ITunes Originals – R.E.M.

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)
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)

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.

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

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

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