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Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011

Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
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Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)
Recorded 1988–2011
Genre Alternative rock
Length 506:08
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Jackknife Lee, Scott Litt, Pat McCarthy, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
R.E.M. chronology
Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987
(2014)
Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
(2014)
REMTV
(2014)

Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 is a 2014 compilation album featuring live songs, singles' b-sides and non-album tracks recorded by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records. All material has been previously released either physically or in digital-only formats.

Despite the title, many previously released songs and several digital-only releases are not in the compilation. Examples include "Forty Second Song", "Fruity Organ", "Organ Song", "Radio Song" (Tower of Luv Bug Mix), "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 (Long Version)", "New Orleans Instrumental No. 2", the Monster-era instrumentals, the Live at Greensboro EP, most of the Collapse into Now live in-studio songs and some compilation tracks like "Photograph", "Draggin The Line", "#9 Dream" and "I Walked With a Zombie".

There was no CD release. The songs are digital download only.

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.

See section "Known issues" below for tracks marked with *.

As of the original release of this compilation on May 19, 2014, the following track mistakes (marked with * on the list above) have been observed on all digital download platforms:

The original release of this compilation had a few other mistakes that have been solved by iTunes. Those original files, though, can still be found in many sources and still present the same mistakes.


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