R.E.M. have outlined details of their 40 song retrospective ‘R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 – 2011’.
So that’s it. OVER. R.E.M. confirmed the news of their split with a simple three way statement, allowing each member of the group to pay their respects to a career which has lasted almost thirty years.
First defining them eclipsing the college rock scene, the band’s neo-Classicism was at odds with prevailing trends in American underground music. However R.E.M. found near instant critical acclaim, going on to release some seminal music.
Parting company after thirty years, news quickly broke of plans for a full scale retrospective. ‘R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 – 2011’ is due to be released on November 14th, containing forty tracks from the band’s entire back catalogue.
A few notes:
– The upcoming album gathers material from both IRS and Warners eras
– The LP contains material from each R.E.M. album
– All three band members have contributed to the sleevenotes
– R.E.M. have decided to include three brand new cuts (‘A Month of Saturdays’, ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’, and ‘Hallelujah’) as a final farewell
Fans will no doubt have plenty to say about the final tracklisting (no ‘Daysleeper’ for one…) so to instigate debate here it is in full:
Disc 1:
‘Gardening At Night’
‘Radio Free Europe’
‘Talk About The Passion’
‘Sitting Still’
‘So. Central Rain’
‘(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville’
‘Driver 8’
‘Life And How To Live It’
‘Begin The Begin’
‘Fall On Me’
‘Finest Worksong’
‘It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)’
‘The One I Love’
‘Stand’
‘Pop Song 89’
‘Get Up’
‘Orange Crush’
‘Losing My Religion’
‘Country Feedback’
‘Shiny Happy People’
Disc 2:
‘The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite’
‘Everybody Hurts’
‘Man On The Moon’
‘Nightswimming’
‘What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?’
‘New Test Leper’
‘Electrolite’
‘At My Most Beautiful’
‘The Great Beyond’
‘Imitation Of Life’
‘Bad Day’
‘Leaving New York’
‘Living Well Is The Best Revenge’
‘Supernatural Superserious’
‘Überlin’
‘Oh My Heart’
‘Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter’
‘A Month of Saturdays’
‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’
‘Hallelujah’
