R E M : Best Of The Irs Years 1982-1987

Disc 1 is 21-track single-disc collection of hits and band favourites including Radio Free Europe (R.E.M.'s debut single), The One I Love & It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). Disc 2 also contains 21 tracks of rarities from the I.R.S. and R.E.M. vaults. Includes alternate takes, previously unreleased mixes, live recordings of familiar R.E.M. classics, an acoustic performance from the 1987 documentary film Athens, GA - Inside Out, among them 10 never before released tracks Each of R.E.M.'s four original members has selected a personal favourite for the rarities disc. The package includes descriptive track-by-track annotations in the band members' own words plus newly-penned liner notes by rock scribe Anthony DeCurtis.