Best of Rem [Import]

R.E.M. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Musicrama/Koch
• ASIN: B0000DEMIK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,749,105 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)

2. Radio Free Europe

3. Perfect Circle

4. Talk About the Passion

5. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)

6. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville

7. Pretty Persuasion

8. Green Grow the Rushes

9. Can't Get There from Here

10. Driver 8

11. Fall on Me

12. I Believe

13. Cuyahoga

14. The One I Love

15. Finest Worksong

16. It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Editorial Reviews

1991 import only retrospective of their years on the I.R.S. label, 1982-1987. 16 tracks, including 'Radio Free Europe', 'Talk About The Passion', 'So. Central Rain', '(Don't Go Back To) Rockville', 'Pretty Persuasion', 'Can't Get There From Here', 'Driver --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compiled by people in rem mode. Good but a bit hazy, November 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of R.E.M. (Audio CD)

This is clearly far better than the US Eponymous greatest hits. It is also more expansive. yet, while there are a number of great REM tunes, it just misses from being a five star affair.

First, it gives each album the same weight of consideration. Murmur and Document deserve more than three tracks each. Where are "Catapult", and "Disturbance at the Heron House"?

Second, the choices made are good, but odd. "Carnival of Sorts" is picked from the debut ep but no "Gardening At Night". "I Believe" is picked from Life's Rich Pageant but no "Superman" or "Begin the Begin". Where is "7 Chinese Bros." from Reckoning. There was room on this disc for four more numbers.

What this group needs is a remastered expanded best-of covering their IRS years. While this is the best choice, it could have been a little bit better!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, Bad CD, November 15, 2006

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This review is from: Best Of R.E.M. (Audio CD)

Waht I really want is to give 5 stars for the music, and 2.5 stars for the sound quality of the CD.

It was great to listen to some of the REM songs from for their IRS label times, like "Fall on me" and "perfect circle"...I've been wanting to listen to some early REM for a long time, and this CD has a great collection put together just for that...
HOWEVER, whoever mixed this CD must've been on crack. it's FLAT! one of the worst sounding CD's I've ever heard. There are no up/dwon tonal passages, everything is at the SAME volume level, and almost NO BASS! When I 1st listened to it, I thought my stereo or speakers had a problem. Listening to the music via Winamp per PC with EQ adjusted, it's more tolerable, but the lack of low freq passages is still ridiculous. I'm sure the original album versions of these songs don't sound like this, but will be too much of a hassle to buy/find each and every one of them for a particular song...
All in all, the enjoyment of listening to the music still overweighs the dissapointing tonal quality of the CD.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless., September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Of R.E.M. (Audio CD)

Great music rarely comes in one's lifetime,as in great music that alters one's life forever.A certain kind of music that one could always go back to;as compensation,comfort,release.And I have always gone back to this classic,one of the greatest compilations in rock.

Here lies some of the most brilliant music ever created by four talented individuals who went against the fray & succeded.Each song is a testament in itself,an invaluable legacy to true craftsmanship.One of the best & most representative American groups of all time,& currently the best in rock,this is one that you'll latch on to forever.