ITunes Originals – R.E.M.

Live album by R.E.M.

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iTunes Originals – R.E.M.

Compilation album by

R.E.M.

Released| December 28, 2004 (2004-12-28)
Recorded| 2004
Genre| Alternative rock
Length| 82:47
Language| English
R.E.M. chronology
| Around the Sun
(2004)  | ''iTunes Originals – R.E.M.''
(2004)  | And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
(2006)

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R.E.M. compilations chronology
| In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003
(2003)  | iTunes Originals – R.E.M.
(2004)  | And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
(2006)

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iTunes Originals – R.E.M. is an album of interviews and original and previously recorded music by R.E.M. released on December 28, 2004, to promote the album Around the Sun and the Around the World tour. It was only made available through iTunes. It was the second such iTunes-only release by the band, following Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes and before Live from London.

This release is notable for a (live in) studio version of "Permanent Vacation", a song that dates from R.E.M.'s earliest days (pre-Murmur), but a recording of which was never released before (a low quality rehearsal version and live versions from 1980 and 1981 did appear on bootlegs however). The band rediscovered the song in the early 2000s and resumed playing it live, choosing to finally release it as part of iTunes Originals. It has no relation to the song or album by Aerosmith, which was recorded 7 years after R.E.M. wrote their song.

## Reception

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Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the collection "a compelling listen for serious fans".[1]

## Track listing

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All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe except where noted. Spoken word/non-song tracks in italics.

1. → iTunes Originals – 0:06
2. "Everybody Hurts" – 5:20
3. → The Beginning – 1:41
4. "Permanent Vacation" (*)  – 2:27
5. → The Cause and Effect of Pageant – 2:34
6. "These Days" (*)  – 3:24
7. → The Biggest College Band in the World – 1:18
8. "Exhuming McCarthy" (*)  – 3:11
9. → Bubblegum Pop – 0:58
10. "Stand" – 3:13
11. → Reaching Clarity in Lyric Writing – 1:27
12. "World Leader Pretend" – 4:19
13. → The Biggest Surprise Hit – 1:01
14. "Losing My Religion" – 4:29
15. → Monster – 0:55
16. "Bang and Blame" – 5:31
17. → The Dark Horse Favorite Album – 0:56
18. "E-Bow the Letter" – 5:24
19. → The Impact of Bill Berry Leaving the Band – 2:15
20. "At My Most Beautiful" – 3:35
21. → A Song That Should Have Been a Hit – 0:43
22. "I've Been High" (*)  – 3:24
23. → Coming Full Circle – 2:34
24. "Final Straw" – 4:06
25. → The Two Most Political Songs on the Album – 1:39
26. "I Wanted to Be Wrong" (*)  – 4:46
27. → Inside "The Outsiders" – 1:00
28. "The Outsiders" (*)  – 4:14
29. → A Profound Love of Music – 1:10
30. "The Boy in the Well" (*)  – 5:07

Tracks with an asterisk (*) are live re-recordings exclusive to this compilation.

## See also

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* iTunes Originals

## References

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1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "iTunes Originals: R.E.M." AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

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R.E.M.

* Bill Berry
* Peter Buck
* Mike Mills
* Michael Stipe

* Bertis Downs
* Jefferson Holt

Studio albums|

* Murmur
* Reckoning
* Fables of the Reconstruction
* Lifes Rich Pageant
* Document
* Green
* Out of Time
* Automatic for the People
* Monster
* New Adventures in Hi-Fi
* Up
* Reveal
* Around the Sun
* Accelerate
* Collapse into Now

Live albums|

* R.E.M. Live
* Live at The Olympia
* Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions
* R.E.M. at the BBC
* Live at the Borderline 1991

Compilations|

* Dead Letter Office
* Eponymous
* The Best of R.E.M.
* The Automatic Box
* Singles Collected
* In the Attic
* In Time
* iTunes Originals
* And I Feel Fine
* Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011
* Complete Rarities (I.R.S. · WB)
* 7IN—83–88

EPs|

* Chronic Town
* Not Bad for No Tour
* Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes
* Live from London
* Reckoning Songs from The Olympia

Other albums|

* Man on the Moon
* r.e.m.IX

Singles|

* "Radio Free Europe"
* "Talk About the Passion"
* "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
* "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
* "Cant Get There from Here"
* "Driver 8"
* "Wendell Gee"
* "Fall on Me"
* "Superman"
* "The One I Love"
* "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
* "Finest Worksong"
* "Orange Crush"
* "Stand"
* "Pop Song 89"
* "Get Up"
* "Losing My Religion"
* "Shiny Happy People"
* "Near Wild Heaven"
* "Radio Song"
* "Drive"
* "Man on the Moon"
* "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
* "Everybody Hurts"
* "Nightswimming"
* "Find the River"
* "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
* "Bang and Blame"
* "Crush with Eyeliner"
* "Strange Currencies"
* "Tongue"
* "E-Bow the Letter"
* "Bittersweet Me"
* "Electrolite"
* "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us"
* "Daysleeper"
* "Lotus"
* "At My Most Beautiful"
* "Suspicion"
* "The Great Beyond"
* "Imitation of Life"
* "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"
* "I'll Take the Rain"
* "Bad Day"
* "Animal"
* "Leaving New York"
* "Aftermath"
* "Electron Blue"
* "Wanderlust"
* "#9 Dream"
* "Supernatural Superserious"
* "Hollow Man"
* "Man-Sized Wreath"
* "Until the Day Is Done"
* "Mine Smell Like Honey"
* "Überlin"
* "Oh My Heart"
* "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Other songs|

* "Sitting Still"
* "Gardening at Night"
* "Perfect Circle"
* "Pretty Persuasion"
* "7 Chinese Bros."
* "Begin the Begin"
* "Cuyahoga"
* "Ages of You"
* "Turn You Inside-Out"
* "Texarkana"
* "Country Feedback"
* "First We Take Manhattan"
* "Ignoreland"
* "Dark Globe"
* "Star 69"
* "New Test Leper"
* "All the Right Friends"
* "Out in the Country"

Videos|

* Succumbs
* Tourfilm
* Pop Screen
* This Film Is On
* Parallel
* Road Movie
* In View
* Perfect Square
* When the Light Is Mine
* R.E.M. Live
* Live from Austin, TX
* REMTV

Support and
side projects|

* Nathan December
* Buren Fowler
* Peter Holsapple
* Barrett Martin
* Scott McCaughey
* Bill Rieflin
* Ken Stringfellow
* Joey Waronker
* The Baseball Project
* Filthy Friends
* Hindu Love Gods
* The Minus 5
* Tanzplagen
* Tuatara
* Tired Pony

Related articles|

* Discography
* List of songs
* Awards
* Tours
* 170 College Avenue
* Peter Buck
* Athens Andover
* "I Belong to You"
* Hib-Tone
* Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M.
* Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People

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