In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
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In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...

  Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...

 era, from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal, as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. The album was a huge success in the UK, the tenth-best selling album of 2003, and the 49th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.

Background

"Bad Day" was a demo version in 1986, a Life's Rich Pageant outtake when Bill Berry
Bill Berry
William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....

 was still in the band, and was re-recorded for this compilation. "Animal" was a recent song written for their upcoming studio album. Similarly, "All the Right Friends", originally written in the early 1980s, had been re-recorded by the band for use in Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American screenwriter and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes....

's 2001 film Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed, co-produced and co-written by Cameron Crowe. The film is an English-language remake of the 1997 Spanish movie Abre los ojos , the screenplay for which was written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil...

. Finally, "The Great Beyond
The Great Beyond
"The Great Beyond" is a song by R.E.M. It is not featured on an original studio album as it was written specifically for the 1999 movie Man on the Moon but was released as a single the following year for support of the film's soundtrack album. The single reached #3 in the UK singles chart, the...

" was initially issued in 1999 as part of Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman , better known as Miloš Forman , is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for...

's film on Andy Kaufman
Andy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey "Andy" Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor and performance artist. While often referred to as a comedian, Kaufman did not consider himself one...

, Man on the Moon. It ended up becoming the band's biggest UK hit, with a #3 peak, in early 2000. This, the third inclusion of the song on an official release, is the only unedited version. On the Man on the Moon soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted.

In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 was also issued in a limited two-disc edition that included a "Rarities and B-Sides" disc from the same era, with liner notes by Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

. The single-disc edition of the album reached #1 in the UK, while going platinum in the U.S. and peaking at #8. The limited-edition two-disc release managed to reach #16 in the U.S. and #37 in the UK. There is also a vinyl edition which consists of two LPs inside a gatefold cover and a limited CD box-set edition featuring all eighteen tracks on their own individual one-track CDs, with cover art from the original singles.

A notable omission from the album is the song "Shiny Happy People
Shiny Happy People
"Shiny Happy People" is a song by the band R.E.M.. The song appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. The song features guest backing vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52's, who also has a prominent role in the song's music video.It peaked at #10 on the...

" which was deliberately left out by the band despite it being one of their biggest hits. "Drive
Drive (R.E.M. song)
"Drive" was the lead single and first track from R.E.M.'s eighth studio album Automatic for the People in 1992. Although it was not as successful as previous lead singles "Losing My Religion," "Stand," or "The One I Love" in the United States, it became R.E.M.'s then second biggest hit on the UK...

" was also left out in favor of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain...

" from Automatic for the People
Automatic for the People
Automatic for the People is the eighth album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records. While R.E.M...

, and "Bang and Blame
Bang and Blame
"Bang and Blame" is a song by the American alternative rock group R.E.M. It was released as the second single from the album Monster in 1995. It is the last R.E.M...

", which was also a big hit, was left out for unknown reasons.

A companion DVD, entitled In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, was released at the same time. In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the compilation which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner
Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. Scheiner has received 23 Grammy Award nominations, 6 of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award for his work with the Eagles on their farewell tour broadcast, three TEC Awards nominations, a TEC Hall of...

, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The "Rarities and B-Sides" bonus disc from the limited edition is not included in this package.

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry
Bill Berry
William "Bill" Thomas Berry is a retired American musician, multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. In addition to his drumming duties, Berry played many other instruments including guitar, bass guitar, and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M....

, Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Peter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....

, Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...

 and Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...

 except as indicated.
  1. "Man on the Moon
    Man on the Moon (song)
    "Man on the Moon" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released as the second single from its 1992 album Automatic for the People. The song makes numerous references to the performer Andy Kaufman, including his Elvis impersonation and work with wrestlers Fred Blassie and Jerry...

    " (from Automatic for the People
    Automatic for the People
    Automatic for the People is the eighth album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1992 on Warner Bros. Records. While R.E.M...

    , 1992)
     – 5:12
  2. "The Great Beyond
    The Great Beyond
    "The Great Beyond" is a song by R.E.M. It is not featured on an original studio album as it was written specifically for the 1999 movie Man on the Moon but was released as a single the following year for support of the film's soundtrack album. The single reached #3 in the UK singles chart, the...

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from the Man on the Moon
    Man on the Moon (soundtrack)
    The soundtrack to the 1999 Miloš Forman film, Man on the Moon, was released on November 22, 1999 in the UK and November 23, 1999 in the US. It was issued on Warner Bros. Records, in conjunction with Jersey Records, a part of Danny DeVito's Jersey Group. Incidentally, in some countries, the film was...

    soundtrack, 1999)
     – 5:04
  3. "Bad Day
    Bad Day (R.E.M. song)
    "Bad Day" is one of two previously unreleased songs on and the lead single from R.E.M.'s 2003 compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003....

    " – 4:05
  4. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
    What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
    "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by the American alternative rock group R.E.M. from their 1994 album Monster. It was the first single taken from the album, released three weeks later. It peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. Due to its...

    " (from Monster, 1994) – 3:58
  5. "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
    All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
    "All the Way to Reno " is a song by R.E.M., from their twelfth album Reveal, the second single released from that album. According to Peter Buck's sleevenotes to In Time, the R.E.M. best-of on which this song appears, the song describes someone who believes they can get famous if they go to Reno...

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 4:43
  6. "Losing My Religion
    Losing My Religion
    "Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time. Based around a mandolin riff, "Losing My Religion" was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering heavy airplay on radio as well as on MTV due...

    " (from Out of Time
    Out of Time (album)
    Out of Time is the seventh 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...

    , 1991)
     – 4:26
  7. "E-Bow the Letter
    E-Bow the Letter
    "E-Bow the Letter" is the first single from R.E.M.'s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. It was released in August 1996 just weeks before the album's release. During the same month, R.E.M. signed its then record-breaking five-album contract with Warner Bros. Records. Although it peaked at...

    " (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi
    New Adventures in Hi-Fi
    New Adventures in Hi-Fi is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was their fifth major label release for Warner Bros. Records, released on September 9, 1996, in Europe and Australia and the following day in the United States...

    , 1996)
     – 5:22
  8. "Orange Crush
    Orange Crush (song)
    "Orange Crush" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the first single from the band's sixth studio album, Green, in 1988...

    " (from Green, 1988) – 3:50
  9. "Imitation of Life
    Imitation of Life (song)
    "Imitation of Life" is a song by R.E.M., the first single released from the band's 12th album, Reveal in 2001. The song peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was the lowest chart of a lead single from an R.E.M. album in the United States since "Fall on Me" from Lifes Rich Pageant in 1986...

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 3:56
  10. "Daysleeper
    Daysleeper
    "Daysleeper" is a song by R.E.M., released as their first single from their eleventh studio album Up, and the first single to be released by the band since the departure of drummer Bill Berry.Sleep and dreams have often played an important part in R.E.M...

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up
    Up (R.E.M. album)
    Up is the 11th album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was the band's first album without original drummer Bill Berry, who left the group amicably in October 1997 to pursue his own interests. In his place, R.E.M...

    , 1998)
     – 3:37
  11. "Animal
    Animal (R.E.M. song)
    "Animal" is a single released by R.E.M. It was one of two new songs recorded for the band's Warner Bros. Records "best of" album, In Time - The Best of R.E.M...

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:00
  12. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
    The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
    "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain...

    " (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:06
  13. "Stand" (from Green, 1988) – 3:09
  14. "Electrolite
    Electrolite
    "Electrolite" is a song by R.E.M., released as their third single from their tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. The song is a piano-based ballad to Los Angeles, Hollywood icons and the closing 20th century...

    " (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996) – 4:04
  15. "All the Right Friends
    All the Right Friends
    "All the Right Friends" is one of the earliest songs written by R.E.M., in fact written by Peter Buck and Michael Stipe before they had met their future bandmates, according to the liner notes to the band's In Time compilation album. Like all R.E.M. songs, its composition is credited to all...

    " (from the Vanilla Sky
    Music from Vanilla Sky
    The soundtrack for Vanilla Sky was nominated for an Academy Award. The film's soundtrack has been subject to critical acclaim from its reviewers, being called "a music masterpiece" by The New York Times. The eclectic taste of the soundtrack has been said to be one of the reasons the movie has...

    soundtrack, 2001)
     – 2:45
  16. "Everybody Hurts
    Everybody Hurts
    "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the French Singles Chart.-History:Much of the song was written by...

    " (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 5:17
  17. "At My Most Beautiful
    At My Most Beautiful
    "At My Most Beautiful" is a song by R.E.M. and the third single from the album Up. With a heavy influence from the Beach Boys and the Beatles, lyricist Michael Stipe wanted it to be the most romantic song he'd ever written....

    " (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up, 1998) – 3:33
  18. "Nightswimming
    Nightswimming
    "Nightswimming" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released in 1993 as the fifth single off the group's eighth album Automatic for the People...

    " (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:16


Bonus disc
  1. "Pop Song 89
    Pop Song 89
    "Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album Green. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK "Stand" was re-released instead....

    " (acoustic) – 2:56
    • B-side of "Pop Song 89
      Pop Song 89
      "Pop Song 89" was the third single released from R.E.M.'s sixth studio album Green. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100, and in the UK "Stand" was re-released instead....

      " 7 Inch; 1989
  2. "Turn You Inside-Out
    Turn You Inside-Out
    "Turn You Inside-Out" is a song by American rock band R.E.M. from their sixth studio album Green. Like all tracks on the album, the track was written by group members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry....

    " (live) – 4:16
    • although listed on the cover as being from the live video Tourfilm
      Tourfilm
      Tourfilm is a documentary-style concert film by American rock band R.E.M. The film chronicles the band's 1989 Green tour of North America...

      (which version was also released as B-side of "Losing My Religion
      Losing My Religion
      "Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time. Based around a mandolin riff, "Losing My Religion" was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering heavy airplay on radio as well as on MTV due...

      " "Collector's Editions" CD 1), this recording is actually from the radio broadcast of the Orlando show from April 30, 1989, previously included on a "Get Up
      Get Up (R.E.M. song)
      "Get Up" was the fourth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the band's sixth studio album Green. It was included in the limited edition Singleactiongreen box set released in November 1989. The song was released as a single only in the U.S. but failed to chart on the Billboard Hot...

      " promotional CD-single.
  3. "Fretless" – 4:49
    • B-side of "Losing My Religion
      Losing My Religion
      "Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time. Based around a mandolin riff, "Losing My Religion" was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering heavy airplay on radio as well as on MTV due...

      " "Collector's Editions" CD 2, Until the End of the World
      Until the End of the World (soundtrack)
      Until the End of the World is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1991 on Warner Bros. Records. One song on the album—U2's "Until the End of the World", had been previously released on that band's 1991 album Achtung Baby—all of the other songs were original contributions,...

      soundtrack, B-side of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
      The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
      "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was influenced by the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", both in the title of the song and through the song's opening refrain...

      " "Collector's Edition" CD 1 UK; 1991
  4. "Chance (Dub)" – 2:33
    • B-side of "Everybody Hurts
      Everybody Hurts
      "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the French Singles Chart.-History:Much of the song was written by...

      " "Collector's Edition" CD 2 UK; 1993
  5. "It's a Free World, Baby" – 5:11
    • B-side of "Drive
      Drive (R.E.M. song)
      "Drive" was the lead single and first track from R.E.M.'s eighth studio album Automatic for the People in 1992. Although it was not as successful as previous lead singles "Losing My Religion," "Stand," or "The One I Love" in the United States, it became R.E.M.'s then second biggest hit on the UK...

      " "Collector's Edition" Single UK & the Coneheads
      Coneheads
      The Coneheads is a sketch on Saturday Night Live which originated on the January 15, 1977 episode, and starred Dan Aykroyd as father Beldar, Jane Curtin as mother Prymaat, and Laraine Newman as daughter Connie.-Summary:...

      soundtrack; 1992
  6. "Drive
    Drive (R.E.M. song)
    "Drive" was the lead single and first track from R.E.M.'s eighth studio album Automatic for the People in 1992. Although it was not as successful as previous lead singles "Losing My Religion," "Stand," or "The One I Love" in the United States, it became R.E.M.'s then second biggest hit on the UK...

    " (live, November 19, 1992) – 3:59
    • Alternative NRG, B-side of "Strange Currencies
      Strange Currencies
      "Strange Currencies" is a song by R.E.M.. It was included on the album Monster and was also released as a single in 1995. The single hit #9 in the UK singles chart and peaked at #47 in the United States....

      " CD single; 1994
  7. "Star Me Kitten" (featuring William S. Burroughs
    William S. Burroughs
    William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...

    ) – 3:29
    • Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files; 1996
  8. "Revolution" – 3:02
    • Batman & Robin soundtrack
      Batman & Robin (soundtrack)
      Batman & Robin: Music from and Inspired by the 'Batman & Robin' Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the motion picture Batman & Robin .-Background:...

      ; 1997
  9. "Leave" (alternate version) – 4:40
    • A Life Less Ordinary
      A Life Less Ordinary
      A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 British black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by John Hodge. It stars Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo.-Plot:...

      soundtrack; 1997
  10. "Why Not Smile" (Oxford American version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:59
    • B-side of "Daysleeper
      Daysleeper
      "Daysleeper" is a song by R.E.M., released as their first single from their eleventh studio album Up, and the first single to be released by the band since the departure of drummer Bill Berry.Sleep and dreams have often played an important part in R.E.M...

      " CD single; 1998
  11. "The Lifting" (original version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:19
    • B-side of "Imitation of Life
      Imitation of Life (song)
      "Imitation of Life" is a song by R.E.M., the first single released from the band's 12th album, Reveal in 2001. The song peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was the lowest chart of a lead single from an R.E.M. album in the United States since "Fall on Me" from Lifes Rich Pageant in 1986...

      " CD single; 2001
  12. "Beat a Drum" (Dalkey demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:25
    • B-side of "Imitation of Life
      Imitation of Life (song)
      "Imitation of Life" is a song by R.E.M., the first single released from the band's 12th album, Reveal in 2001. The song peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was the lowest chart of a lead single from an R.E.M. album in the United States since "Fall on Me" from Lifes Rich Pageant in 1986...

      " CD single; 2001
  13. "2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:24
    • B-side of "Imitation of Life
      Imitation of Life (song)
      "Imitation of Life" is a song by R.E.M., the first single released from the band's 12th album, Reveal in 2001. The song peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was the lowest chart of a lead single from an R.E.M. album in the United States since "Fall on Me" from Lifes Rich Pageant in 1986...

      " CD single; 2001
  14. "The One I Love" (live from the Museum of Television and Radio, June 8, 2001) – 3:23
    • previously unreleased
  15. "Country Feedback
    Country Feedback
    "Country Feedback" is a song by R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time.Michael Stipe has claimed that he did not even write the whole lyric down, that he "just had a piece of paper with a few words. I sang it and I walked out." The following day, the hastily-improvised take was deemed good enough...

    " (live from Wiesbaden
    Wiesbaden
    Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

    , Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

    , 2003) – 6:15
    • previously unreleased


Later pressings of the collector's edition have the second disc enhanced with the "Bad Day" video.

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
2003 U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

8 (13 weeks on chart) Regular Edition
16 (4 weeks on chart) Limited Edition
2003 UK album chart 1 (41 weeks on chart) Regular Edition
36 (1 week on chart) Limited Edition


Singles
Year Single Chart Position
2003 "Bad Day" Billboard Canadian Singles Chart 17
2003 "Bad Day" UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

8
2004 "Animal" UK Singles Chart 33

Certifications

Organization Level Date
BPI – UK Gold October 24, 2003
BPI – UK Platinum October 24, 2003
BPI – UK 2× Platinum November 28, 2003
BPI – UK 3× Platinum December 12, 2003
RIAA – U.S. Platinum September 23, 2008
BVMI – Germany 2x Platinum 2006
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