46]	5× Platinum	500,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[47]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[48]	2× Platinum	100,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)^[49]	5× Platinum	1,500,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[50]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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External links

Out of Time at AllMusic (DualDisc edition)

Out of Time at MusicBrainz

Preceded by Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey Time, Love & Tenderness by Michael Bolton	Billboard 200 number-one album May 18–24, 1991 June 1–7, 1991	Succeeded by Time, Love & Tenderness by Michael Bolton Spellbound by Paula Abdul
Preceded by Spartacus by The Farm	UK number one album March 23–29, 1991	Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Eurythmics

R.E.M.

Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe

Personnel	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker

Managers	Bertis Downs IV Jefferson Holt

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 Collapse into Now

Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 7IN—83–88

EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia

Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions

Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Strange Currencies" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Other songs	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"

Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live This Is Not a Show R.E.M. Live from Austin, TX REMTV

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