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The Best Of The IRS Years 82-87 Collector's Edition [2CD + DVD]

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by: R.E.M

Release Date October 27, 2008

CD-Charts Position 2
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And I Feel Fine ... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987

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by: R.E.M.

Release Date September 11, 2006
Strange as it seems, if REM had split up after leaving IRS, you probably wouldn't have heard much of them. You'd've heard about them far more than you'd actually heard them : faded American legends, spoken of in reverent tones by the few who were there. A band as influential as The Velvet Underground.

IRS never seem to fail to remind us that once upon a time, they had REM as their apprentices... and if they split there they would be legends. The guitarist would be playing in fair to middling indie bands. The bassist probably working in the industry. The drummer went off to be a farmer, whilst the singer became a mystery

Between 1982 and 1987, when REM were far from a big band, they made five albums for the label. Between ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 3
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The Best of R.E.M.

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by: REM

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If you came to REM post 'Out Of Time' as I did and then collected all the albums to the present date, it was only natural that you would then investigate their earlier 'IRS' work. If this is the cream of that crop then I'm not impressed. It's weedy, jangly, student-friendly 'alternative' fodder and *very* different to the REM of today. There are many who cite this earlier incarnation as being the best version of the band but I suspect such people are merely looking back on their youth through rose-tinted spectacles. Would they really find this music special if they were exposed to it for the first time in their 40s? I very much doubt it. Yes there are a few good tunes on here (Don't Go Back To Rockville, The One I Love, Finest Worksong) but so many pathetic, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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And I Feel Fine: the Best of 1982-87 - the I.R.S Years

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by: REM

Release Date September 11, 2006
The sound quality on this compilation is terrible, it is a child of the loudness wars and clips dreadfully! If you like the band's earlier music I would suggest you steer clear of this and get the older, 1991 IRS recording 'The Best Of REM'. Sure there are less tracks on that album but it's listenable!

CD-Charts Position 5
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Document

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by: R.E.M.

Release Date October 10, 2005
The sound quality on this compilation is terrible, it is a child of the loudness wars and clips dreadfully! If you like the band's earlier music I would suggest you steer clear of this and get the older, 1991 IRS recording 'The Best Of REM'. Sure there are less tracks on that album but it's listenable!

CD-Charts Position 6
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A Tribute to R.E.M.

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 26, 2004
The sound quality on this compilation is terrible, it is a child of the loudness wars and clips dreadfully! If you like the band's earlier music I would suggest you steer clear of this and get the older, 1991 IRS recording 'The Best Of REM'. Sure there are less tracks on that album but it's listenable!

CD-Charts Position 7
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Document/Life's Rich Pageant

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by: REM

Release Date March 17, 2003
The sound quality on this compilation is terrible, it is a child of the loudness wars and clips dreadfully! If you like the band's earlier music I would suggest you steer clear of this and get the older, 1991 IRS recording 'The Best Of REM'. Sure there are less tracks on that album but it's listenable!