R.E.M. at the BBC recogerá las sesiones de la banda grabadas para BBC Radio entre 1984 y 2008, además de otras con el icónico DJ John Peel.
El recopilatorio llegará través de Craft Recordings el 19 de octubre y estará disponible como Box Set Super Deluxe 8-CD / 1-DVD, además de ediciones de 2 CD y 2 LP. Entre las grabaciones destaca un show de la banda en el festival Nottingham’s Rock City en 1984, un concierto de 1995 en el marco del Milton Keynes Monster Tour, su set en la edición 1999 del festival Glastonbury, y un show de 2004 en el St James’s Church en Londres, entre otros. Junto al anuncio, la banda ha compartido una grabación de Losing My Religion hecha para Radio 1 en 1991.
R.E.M. at the BBC / 8CD+DVD box set
Disc 1 (64:17) – Sessions
Into The Night, BBC Radio 1, 13 March 1991
- World Leader Pretend 4:36
- Fretless 5:16
- Half A World Away 3:33
- Radio Song 4:05
- Losing My Religion 4:42
- Love Is All Around 3:09
John Peel Studio Session, 25 October 1998
- Walk Unafraid 4:04
- Daysleeper 3:18
- Lotus 4:13
- At My Most Beautiful 3:16
Mark and Lard, BBC Radio 1, 15 October 2003
- Bad Day 4:03
- Orange Crush 3:55
Drivetime, BBC Radio 2, 15 October 2003
- Man On The Moon 4:59
- Imitation Of Life 3:41
Radio 1 Live Lounge, 26 March 2008
- Supernatural Superserious 3:23
- Munich 3:18
Disc 2 (62:32) – Sessions
BBC Radio 1 Session, 25 October 1998
- Introduction :26
- Losing My Religion 4:44
- New Test Leper 5:53
- Lotus 4:48
- Parakeet 4:23
- Electrolite 4:23
- Perfect Circle 4:39
- The Apologist 4:40
- Daysleeper 4:44
- Country Feedback 7:23
- At My Most Beautiful 4:14
- Walk Unafraid 4:52
- Man On The Moon 6:11
Disc 3 (58:49) – Live Broadcasts
Rock City, Nottingham, 21 November 1984
- Second Guessing 2:57
- Hyena 2:57
- Talk About The Passion 3:04
- West Of The Fields 3:07
- (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville 4:29
- Auctioneer (Another Engine) 3:01
- Central Rain (I’m Sorry) 4:51
- Old Man Kensey 4:24
- Gardening At Night 3:26
- 9-9/Hey Diddle Diddle/Feeling Gravitys Pull 5:39
- Windout 1:49
- Driver 8 3:25
- Pretty Persuasion 3:33
- Radio Free Europe 3:49
- Wendell Gee 3:21
- Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) 4:47
Disc 4 (51:59) – Live Broadcasts
Milton Keynes, 30 July 1995
- What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? 3:58
- Crush With Eyeliner 4:42
- Drive 3:51
- Turn You Inside Out 4:17
- Try Not To Breathe 3:50
- I Took Your Name 4:15
- Undertow 5:16
- Bang And Blame 4:58
- I Don’t Sleep I Dream 4:14
- Strange Currencies 4:31
- Revolution 3:20
- Tongue 4:38
Disc 5 (56:43) – Live Broadcasts
Milton Keynes, 30 July 1995
- Man On The Moon 5:46
- Country Feedback 6:49
- Half A World Away 4:04
- Losing My Religion 4:54
- Pop Song 89 3:27
- Finest Worksong 3:48
- Get Up 2:54
- Star 69 4:00
- Let Me In 3:59
- Everybody Hurts 7:24
- Fall On Me 3:11
- Departure 3:52
- Its the End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 5:15
Disc 6 (43:05) – Live Broadcasts
Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 1999
- Lotus 4:36
- What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? 4:09
- So Fast, So Numb 4:47
- The Apologist 4:36
- Fall On Me 3:26
- Daysleeper 3:29
- The Wake-Up Bomb 5:01
- The One I Love 3:27
- Sweetness Follows 5:50
- At My Most Beautiful 3:37
Disc 7 (53:28) – Live Broadcasts
Pyramid Stage Glastonbury Festival, 25 June 1999
- Losing My Religion 5:24
- Everybody Hurts 6:47
- Walk Unafraid 4:17
- Star 69 3:04
- Finest Worksong 4:22
- Man On The Moon 5:43
- Why Not Smile 2:10
- Crush With Eyeliner 4:40
- Tongue 5:19
- Cuyahoga 4:37
- Its the End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 6:58
Disc 8 (55:24) – Live Broadcasts
St. James’ Church, London Radio 2, 15 September 2004
- Intro :47
- So Fast, So Numb 5:13
- Boy In The Well 5:20
- I Wanted To Be Wrong 5:19
- E-Bow The Letter (with Thom Yorke) 5:09
- Around The Sun 5:02
- Aftermath 3:58
- Losing My Religion 4:47
- Walk Unafraid 5:10
- Leaving New York 4:48
- Imitation Of Life 4:35
- Man On The Moon 5:34
