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R.E.M. at the BBC

by R.E.M.
Released19 October 2018
LabelCraft Recordings
Popularity45.6
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R.E.M. at the BBC is a live box set from the American alternative rock band, released on 19 October 2018 through Craft Recordings. It gathers eight discs of sessions recorded between 1984 and 2008, with a bonus DVD of videos tucked in alongside them. A two-disc best-of edition came out the same day for anyone wanting a shorter way in.

The span is the real draw. Those recordings stretch from the early days around Reckoning to the band's later work in the Accelerate era, so you can follow R.E.M. through more than two decades of their career in a single collection. It suits fans who want to hear how familiar songs sounded when played for broadcast, and who enjoy tracing a band's changes across their studio albums.

R.E.M. at the BBC: tracklist, credits and charts

46 tracks · 3:05:34

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1World Leader Pretend (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:39
  3. 2Fretless (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe5:18
  4. 3Half a World Away (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:36
  5. 4Radio Song (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:08
  6. 5Losing My Religion (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:45
  7. 6Love Is All Around (live from Into the Night on BBC Radio 1 / 1991)Reg Presley3:12
  8. 7Walk Unafraid (live from John Peel studio session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:07
  9. 8Daysleeper (live from John Peel studio session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe3:19
  10. 9Lotus (live from John Peel studio session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:15
  11. 10At My Most Beautiful (live from John Peel studio session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe3:19
  12. 11Bad Day (live from Mark and Lard on BBC Radio 1 / 2003)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:06
  13. 12Orange Crush (live from Mark and Lard on BBC Radio 1 / 2003)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:59
  14. 13Man on the Moon (live from Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 / 2003)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe5:02
  15. 14Imitation of Life (live from Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 / 2003)Buck, Mills, Stipe3:45
  16. 15Supernatural Superserious (live from BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge / 2008)Buck, Mills, Stipe3:26
  17. 16Munich (live from BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge / 2008)Lay, Leetch, Smith, Urbanowicz3:18
  18. 17Introduction (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)0:27
  19. 18Losing My Religion (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:44
  20. 19New Test Leper (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe5:54
  21. 20Lotus (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:49
  22. 21Parakeet (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:24
  23. 22Electrolite (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:24
  24. 23Perfect Circle (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:39
  25. 24The Apologist (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:40
  26. 25Band Introductions (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)1:04
  27. 26Daysleeper (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:44
  28. 27Country Feedback (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe7:23
  29. 28At My Most Beautiful (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:14
  30. 29Walk Unafraid (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Buck, Mills, Stipe4:52
  31. 30Man on the Moon (live from John Peel public session on BBC Radio 1 / 1998)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe6:11
  32. Disc 2
  33. 1Second Guessing (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:58
  34. 2Hyena (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe2:57
  35. 3Talk About the Passion (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:04
  36. 4West of the Fields (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Bogan3:07
  37. 5(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:30
  38. 6Auctioneer (Another Engine)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:01
  39. 7So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:52
  40. 8Old Man Kensey (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:24
  41. 9Gardening at Night (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:27
  42. 109‐9 / Hey Diddle Diddle / Feeling Gravity's Pull (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, [traditional]5:40
  43. 11Windout (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe1:50
  44. 12Driver 8 (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:26
  45. 13Pretty Persuasion (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:34
  46. 14Radio Free Europe (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:50
  47. 15Wendell Gee (live from Rock City, Nottingham / 1984)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe3:21
  48. 16Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe4:47
Recorded at
Maida Vale Studios, Broadcasting House, BBC Radio 1 Studios, BBC Wogan House, Yalding House, BBC Radio Theatre
Recorded
Multiple dates between 1984 and 2008
Label
Craft Recordings
Length
3:05:34

Line-up

  • Bill Berry · percussion, drums (drum set), background vocals
  • Peter Buck · guitar
  • Mike Mills · keyboard, bass, background vocals
  • Michael Stipe · vocals

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 201840
Scottish Albums · 201819
German Albums · 201823
Portuguese Albums · 201829
Austrian Albums · 201860
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) · 202062
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 201875
Italian Albums · 201875
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 201878
Dutch Albums · 201886
All 11 charts
Swiss Albums · 201894

From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.

45.6
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
674
ListenBrainz listeners
9.1k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
5.6k
Deezer fans (all editions)
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz19 October 2018
Wikipedia infobox19 October 2018
Wikidata19 October 2018
Deezer19 October 2018
Apple Music19 October 2018
US release19 October 2018earliest US date
UK / Europe release19 October 2018earliest UK or European date
3 editions
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19 October 2018USCraft Recordings888072067714original
19 October 2018GBCraft Recordingsoriginal
19 October 2018JPCraft Recordings888072076631original
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