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Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987
Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released	May 19, 2014
Recorded	1981–1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	165:29
Label	Capitol
Producer	Joe Boyd, Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Don Gehman, Scott Litt
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Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 is a 2014 compilation album featuring songs released by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their time on I.R.S. Records. In addition to the band's I.R.S. material, this album also features the tracks from the band's first single, which was released in July 1981 on the Hib-Tone label.

There was no CD release. The songs are digital download only.^[1]

Track listing

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

"Radio Free Europe" (Original Hib-Tone single A-Side) – 3:48
"Sitting Still" (Original Hib-Tone single B-side) – 3:16
"White Tornado" (single B-side) – 1:56
"Gardening at Night" (Different Vocal Mix) – 3:30
"Gardening at Night" (Acoustic) – 3:54
"All the Right Friends" – 3:54
"Moon River" (Johnny Mercer) – 2:21
"Pretty Persuasion" – 4:02
"There She Goes Again" (Lou Reed) (single B-side) – 2:49
"Tighten Up" (Archie Bell, Billy Buttier) – 4:09
"Ages of You" (Live) – 3:48
"We Walk" (Live) – 3:17
"1,000,000" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:26
"Gardening at Night" (Electric Demo) – 4:44
"Just a Touch" – 2:38
"King of the Road" (Roger Miller) (single B-side) – 3:14
"Pale Blue Eyes" (Reed) (single B-side) – 2:54
"Voice of Harold" (single B-side) – 4:25
"Walters Theme" (single B-side) – 1:32
"White Tornado (single B-side)" – 1:52
"Windout" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 1:49
"Wind Out" (With Friends) (Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:00
"9–9" (Live) – 3:06
"Gardening at Night" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:48
"Catapult" (Live) (single B-side) – 4:03
"Ages of You" – 3:43
"Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Lynda Stipe, M. Stipe) (single B-side) – 2:17
"Burning Down" (single B-side) – 4:12
"Burning Hell" (12" B-side) – 3:49
"Crazy" (Randy Bewley, Vanessa Briscoe, Curtis Crowe, Michael Lachowski) (single B-side) – 3:03
"Driver 8" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:30
"Bad Day" – 3:03
"Femme Fatale" (Reed) (12" B-side) – 2:50
"Hyena" (Demo) – 2:49
"Mystery to Me" (Demo) – 2:01
"Rotary Ten" (single B-side) – 2:01
"Theme from Two Steps Onward" (Demo) – 4:37
"Tired of Singing Trouble" – 0:59
"Toys in the Attic" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) (12" B-side) – 2:28
"Romance" – 3:27
"Last Date" (12" B-side) – 2:16
"Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) (12" B-side) – 5:52
"Finest Worksong" (Mutual Drum Horn Mix) (single A-side) – 3:51
"Finest Worksong" (Other Mix) (12" B-side) – 3:46
"Maps and Legends" (Live) (single B-side) – 3:16
"Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:26
"The One I Love" (Live) (single B-side) – 4:06
"Swan Swan H" (Acoustic) – 2:42
"(All I Have to Do Is) Dream" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:38
"Time After Time Etc." (Includes excerpts from "So. Central Rain" and "Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel) (Live) (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Gabriel) (single B-side) – 8:22

References

^ Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

[AllMusic-1] Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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+| type       = compilation
-| Artist = [[R.E.M.]]
+| artist     = [[R.E.M.]]
-| Cover = R.E.M. - Complete Rarities.jpg
+| cover      = R.E.M. - Complete Rarities.jpg
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-| Recorded = 1981–1987
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-| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
+| genre      = [[Alternative rock]]
-| Length = 165:29
-| Language = English
+| length     = 165:29
-| Label = [[EMI Records|EMI]]
+| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
-| Producer = [[Joe Boyd]], [[Don Dixon (musician)|Don Dixon]], [[Mitch Easter]], [[Don Gehman]], [[Scott Litt]]
+| producer   = [[Joe Boyd]], [[Don Dixon (musician)|Don Dixon]], [[Mitch Easter]], [[Don Gehman]], [[Scott Litt]]
-| Last album = ''[[Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions]]''<br>(2014)
+| prev_title = [[Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions]]
+| prev_year  = 2014
-| This album = '''''Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987'''''<br>(2014)
-| Next album = ''[[Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011]]''<br>(2014)
+| next_title = [[Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011]]
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-'''''Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987''''' is a 2014 [[compilation album]] featuring songs released by [[alternative rock]] band [[R.E.M.]] during their time on [[I.R.S. Records]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2014/04/21/rem-complete-rarities-irs-1982-1987/ | title = R.E.M.’s 50-track ‘Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987’ Due Out Digitally Next Month | date = April 21, 2014 | accessdate = May 9, 2014 | work = slicingupeyeballs.com}}</ref> The compilation's title is incorrect, as the first two tracks were released in July 1981.
+'''''Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987''''' is a 2014 [[compilation album]] featuring songs released by [[alternative rock]] band [[R.E.M.]] during their time on [[I.R.S. Records]]. In addition to the band's I.R.S. material, this album also features the tracks from the band's first single, which was released in July 1981 on the [[Hib-Tone]] label.
+There was no CD release. The songs are digital download only.<ref name="AllMusic" />
 ==Track listing==
 All songs written by [[Bill Berry]], [[Peter Buck]], [[Mike Mills]] and [[Michael Stipe]] except as indicated.
+#"[[Radio Free Europe (song)|Radio Free Europe]]" (Original Hib-Tone single [[A-Side]])&nbsp;– 3:48
-;Disc 1
-#"[[Radio Free Europe]]" (Original Hib-Tone single [[A-Side]])&nbsp;– 3:48
+#"Sitting Still" (Original Hib-Tone single [[B-side]])&nbsp;– 3:16
-#"Sitting Still" (Original Hib-Tone single [[B-Side]])&nbsp;– 3:16
 #"White Tornado" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 1:56
 #"[[Gardening at Night]]" (Different Vocal Mix)&nbsp;– 3:30
 #"Gardening at Night" (Acoustic)&nbsp;– 3:54
-#"All the Right Friends"&nbsp;– 3:54
+#"[[All the Right Friends]]"&nbsp;– 3:54
 #"[[Moon River]]" ([[Johnny Mercer]])&nbsp;– 2:21
-#"Pretty Persuasion"&nbsp;– 4:02
+#"Pretty Persuasion" &nbsp;– 4:02
 #"[[There She Goes Again]]" ([[Lou Reed]]) (single B-side) &nbsp;– 2:49
 #"[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]" ([[Archie Bell (singer)|Archie Bell]], Billy Buttier)&nbsp;– 4:09
@@ Line 38: / Line 41: @@
 #"[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]" ([[Roger Miller]]) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 3:14
 #"[[Pale Blue Eyes]]" (Reed) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 2:54
-#"Voice of Harold" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 4:25
+#"[[Voice of Harold]]" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 4:25
 #"Walters Theme" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 1:32
-#"White Tornado"&nbsp;– 1:52
+#"White Tornado (single B-side)"&nbsp;– 1:52
 #"Windout" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe)&nbsp;– 1:49
-#"Wind Out"&nbsp;– 2:00
+#"Wind Out" (With Friends) (Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) &nbsp;– 2:00
 #"9–9" (Live)&nbsp;– 3:06
 #"Gardening at Night" (Live) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 3:48
 #"Catapult" (Live) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 4:03
+#"Ages of You"&nbsp;– 3:43
-;Disc 2
-#<li value="26">"Ages of You"&nbsp;– 3:43
 #"Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, [[Lynda Stipe]], M. Stipe) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 2:17
 #"Burning Down" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 4:12
@@ Line 55: / Line 56: @@
 #"[[Driver 8]]" (Live) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 3:30
 #"[[Bad Day (R.E.M. song)|Bad Day]]"&nbsp;– 3:03
-#"[[Femme Fatale (song)|Femme Fatale]]" (Reed) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 2:50
+#"[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" (Reed) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 2:50
 #"Hyena" (Demo)&nbsp;– 2:49
 #"Mystery to Me" (Demo)&nbsp;– 2:01
 #"Rotary Ten" (single B-side)&nbsp;– 2:01
-#"Theme from ''Two Steps Onward''" (Demo)&nbsp;– 4:37
+#"Theme from Two Steps Onward" (Demo)&nbsp;– 4:37
 #"Tired of Singing Trouble"&nbsp;– 0:59
 #"[[Toys in the Attic (song)|Toys in the Attic]]" ([[Steven Tyler]], [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]]) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 2:28
 #"Romance"&nbsp;– 3:27
 #"Last Date" (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 2:16
-#"Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 5:52
+#"[[Finest Worksong]]" (Lengthy Club Mix) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 5:52
 #"Finest Worksong" (Mutual Drum Horn Mix) (single A-side)&nbsp;– 3:51
 #"Finest Worksong" (Other Mix) (12" B-side)&nbsp;– 3:46
@@ Line 72: / Line 73: @@
 #"Swan Swan H" (Acoustic)&nbsp;– 2:42
 #"[[(All I Have to Do Is) Dream]]" ([[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]])&nbsp;– 2:38
-#"Time After Time, Etc." (Includes excerpts from "So. Central Rain" and from "Red Rain" by [[Peter Gabriel]]) (Live) (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Gabriel) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 8:22
+#"Time After Time Etc." (Includes excerpts from "So. Central Rain" and "Red Rain" by [[Peter Gabriel]]) (Live) (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Gabriel) (single B-side)&nbsp;– 8:22
 ==References==
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+{{Reflist|refs=
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+[[Category:B-side compilation albums]]

v t e R.E.M.
Bill Berry Peter Buck Mike Mills Michael Stipe Bertis Downs Jefferson Holt
Studio albums	Murmur Reckoning Fables of the Reconstruction Lifes Rich Pageant Document Green Out of Time Automatic for the People Monster New Adventures in Hi-Fi Up Reveal Around the Sun Accelerate Collapse into Now
Live albums	R.E.M. Live Live at The Olympia Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions R.E.M. at the BBC Live at the Borderline 1991
Compilations	Dead Letter Office Eponymous The Best of R.E.M. The Automatic Box Singles Collected In the Attic In Time iTunes Originals And I Feel Fine Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011 Complete Rarities (I.R.S. · WB) 7IN—83–88
EPs	Chronic Town Not Bad for No Tour Vancouver Rehearsal Tapes Live from London Reckoning Songs from The Olympia
Other albums	Man on the Moon r.e.m.IX
Singles	"Radio Free Europe" "Talk About the Passion" "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" "Cant Get There from Here" "Driver 8" "Wendell Gee" "Fall on Me" "Superman" "The One I Love" "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" "Finest Worksong" "Orange Crush" "Stand" "Pop Song 89" "Get Up" "Losing My Religion" "Shiny Happy People" "Near Wild Heaven" "Radio Song" "Drive" "Man on the Moon" "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Everybody Hurts" "Nightswimming" "Find the River" "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" "Bang and Blame" "Crush with Eyeliner" "Strange Currencies" "Tongue" "E-Bow the Letter" "Bittersweet Me" "Electrolite" "How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us" "Daysleeper" "Lotus" "At My Most Beautiful" "Suspicion" "The Great Beyond" "Imitation of Life" "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" "I'll Take the Rain" "Bad Day" "Animal" "Leaving New York" "Aftermath" "Electron Blue" "Wanderlust" "#9 Dream" "Supernatural Superserious" "Hollow Man" "Man-Sized Wreath" "Until the Day Is Done" "Mine Smell Like Honey" "Überlin" "Oh My Heart" "We All Go Back to Where We Belong"
Other songs	"Sitting Still" "Gardening at Night" "Perfect Circle" "Pretty Persuasion" "7 Chinese Bros." "Begin the Begin" "Cuyahoga" "Ages of You" "Turn You Inside-Out" "Texarkana" "Country Feedback" "First We Take Manhattan" "Ignoreland" "Dark Globe" "Star 69" "New Test Leper" "All the Right Friends" "Out in the Country"
Videos	Succumbs Tourfilm Pop Screen This Film Is On Parallel Road Movie In View Perfect Square When the Light Is Mine R.E.M. Live Live from Austin, TX REMTV
Support and side projects	Nathan December Buren Fowler Peter Holsapple Barrett Martin Scott McCaughey Bill Rieflin Ken Stringfellow Joey Waronker The Baseball Project Filthy Friends Hindu Love Gods The Minus 5 Tanzplagen Tuatara Tired Pony
Related articles	Discography List of songs Awards Tours 170 College Avenue Peter Buck Athens Andover "I Belong to You" Hib-Tone Surprise Your Pig: A Tribute to R.E.M. Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People
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