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R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, USA, in 1980 by Michael Stipe (lead vocals), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Bill Berry (drums and percussion). R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear vocals. R.E.M. released ... Read more in Amazon's R.E.M. Store

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Audio CD (21 May 2003)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Extra tracks
Label: Irs
ASIN: B000005RQD
Other Editions: Audio Cassette | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The lighter side of REM 19 April 2002

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This is NOT an album, per se. This collects the best of the b-sides and rarities that REM recorded up to about 1986. A few of these songs are available on the reissues that IRS released in 1992, but most are exclusive. You also get REMs first release - the EP 'Chronic Town' mixed in. None of the songs are up to LP quality - except the stuff from Chronic Town - but this is worth buying just to listen to once in a while, simply for the oddball nature of some of these songs, like Bandwagon (about a wagon owner telling kids to ride on the wagon, because he treats the horse well) and the music of one song but Stipe singing lyrics from some gospel album (Voice of Harold). It's music that should be heard, but would've been too light for Fables of The Reconstruction, etc.

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4.0 out of 5 stars PROMISING EARLY WORK 23 Sep 2003

By Pieter Uys HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER

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As a compilation of rare B-sides and the first EP, this album provides an enjoyable listening experience although it may not be up there with the best of this brilliant band. With its 22 tracks, it offers good value for money anyway.

My favorites include the three Velvet Underground covers: There She Goes Again, Pale Blue Eyes and Femme Fatale. I also love the spiritual song Voice Of Harold with its gripping melody, churning guitars and whistling towards the end.

Other tracks of note are the instrumental White Tornado with its powerful guitars, the speedy and energetic Toys In The Attic, Wolves Lower with its nervous rhythm, Gardening At Night with its lovely winding melody and All The Right Friends.

Their sound appears a bit thin in places in this early phase of their career but it’s rather charming to listen to the beginnings of this amazing band that later give us masterpieces like Document, Out Of Time and Automatic For The People.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Thoughts from Michaels head... 24 Aug 2001

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This compilation was clearly never intended as an album. It is a collection of b-side type songs, that may otherwise never have seen the light of day, although as for "King of the Road", Michael reckons that the origional artist should have sued them for this cover version! Easy, poppy songs like "Toys in the Attic", and "Ages of You" sound good, but don't sound like an REM album track. This seems to be what goes on in Michaels head between his visionary masterpieces, and it is bizzare to say the least.

"White Tornado" is probably their best instreumental track, legues superior to that bloody "New Orleans" racket on Automatic! This is a fine album for listening to while you're doing something else. And, rather than a bonus track, you get "Cronicle", their first EP stuck on the end, which is great because it is now unavailable in the UK (I searched for it for years to complete my REM collection!).

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