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This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. that were officially released. The list includes songs performed by the entire band only (Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe 1980 to 1997; Buck, Mills and Stipe 1998 to 2011).
American alternative rock band R.E.M. has released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, fourteen compilation albums, one remix album, one soundtrack album, twelve video albums, seven extended plays, sixty-three singles, and seventy-seven music videos.
Download collections of I.R.S. and Warner Bros. rarities followed. Later in the year, R.E.M. compiled the video album box set REMTV , which collected their two Unplugged performances along with several other documentaries and live shows, while their record label released the box set 7IN—83–88 , made up of 7-inch vinyl singles. [ 72 ]
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.
An exclusive Best Buy version contained a digital download card which allowed the buyer to download two bonus tracks and a bonus video: "Pretty Persuasion", in-studio version (from Reckoning I.R.S. Years reissue, 1992)
Instead of the music industry standard of waiting for mainstream radio stations to pick up the band's music, I.R.S. hoped to "convince reluctant programmers to add the group by pointing to the press response, word-of-mouth reaction to local live performances and sales figures", according to a July 1984 Los Angeles Times article. [39]
Eponymous is the first greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1988.It was their last authorized release on I.R.S. Records, [6] to whom they had been contracted since 1982, having just signed with Warner Bros. Records.
The album saw R.E.M. continue to experiment with electronic music as they had on their previous album Up (1998), utilizing keyboards and drum machines, while also retaining elements of their earlier sound. Reveal was a critical and commercial success. The album reached the top 10 in the US while topping the charts in the UK and throughout ...