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R.E.M. - And I Feel Fine (The Best Of 1982-87 - The I.R.S Years) (CD 2006)

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Track Listing
1. Begin The Begin
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Pretty Persuasion
4. Talk About The Passion
5. Don't Go Back To Rockville
6. Sitting Still
7. Gardening At Night
8. 7 Chinese Bros
9. So Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
10. Driver 8
11. Can't Get There From Here
12. Finest Worksong
13. Feeling Gravity's Pull
14. I Believe
15. Life And How To Live It
16. Cuyahoga
17. One I Love
18. Welcome To The Occupation
19. Fall On Me
20. Perfect Circle
21. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Details
Number of CDs:	1
Producer:	Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Scott Litt
Recording Type:	Studio
Distributor:	EMI
Recording Mode:	Stereo

Album Notes
R.E.M.: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck , Bill Berry .Recording information: Reflection Sound Studios, Charlotte, North Carolina (1982 - 1987); Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee; Lucy Cobb Chapel, Athens, Georgia; Belmont Mall Studio, Belmont, Indiana.A compilation ideal for those who have worn out their copies of EPONYMOUS, 2006's AND I FEEL FINE surveys R.E.M.'s lauded 1980s output for the I.R.S. label, going into far greater depth than the former disc. In fact, this 2006 collection presents album versions of almost every song on EPONYMOUS, and bolsters the track listing to 21 classic tunes, from the spare, chiming "Radio Free Europe" to the rustic, melancholy "Cuyahoga" to the surging college-rock anthem "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)." Charting a non-chronological course through the band's early years--when Michael Stipe and company gradually began branching out from their earnest post-punk sound--the set serves to highlight the cohesiveness of R.E.M.'s vision, an aesthetic that made the group one of the most respected and beloved rock acts of the '80s and '90s.Note: The collectors' edition presents a bonus disc of rarities, including previously unreleased and live tracks.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [The collection] has all the great early singles and album tracks that highlight their moody allure.Uncut (p.123) - 4 stars out of 5 -- [T]hese early songs retain their strangeness....One of those rare groups that seems to be the product of four distinct intelligences...
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