In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition)

R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition)

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Artist: R.E.M.
Edition: Music CD
Published: 2003
CD Release Date: 2003-10-28
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Man On The Moon
  2. The Great Beyond
  3. Bad Day
  4. What's the Frequency Kenneth?
  5. All the Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)
  6. Losing My Religion
  7. E-bow The Letter
  8. Orange Crush
  9. Imitation Of Life
  10. Daysleeper
  11. Animal
  12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
  13. Stand
  14. Electrolite
  15. All The Right Friends
  16. Everybody Hurts
  17. At My Most Beautiful
  18. Nightswimming
Music CD 2
  1. Pop Song '89 (acoustic b-side of Pop Song '89)
  2. Turn You Inside-Out (from Tourfilm)
  3. Fretless (from Until The End Of The World soundtrack)
  4. Chance (dub) b-side from Everybody Hurts
  5. It's A Free World Baby (from Coneheads soundtrack)
  6. Drive (from Live Greenpeace)
  7. Star Me Kitten (featuring William Burroughs from X-Files)
  8. Revolution (from Batman And Robin soundtrack)
  9. Leave (from A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack)
  10. Why Not Smile (Oxford American version)
  11. The Lifting (demo version b-side from Imitation Of Life)
  12. Beat a Drum (demo version b-side from Imitation of Life)
  13. 2JN (b-side from Imitation of Life)
  14. The One I Love (live from The Museum Of Television and Radio)
  15. Country Feedback (live from Wiesbaden, Germany, 2003)

Free Music Notes for In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition)

Free Music Review: R.E.M.: The Ballads
Hit: 3 Stars

This collection should be called "R.E.M.: The Ballads 1988-2003." Almost all of the selections are slow songs, and even though the songs themselves are mostly great (except for some mediocre recent material like "The Great Beyond" and "All the Way to Reno"), the band comes off as wimpy balladeers when they were much, much more than that. Where's "Bittersweet Me"? Where's "Lotus"? If not for the inclusion of "Orange Crush" and "Bad Day," you might think that R.E.M. just completely forgot how to rock out after they signed to Warners. Combined with the awkward track sequencing, it makes for a frustrating listen.

The bonus disc includes some cool stuff, but probably not a lot that a dedicated fan hasn't heard before.

All in all, these songs work much better in the context of R.E.M.'s full-length albums than on this one-dimensional assemblage. Representing all sides of R.E.M.'s music would have resulted in a stronger, more listenable compilation.

In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Special Edition) Poster

SPECIAL EDITION: The two-CD set adds a 16-selection CD of rarities, including live and acoustic versions of some of R.E.M.'s most popular songs, and a 40-page booklet.
How do you condense 15 years of music down to 76 minutes? In the case of this survey of the second phase of R.E.M.'s career, the answer is: Exceptionally well. The dangling carrot for diehards is two new songs; the rapid fire "Bad Day" hurtles along like the kissing cousin of "It's the End of the World as We Know It," while "Animal" is anchored by a majestic drone reminiscent of the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows." In a surprising, but gratifying move, the rest of the program shortchanges the band's breakthrough, Out of Time (no "Shiny Happy People"), to better accommodate movie soundtrack contributions, and spotlight gems from the less commercial, post-Bill Berry albums Reveal and Up; with its baroque piano and multi-tracked vocal harmonies, the Beach Boys homage "At My Most Beautiful" is particularly gorgeous, while the burbling keyboards and slightly dazed singing of "All the Way to Reno" will appeal to Flaming Lips fans. --Kurt B. Reighley

This expanded edition covering the band's first decade-and-a-half at Warner now includes a DVD featuring a new 5.1 surround sound mix of all the album's tracks. That new bonus disc also features an October, '03 Vancouver rehearsal of the new song "Bad Day" that allows viewers the unique experience of switching between four different camera angles. Also includes the smart, network-news spoofing video for the same track.

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