Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011

Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
Recorded 1988–2011
Genre Alternative rock
Length 506:08
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Jackknife Lee, Scott Litt, Pat McCarthy, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
R.E.M. chronology
Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987
(2014)
Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
(2014)
REMTV
(2014)

Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 is a 2014 compilation album featuring live songs, singles' b-sides and non-album tracks recorded by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records. All material has been previously released either physically or in digital-only formats.

Despite the title, many previously released songs and several digital-only releases are not in the compilation. Examples include "Forty Second Song", "Fruity Organ", "Organ Song", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 (Long Version)", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 2", the Monster-era instrumentals, the Live at Greensboro EP, most of the Collapse into Now live in-studio songs and some compilation tracks like "Photograph", "Draggin The Line", "#9 Dream" and "I Walked With a Zombie".

There was no CD release. The songs are digital download only.[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.

See section "Known issues" below for tracks marked with *.

  1. "Funtime" (David Bowie, Iggy Pop) (non-album Iggy Pop cover) – 2:14
  2. "Ghost Rider" (Alan Vega, Martin Rev) (non-album Suicide cover) – 3:46
  3. "Dark Globe" (Syd Barrett) (non-album Syd Barrett cover) – 1:53
  4. "Pop Song 89" (acoustic version) – 2:57
  5. "Memphis Train Blues" (non-album track) – 1:40
  6. "Skin Tight" (Williams, Satchell, "Sugarfoot", Jones, Middlebrooks, Pierce) (live in Orlando, FL, April 30, 1989) (non-album Ohio Players cover) – 2:04
  7. "Losing My Religion" (acoustic live at KFOG, San Francisco) (from the iTunes-only Losing My Religion EP) – 4:44
  8. "Losing My Religion" (live in Dublin, 2005) (from R.E.M. Live) – 4:53
  9. "Rotary Eleven" (non-album track) – 2:32
  10. "You Are the Everything" (live in Greensboro Coliseum, NC, November 10, 1989) – 4:44
  11. "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (live The Troggs cover) – 3:13
  12. "Shiny Happy People" ("Dance to the Music" Mix) – 4:45
  13. "Shiny Happy People" (Pop Mix) – 4:05
  14. "Shiny Happy People" (Hip Mix) – 3:37
  15. "It's a Free World Baby" (non-album track, from The Coneheads soundtrack) – 5:12
  16. "Winged Mammal Theme" (non-album track) – 2:56
  17. "First We Take Manhattan" (Leonard Cohen) (non-album cover, from I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen) – 6:04
  18. "Everybody Hurts" (album fade) – 4:59
  19. "Mandolin Strum" (non-album track) – 3:46
  20. "Orange Crush" (live) – 4:00
  21. "Man on the Moon" (album edit) – 4:45
  22. "Arms of Love" (Robyn Hitchcock) (non-album Robyn Hitchcock cover) – 3:32
  23. "World Leader Pretend" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 5:16
  24. "Belong" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 4:40
  25. "Low" (live in Charleston, WV, April 28, 1991) – 4:59
  26. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Solomon Linda, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss, Albert Stanton) (non-album The Tokens (version) cover) – 2:41
  27. "Fretless" (non-album track, from Until the End of the World soundtrack) – 4:50
  28. "Everybody Hurts" (live at the MTV Video Awards, Los Angeles, September 2, 1993) – 5:33
  29. "Orange Crush" (instrumental version) – 3:49
  30. "Fall on Me" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 3:23
  31. "Me in Honey" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:16
  32. "Finest Worksong" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:11
  33. "Drive" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:17 *
  34. "Funtime" (Bowie, Pop) (Iggy Pop cover, live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 2:16
  35. "Radio Free Europe" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:43
  36. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (live at Saturday Night Live (SNL), New York, November 12, 1994) – 4:06
  37. "Bang and Blame" (live at SNL, November 12, 1994) – 4:54
  38. "I Don't Sleep, I Dream" (live at SNL, November 12, 1994) – 3:50
  39. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (radio version) – 3:59
  40. "Monty Got a Raw Deal" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 4:22
  41. "Everybody Hurts" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 5:42
  42. "Man on the Moon" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 5:23
  43. "Bang and Blame" (alternate version without between-track noise) – 4:52
  44. "Losing My Religion" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) (applause faded) – 4:43
  45. "Country Feedback" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) (applause faded) – 4:19
  46. "Begin the Begin" (live at the 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, November 19, 1992) – 3:48
  47. "Undertow" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:05
  48. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) (live Glen Campbell cover) – 3:18
  49. "New Test Leper" (live acoustic) – 5:29
  50. "Tricycle" (non-album track) – 1:58
  51. "Departure" (live in Rome soundcheck) – 3:33
  52. "Wall of Death" (Richard Thompson) (live cover, from Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson) – 3:08
  53. "The Wake Up Bomb" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:08
  54. "Binky the Doormat" (live at Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 1995) – 5:02
  55. "King of Comedy" (808 State Remix) – 5:37
  56. "Be Mine" (Mike On Bus Version) – 4:54
  57. "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) (non-album The Troggs cover, from I Shot Andy Warhol soundtrack) – 3:02
  58. "Sponge" (Vic Chesnutt) (non-album cover, from Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation) – 4:95
  59. "Emphysema" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 4:24
  60. "Sad Professor" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in studio version) – 4:01
  61. "Why Not Smile" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Oxford American version) – 4:01
  62. "Surfing the Ganges" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 2:28
  63. "Suspicion" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Toast Studios) – 5:39
  64. "Lotus" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Weird Mix) – 4:34
  65. "Electrolite" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 3:58
  66. "Man On the Moon" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 5:15
  67. "Suspicion" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Ealing Studios) – 5:27
  68. "At My Most Beautiful" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (radio remix) – 3:33
  69. "The Passenger" (Iggy Pop, Ricky Gardiner) (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 7:11
  70. "Country Feedback" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 6:51
  71. "So. Central Rain" (live from Later... with Jools Holland, 1998) – 4:04
  72. "The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track, from the Man on the Moon soundtrack) – 4:14
  73. "The One I Love" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 1999) – 3:10
  74. "Everybody Hurts" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 1999) – 6:21
  75. "Man On the Moon" (live from the Glastonbury Festival, 1999) – 5:24
  76. "Yellow River" (Jeff Christie) (non-album Christie cover) – 2:35
  77. "165 Hillcrest" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 1:35
  78. "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live from Trafalgar Square) – 3:54
  79. "Summer Turns to High" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (32 Chord Song demo) – 3:10
  80. "I've Been High" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live video version, Channel V, Sydney) – 3:17
  81. "The Lifting" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (original version) – 5:20 *
  82. "Beat a Drum" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (Dalkey Demo) – 4:26
  83. "2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (non-album track) – 3:26
  84. "Favorite Writer" (Linda Hopper, Ruthie Morris) (non-album Magnapop cover) – 2:57
  85. "Out in the Country" (Williams/Nichols) (non-album Paul Williams cover) – 3:23
  86. "Adagio" (non-album track) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:29
  87. "Turn You Inside-Out" (live) – 4:27 *
  88. "Chance (Dub)" (non-album track) – 2:35
  89. "Drive" (live, 1994) – 4:00 *
  90. "Star Me Kitten" (alternate version feat. William S. Burroughs, from Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files) – 3:31
  91. "Revolution" (non-album track, from Batman and Robin soundtrack) – 3:05
  92. "Leave" (alternate version, from A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack) – 4:42
  93. "The Lifting" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (demo) – 5:20 *
  94. "The One I Love" (live from 2MMM Sydney) – 3:24 *
  95. "Maps and Legends" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:18
  96. "Tongue" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:52
  97. "Little America" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 2:59
  98. "So. Central Rain" (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:29
  99. "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes) – 3:51
  100. "So Fast, So Numb" (live in Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004) – 3:52
  101. "All the Right Friends" (live in Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004) – 2:50
  102. "Animal" (new mix) – 3:55
  103. "Pretty Persuasion" (live in NYC, 2003) – 4:02
  104. "Welcome To the Occupation" (live in NYC, 2003) – 2:46
  105. "You Are the Everything" (live in Raleigh, NC, October 10, 2003) – 3:31
  106. "These Days" (live in Toronto, September 30, 2003) – 3:27
  107. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (live in Oslo NRK P1 National Radio, October 25, 2003) – 4:35
  108. "Wanderlust" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in Santa Barbara, CA, 2004) – 3:04
  109. "Sweetness Follows" (live in Cincinnati, October 27, 2004) – 4:04 *
  110. "Horse to Water" (live in Vancouver) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:36
  111. "Indian Summer" (Calvin Johnson) (non-album Beat Happening cover) – 5:01
  112. "Living Well Is the Best Revenge" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 3:16
  113. "Auctioneer" (from Live From London EP) – 2:46
  114. "Hollow Man" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:44
  115. "Supernatural Superserious" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 3:23
  116. "Fall On Me" (from Live From London EP) – 2:49
  117. "West of the Fields" (from Live From London EP) – 3:14
  118. "Horse to Water" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:18
  119. "Man-Sized Wreath" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Live From London EP) – 2:36
  120. "Man On the Moon" (from Live From London EP) – 4:53
  121. "Mr. Richards" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in Vancouver) – 3:54
  122. "Living Well Jesus Dog" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) ("Living Well Is The Best Revenge" alternate version) – 4:21
  123. "Airliner" (Buck, Mills, Stipe, Scott McCaughey) (non-album track) – 2:21
  124. "Redhead Walking" (Calvin Johnson) (non-album Beat Happening cover) – 2:11
  125. "Houston" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live in London) – 2:19
  126. "Harborcoat" (from Live at The Olympia) – 4:13
  127. "Letter Never Sent" (from Live at the Olympia) – 3:17
  128. "Second Guessing" (from Live at the Olympia) – 2:55
  129. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Live at the Olympia) – 4:26
  130. "Nola-4/26/10" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:53
  131. "That Someone Is You" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (live at Hansa Studios) – 1:45

Known issues

As of the original release of this compilation on May 19, 2014, the following track mistakes (marked with * on the list above) have been observed on all digital download platforms:

Resolved issues

The original release of this compilation had a few other mistakes that have been solved by iTunes. Those original files, though, can still be found in many sources and still present the same mistakes.

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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