R.E.M. grew up with the BBC, and this historic relationship is lovingly celebrated across an incredible collection that beautifully illustrates the career trajectory of one of modern music’s greatest bands. The collection comprises a treasure trove of rare and unreleased live and studio recordings culled from the BBC and band archives. This is a must-have collection for R.E.M. fans and an authoritative introduction for newcomers.

Features:

• 8-CD/1-DVD compendium of live broadcasts, TV appearances, and in-studio sessions from the BBC archives

• Includes live versions of some of the band’s most enduring hit singles, including “Losing My Religion,” “Everybody Hurts,” “The One I Love,” “Man on the Moon” and many more

• DVD includes a rare, hour-long BBC documentary Accelerating Backwards, a 60 minute Later... with Jools Holland performance and more

• Includes performances from Radio 1's Peel Sessions, Live Lounge and Into the Night, as well as live broadcasts from Nottingham Rock City (1984), Milton Keynes' The National Bowl (1995) and Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage (1999)

Tracklist:

Disc 1: BBC Sessions
World Leader Pretend
Fretless
Half A World Away
Radio Song
Losing My Religion
Love Is All Around
Walk Unafraid
Daysleeper
Lotus
At My Most Beautiful
Bad Day
Orange Crush
Man On The Moon
Imitation Of Life
Supernatural Superserious
Munich
Disc 2: BBC Sessions
Introduction
Losing My Religion
New Test Leper
Lotus
Parakeet
Electrolite
Perfect Circle
The Apologist
Band Introductions
Daysleeper
Country Feedback
At My Most Beautiful
Walk Unafraid
Man On The Moon
Disc 3: BBC Live Broadcasts: Rock City, Nottingham, England 1984
Second Guessing
Hyena
Talk About The Passion
West Of The Fields
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
Old Man Kensey
Gardening At Night
9-9/Hey Diddle Diddle/Feeling Gravity's Pull
Windout
Driver 8
Pretty Persuasion
Radio Free Europe
Wendell Gee
Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
Disc 4: BBC Live Broadcasts: The National Bowl - Milton Keynes, England 1995 - Pt. 1
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Crush With Eyeliner
Drive
Turn You Inside Out
Try Not To Breathe
I Took Your Name
Undertow
Bang And Blame
I Don't Sleep, I Dream
Strange Currencies
Revolution
Tongue
Disc 5: BBC Live Broadcasts: The National Bowl - Milton Keynes, England 1995 - Pt. 2
Man On The Moon
Country Feedback
Half A World Away
Losing My Religion
Pop Song 89
Finest Worksong
Get Up
Star 69
Let Me In
Everybody Hurts
Fall On Me
Departure
Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Disc 6: BBC Live Broadcasts: Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival - Pilton, England 1999 - Pt. 1
Lotus
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
So Fast, So Numb
The Apologist
Fall On Me
Daysleeper
The Wake-Up Bomb
The One I Love
Sweetness Follows
At My Most Beautiful
Disc 7: BBC Live Broadcasts: Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival, England 1999 - Pt. 2
Losing My Religion
Everybody Hurts
Walk Unafraid
Star 69
Finest Worksong
Man On The Moon
Why Not Smile
Crush With Eyeliner
Tongue
Cuyahoga
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Disc 8: BBC Live Broadcasts: St. James's Church - London, England 2004
Intro
So Fast, So Numb
Boy In The Well
I Wanted To Be Wrong
E-Bow The Letter (with Thom Yorke)
Around The Sun
Aftermath
Losing My Religion
Walk Unafraid
Leaving New York
Imitation Of Life
Man On The Moon
Disc 9 [DVD]: BBC Television Broadcasts
Moon River (from Accelerating Backwards)
Pretty Persuasion (from Accelerating Backwards)
Pop Song 89 (from Accelerating Backwards)
Orange Crush (from Accelerating Backwards)
Losing My Religion (from Accelerating Backwards)
Half A World Away (from Accelerating Backwards)
Crush With Eyeliner (from Accelerating Backwards)
Man On The Moon (from Accelerating Backwards)
Daysleeper (from Accelerating Backwards)
Imitation Of Life (from Accelerating Backwards)
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (from Accelerating Backwards)
All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) (from Accelerating Backwards)
Leaving New York (from Accelerating Backwards)
Losing My Religion (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Lotus (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
New Test Leper (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Daysleeper (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Electrolite (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
At My Most Beautiful (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
The Apologist (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Country Feedback (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Parakeet (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Walk Unafraid (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
Man On The Moon (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
The Passenger (from Later... With Jools Holland Presents R.E.M.)
I've Been High (Bonus Video)
Nightswimming (Bonus Video)
Bad Day (Bonus Video)

UPC: 888072752948
Label: Craft Recordings
Release Date: 3.27.26
Format: CD

R.E.M. - R.E.M. At The BBC (8 CDs + 1 DVD)