The Collection

Compilation by R.E.M.

Released 1990

indie rock rock

Tracklist

CD 1: Eponymous
1
Radio Free Europe (original Hib-Tone single)
3:49
4.6 ★
2
Gardening at Night (different vocal mix)
3:30
4.0 ★
3
Talk About the Passion
3:21
4.1 ★
4
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
3:15
3.8 ★
5
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
4:32
4.0 ★
6
Can’t Get There From Here
3:40
4.0 ★
7
Driver 8
3:24
4.0 ★
8
Romance
3:27
3.4 ★
9
Fall on Me
2:51
4.1 ★
10
The One I Love
3:17
4.2 ★
11
Finest Worksong (Mutual Drum Horn mix)
3:51
4.0 ★
12
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
4:05
4.2 ★
CD 2: Document
1
Finest Worksong
3:50
4.0 ★
2
Welcome to the Occupation
2:48
3.5 ★
3
Exhuming McCarthy
3:21
4.0 ★
4
Disturbance at the Heron House
3:34
3.8 ★
5
Strange
2:33
4.0 ★
6
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
4:06
4.2 ★
7
The One I Love
3:18
4.2 ★
8
Fireplace
3:24
3.8 ★
9
Lightnin’ Hopkins
3:21
3.6 ★
10
King of Birds
4:10
3.6 ★
11
Oddfellows Local 151
5:22
3.6 ★
CD 3: Fables of the Reconstruction
1
Feeling Gravity’s Pull
4:51
4.4 ★
2
Maps and Legends
3:11
4.0 ★
3
Driver 8
3:24
4.0 ★
4
Life and How to Live It
4:07
3.8 ★
5
Old Man Kensey
4:10
3.6 ★
6
Can’t Get There From Here
3:40
4.0 ★
7
Green Grow the Rushes
3:45
4.0 ★
8
Kohoutek
3:18
3.4 ★
9
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
2:45
4.0 ★
10
Good Advices
3:30
4.0 ★
11
Wendell Gee
3:03
3.6 ★
CD 4: Dead Letter Office
1
Crazy
3:03
3.5 ★
2
There She Goes Again
2:50
4.4 ★
3
Burning Down
4:13
3.6 ★
4
Voice of Harold
4:25
3.5 ★
5
Burning Hell
3:49
3.5 ★
6
White Tornado
1:56
3.6 ★
7
Toys in the Attic
2:30
3.5 ★
8
Windout
2:00
3.5 ★
9
Ages of You
3:44
3.6 ★
10
Pale Blue Eyes
2:54
4.0 ★
11
Rotary Ten
2:00
3.5 ★
12
Bandwagon
2:17
4.0 ★
13
Femme Fatale
2:50
4.0 ★
14
Walter’s Theme
1:31
3.0 ★
15
King of the Road
3:15
4.0 ★
16
Wolves, Lower
4:13
4.4 ★
17
Gardening at Night
3:30
4.0 ★
18
Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
3:55
3.5 ★
19
1,000,000
3:06
3.4 ★
20
Stumble
5:40
3.5 ★
CD 5: Life's Rich Pageant
1
Begin the Begin
3:28
3.6 ★
2
These Days
3:24
4.0 ★
3
Fall on Me
2:50
4.1 ★
4
Cuyahoga
4:21
4.2 ★
5
Hyena
2:51
3.8 ★
6
Underneath the Bunker
1:27
3.5 ★
7
The Flowers of Guatemala
3:57
4.0 ★
8
I Believe
3:50
4.6 ★
9
What If We Give It Away?
3:34
3.8 ★
10
Just a Touch
3:00
4.2 ★
11
Swan Swan H
2:50
3.8 ★
12
Superman
2:53
4.2 ★

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Release credits

Bill Berry
drums (drum set) [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12, 3.1-11, 2.1-11, 5.1-12]
Don Dixon
engineer [3], producer [4.3, 4.8-9, 1.3-5]
Don Gehman
mix [11], producer [5.1-12, 4.7, 4.11, 1.9], recording [11]
Gary Laney
additional [1.10, 1.12, 2.1-11]
Joe Boyd
producer [4.1, 4.5, 4.12, 3.1-11, 1.6-7]
Michael Stipe
background vocals [12], lead vocals [1.4, 1.9-10, 1.12, 2.1-11, 5.1-11], vocal [3.1-11, 1.6-7]
Mike Mills
bass guitar [5.1-12, 3.1-11, 2.1-11, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12], lead vocals [1.9, 5.3, 5.12]
Mitch Easter
co [1], engineer [3], mix [3], producer [1.1-5, 4.3, 4.6, 4.8-9, 4.16-20]
Peter Buck
guitar [5.1-12, 2.1-11, 3.1-11, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.9-10, 1.12]
R.E.M.
producer [2.1-11, 1.1-2, 1.8, 1.10-12, 4.18]
Scott Litt
engineer [2.1-11, 1.10, 1.12], producer [1.8, 1.10-12, 2.1-11]
Steve Catania
additional [1.10, 1.12, 2.1-11]
Steve Fjelstad
remixer [1, 3, 9]

Issues

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The Collection
5x CD
1990