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| ===Fandom and popular culture=== | |||
| {{Infobox album | |||
| As a mainstream ] show, ''Lost'' has generated a dedicated and thriving international ] community. ''Lost'' fans, sometimes dubbed ''Lostaways''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050207/news_lz1b7lost.html| title=Sites in the news: Lostaways|date=February 7, 2005|work=] |accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref> or ''Losties'',<ref name="ABCpress20050512">{{cite press release|url=http://abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=051205_03|title=ABC Television and Creation Entertainment bring the Official ''Lost'' Fan Club and Special Events to Cities Around the World|publisher=]| date=May 12, 2005| accessdate=August 29, 2006}}{{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref> have gathered at ] and conventions organized by ABC,<ref name="ABCpress20050512"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159667,00.html|title=''Lost'' Fans Hold Convention for Show|first=Don|last=Kaplan| date=June 15, 2005| publisher=]| accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref> but have also been active in developing a large number of fan websites, including ], and forums dedicated to the program and its related incarnations.<ref>{{cite news|url =http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/10/Floridian/Web_ensnares__Lost__s.shtml| title=Web ensnares ''Lost'' souls|first=Colette|last=Bancroft|date=January 10, 2006|work=] |accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url =http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/03/AR2005120300089.html| title=''Lost'' Fans Find A Niche on the Internet|first=Frank|last=Ahrens|date=December 4, 2005|work=] |accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref><ref name="StPetersburg20060111">{{cite news|url =http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/ENT02/601110412/1034|title=Fans find ''Lost'' world on Net|first=Colette|last=Bancroft|date=January 11, 2006|work=] |accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url =http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002730079_lostgame10.html| title=Fans play TV series ''Lost'' like an interactive video game|first=Jennifer|last=Buckendorff| date =January 10, 2006| work=]|accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref> Because of the show's elaborate mythology, its fansites have focused on speculation and theorizing about the island's mysteries, as well as on more typical fan activities such as producing ] and videos, compiling episode transcripts, ] characters, and collecting memorabilia.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} | |||
| | Name = In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 | |||
| | Type = greatest | |||
| | Artist = ] | |||
| | Cover = REM-In Time.jpg | |||
| | Released = {{Start date|2003|10|27}} | |||
| | Recorded = 1988–2003 | |||
| | Genre = ] | |||
| | Length = {{Duration|m=76|s=15}} | |||
| | Label = ] | |||
| | Producer = ], ] & R.E.M. | |||
| | Last album = '']''<br />(2003) | |||
| | This album = '''''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'''''<br />(2003) | |||
| | Next album = '']''<br />(2004) | |||
| | Misc = {{Singles | |||
| | Name = In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 | |||
| | Type = compilation | |||
| | Single 1 = ] | |||
| | Single 1 date = {{start date|2003|10}} | |||
| | Single 2 = ] | |||
| | Single 2 date = {{start date|2004|1|5}} | |||
| }} | |||
| {{Extra chronology | |||
| | Artist = R.E.M. compilations | |||
| | Type = compilation | |||
| | Last album = '']''<br>(1997) | |||
| | This album = '''''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'''''<br>(2003) | |||
| | Next album = '']''<br>(2004) | |||
| }} | |||
| }} | |||
| {{Album ratings | |||
| | rev1 = ] | |||
| | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r659750|pure_url=yes}}|title=''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003''|author= |publisher=] |accessdate=January 11, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| | rev2 = '']'' | |||
| | rev2Score = {{rating|6|10}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/rem/7212 |title=NME Album Reviews - REM : In Time: The Best Of REM 1988-2003 |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2003-10-30 |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref> | |||
| | rev3 = ] | |||
| | rev3Score = 7.5/10<ref>{{dead link|date=January 2012}}</ref> | |||
| | rev4 = '']'' | |||
| | rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/301572 |title=Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref> | |||
| | rev5 = ] | |||
| | rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/1125/rem.html |title=REM - In Time: The Best Of REM 1988-2003 - RTÉ Ten |publisher=Rte.ie |date= |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref> | |||
| | rev6 = '']'' | |||
| | rev6Score = Favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1480 |title=R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 - Review |publisher=Stylus Magazine |date= |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref> | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003''''' is the second official compilation album released by ] Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their ] era, from 1988's '']'' to 2001's '']'', as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. The album was a huge success in the UK, the tenth-best selling album of 2003, and the 49th ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/14/radio1.shtml |title=Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties |work=Press Office |publisher=] |date=14 December 2009 |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ==Background== | |||
| Anticipating fan interest and trying to keep its audience engrossed, ABC embarked on various cross-media endeavors, often using new media. Fans of ''Lost'' have been able to explore ABC-produced tie-in websites, tie-in novels, an official forum sponsored by the creative team behind ''Lost'' ("The Fuselage"), "]s," podcasts by the producers, an official magazine, and an ] (ARG) "]."<ref name="StPetersburg20060111" /><ref>{{cite news|url =http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_30/b3994072.htm| title=Network Finds Marketing Paradise with ''Lost''|first=Tom|last=Lowry| date=July 24, 2006| work=] |accessdate=August 29, 2006}}</ref> An official fanclub was launched in the summer of 2005 through Creation Entertainment.<ref name="ABCpress20050512"/> | |||
| "Bad Day" was a demo version in 1986, a ''Life's Rich Pageant'' outtake when ] was still in the band, and was re-recorded for this compilation. "Animal" was a recent song written for their upcoming studio album. Similarly, "All the Right Friends", originally written in the early 1980s, had been re-recorded by the band for use in ]'s 2001 film '']''. Finally, "]" was initially issued in 1999 as part of ]'s film on ], '']''. It ended up becoming the band's biggest UK hit, with a #3 peak, in early 2000. This, the third inclusion of the song on an official release, is the only unedited version. On the ''Man on the Moon'' soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted. | |||
| ''In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003'' was also issued in a limited two-disc edition that included a "Rarities and B-Sides" disc from the same era, with liner notes by ]. The single-disc edition of the album reached #1 in the UK, while going platinum in the U.S. and peaking at #8. The limited-edition two-disc release managed to reach #16 in the U.S. and #37 in the UK. There is also a vinyl edition which consists of two LPs inside a gatefold cover and a limited CD box-set edition featuring all eighteen tracks on their own individual one-track CDs, with cover art from the original singles. | |||
| Due to the show's popularity, references to the series and elements from its story have appeared in ] and popular culture usage.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} These include appearances on television, such as on the series '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'',<ref>{{Cite news | |||
| | last = Itzkoff | |||
| | first = Dave | |||
| | title = Was That a 'Lost' Reference on '30 Rock'? | |||
| | work = New York Times: Arts Beat | |||
| | date = 5 November 2010 | |||
| | url = http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/05/was-that-a-lost-reference-on-30-rock/ | |||
| | accessdate = 8 May 2011 }}</ref> '']'', ''],'' ''],'' ''],'' and '']''; the song ] by ], as well as on the cartoons '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''; and even on a commercial for ] Hawaii.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} Also, '']'', a ] ], seemed to have poked fun at it in one of the endings to the series, episode 100.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} The makers of Red vs. Blue also poked fun at the ''Lost'' intro in an episode of ]. ''Lost'' is also featured as an ] in several video games, including '']'' (Near the beginning of the game, as you make your way up to the Life Guard station, there is a radio broadcast from an Oceanic Flight that is in distress. Once you open the hatch to the top floor, you witness a jumbo jet pass overhead smoking and it appears to go down. Later a woman asks you to find the crashed jet in the jungle in a side quest, in which you do find it and must report back to her that there are no survivors.), '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' (written by series writer ]), '']'' and '']''. ]s such as '']'' and '']''; daily strips '']'' and '']''; web comics '']''<ref> September 27, 2006.</ref> and '']''<ref> November 1, 2006.</ref> and humor magazine '']'' have all incorporated ''Lost'' references. Similarly, several rock bands have published songs whose themes and titles were derived from the series, such as ] ("Don't Ever Tell Locke What He Can't Do"), ] ("Namaste"), ] ("Lost"), ] ("Lost and Found" and "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"), ] ("You All Everybody" and "Station 5: The Pearl"), and ] ("Roller Coaster Smoke"). ] named their eighth studio album ] after the character, with a photo of actor ] on the cover.<ref name="forum">{{Cite web|url=http://www.weezer.com/forum/default.aspx?cid=626&tid=438000|title=Just wanted to clear something up|author=Bell, Brian|publisher=Weezer.com|date=2010-08-24|accessdate=2010-08-29}}</ref> | |||
| A notable omission from the album is the song "]" which was deliberately left out by the band despite it being one of their biggest hits.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 interview with R.E.M. explaining the omission|url=http://kgsr.com/Interviews/Index_rem.aspx}}</ref> "]" was also left out in favor of "]" from '']'', and "]", which was also a big hit, was left out for unknown reasons. | |||
| After the episode "]" aired on March 2, 2005, numerous people used the eponymous figures (]) as lottery entries. According to the '']'', within three days, the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| |url=http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/columnists/whispers/s_345213.html | |||
| A companion DVD, entitled '']'', was released at the same time. In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the compilation which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by ], and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The "Rarities and B-Sides" bonus disc from the limited edition is not included in this package. | |||
| |title=No winning ticket found with ''Lost'' numbers. | |||
| |work=] | |||
| ==Track listing== | |||
| |date=June 19, 2005}}</ref> Likewise, in the same period, over 200 people in ] alone used the sequence for the ] lottery<ref>{{cite news | |||
| All songs written by ], ], ] and ] except as indicated. | |||
| |last=Rook | |||
| #"]" <small>(from '']')</small> – 5:12 | |||
| |first=Christine | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) <small>(from the '']'' soundtrack)</small> – 5:04 | |||
| |url=http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050305/NEWS01/503050331/1001/news | |||
| #"]" – 4:05 | |||
| |title=''Lost'' numbers come up losers. | |||
| #"]" <small>(from '']'')</small> – 3:58 | |||
| |work=] | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) <small>(from '']'')</small> – 4:43 | |||
| |date=March 5, 2005}}</ref> and by October, thousands had tried them for the multi-state ] lottery.<ref>{{cite news | |||
| #"]" <small>(from '']'')</small> – 4:26 | |||
| |last=Serpe | |||
| #"]" <small>(from '']'')</small> – 5:22 | |||
| |first=Gina | |||
| #"]" <small>(from '']'')</small> – 3:50 | |||
| |url=http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,17621,00.html | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) <small>(from ''Reveal'')</small> – 3:56 | |||
| |title=''Lost'' Numbers Lose Millions. | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) <small>(from '']'')</small> – 3:37 | |||
| |publisher=Eonline.com | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:00 | |||
| |date=October 20, 2005 | |||
| #"]" <small>(from ''Automatic for the People'')</small> – 4:06 | |||
| |quote=Eva Robelia, spokeswoman for the ], says more than 840 people across five states played the TV-inspired numbers, including 266 more in ]}}{{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | |||
| #"]" <small>(from ''Green'')</small> – 3:09 | |||
| |title=In record Powerball, some to bank on bad luck | |||
| #"]" <small>(from ''New Adventures in Hi-Fi'')</small> – 4:04 | |||
| |last=Weaver | |||
| #"]" <small>(from the '']'' soundtrack)</small> – 2:45 | |||
| |first=Teresa | |||
| #"]" <small>(from ''Automatic for the People'')</small> – 5:17 | |||
| |url=http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=16605 | |||
| #"]" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) <small>(from ''Up'')</small> – 3:33 | |||
| |work=] | |||
| #"]" <small>(from ''Automatic for the People'')</small> – 4:16 | |||
| |quote=For the Powerball drawing on Oct. 12, 461 people selected the six numbers within Missouri, said Susan Goedde of the ]. If you add those to the 204 tickets in ], 117 in Louisiana, 134 in ] and the rest of the 25 states included in the Powerball take, you end up with a lot of people sharing the winnings. | |||
| |date=October 19, 2005}}{{dead link|date=October 2010}}</ref> A study of the ] showed that the sequence was the third most popular choice of numbers for lottery players, behind only the ]s 1-2-3-4-5-6 and 7-14-21-28-35-42.<ref>Kim, Susanna (March 29, 2012). . ''ABC News''. Retrieved March 29, 2012.</ref> The issue came to attention after a Mega Millions drawing for a near-record US$380,000,000 jackpot on January 4, 2011 drew a series of numbers in which the three lowest numbers (4-8-15) and the mega ball (42) matched four of the six numbers. The #42 is also the "Mega Number" in Hurley's "Mega Lotto" ticket. The players who played the combination won $150 each (or $118 in California).<ref>Bonner, Jessie et al. (2011-01-05). . ''Associated Press''. Retrieved 2011-01-05.</ref> | |||
| ;Bonus disc | |||
| #"]" (acoustic) – 2:56 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" 7 Inch; 1989 | |||
| #"]" (live) – 4:16 | |||
| #* although listed on the cover as being from the live video '']'' (which version was also released as B-side of "]" "Collector's Editions" CD 1), this recording is actually from the radio broadcast of the Orlando show from April 30, 1989, previously included on a "]" promotional CD-single. | |||
| #"Fretless" – 4:49 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" "Collector's Editions" CD 2, '']'' soundtrack, B-side of "]" "Collector's Edition" CD 1 UK; 1991 | |||
| #"Chance (Dub)" – 2:33 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" "Collector's Edition" CD 2 UK; 1993 | |||
| #"It's a Free World, Baby" – 5:11 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" "Collector's Edition" Single UK & the '']'' soundtrack; 1992 | |||
| #"]" (live, November 19, 1992) – 3:59 | |||
| #*'']'', B-side of "]" CD single; 1994 | |||
| #"Star Me Kitten" (featuring ]) – 3:29 | |||
| #*'']''; 1996 | |||
| #"Revolution" – 3:02 | |||
| #* '']'' ]; 1997 | |||
| #"]" (alternate version) – 4:40 | |||
| #* '']'' soundtrack; 1997 | |||
| #"Why Not Smile" (''Oxford American'' version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:59 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" CD single; 1998 | |||
| #"The Lifting" (original version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:19 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" CD single; 2001 | |||
| #"Beat a Drum" (Dalkey demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:25 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" CD single; 2001 | |||
| #"2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:24 | |||
| #* B-side of "]" CD single; 2001 | |||
| #"]" (live from the Museum of Television and Radio, June 8, 2001) – 3:23 | |||
| #* previously unreleased | |||
| #"]" (live from ], ], 2003) – 6:15 | |||
| #* previously unreleased | |||
| ''Later pressings of the collector's edition have the second disc enhanced with the'' "Bad Day" ''video.'' | |||
| ==Charts== | |||
| ;Album | |||
| {| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2" | |||
| |- | |||
| !align="left"|Year | |||
| !align="left"|Chart | |||
| !align="left"|Position | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|2003 | |||
| |align="left"|U.S. ] | |||
| |align="left"|8 (13 weeks on chart) <small>Regular Edition</small><br />16 (4 weeks on chart) <small>Limited Edition</small>{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|2003 | |||
| |align="left"|] | |||
| |align="left"|1 (41 weeks on chart) <small>Regular Edition</small><br />36 (1 week on chart) <small>Limited Edition</small>{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |} | |||
| ;Singles | |||
| {| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2" | |||
| |- | |||
| !align="left"|Year | |||
| !align="left"|Single | |||
| !align="left"|Chart | |||
| !align="left"|Position | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|2003 | |||
| |align="left"|"Bad Day" | |||
| |align="left"|Billboard Canadian Singles Chart | |||
| |align="left"|17{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |- | |||
| |2003 | |||
| |"Bad Day" | |||
| |] | |||
| |8{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |- | |||
| |2004 | |||
| |"Animal" | |||
| |UK Singles Chart | |||
| |33{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |} | |||
| ==Certifications== | |||
| {| class="wikitable" cellspacing="2" | |||
| |- | |||
| !align="left"|Organization | |||
| !align="left"|Level | |||
| !align="left"|Date | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|BPI – UK | |||
| |align="left"|3× Platinum | |||
| |align="left"|December 12, 2003{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|RIAA – U.S. | |||
| |align="left"|Platinum | |||
| |align="left"|September 23, 2008{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} | |||
| |- | |||
| |align="left"|BVMI – Germany <ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|title=In Time|artist=R.E.M.}}</ref> | |||
| |align="left"|2x Platinum | |||
| |align="left"|2006 | |||
| |} | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| *{{MusicBrainz release|id=bc339cbb-b215-49f4-ba97-333b379318e7|id2=39e1cf0e-2dbc-4575-8d12-1ba845f75636|name=In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003}} | |||
| {{s-start}} | |||
| {{succession box | |||
| | before = '']'' by ] | |||
| | title = ] | |||
| | years = November 8–14, 2003 | |||
| | after = '']'' by ] | |||
| }} | |||
| {{end}} | |||
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In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M. Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records era, from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal, as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. The album was a huge success in the UK, the tenth-best selling album of 2003, and the 49th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.
Background
"Bad Day" was a demo version in 1986, a Life's Rich Pageant outtake when Bill Berry was still in the band, and was re-recorded for this compilation. "Animal" was a recent song written for their upcoming studio album. Similarly, "All the Right Friends", originally written in the early 1980s, had been re-recorded by the band for use in Cameron Crowe's 2001 film Vanilla Sky. Finally, "The Great Beyond" was initially issued in 1999 as part of Miloš Forman's film on Andy Kaufman, Man on the Moon. It ended up becoming the band's biggest UK hit, with a #3 peak, in early 2000. This, the third inclusion of the song on an official release, is the only unedited version. On the Man on the Moon soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted.
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 was also issued in a limited two-disc edition that included a "Rarities and B-Sides" disc from the same era, with liner notes by Peter Buck. The single-disc edition of the album reached #1 in the UK, while going platinum in the U.S. and peaking at #8. The limited-edition two-disc release managed to reach #16 in the U.S. and #37 in the UK. There is also a vinyl edition which consists of two LPs inside a gatefold cover and a limited CD box-set edition featuring all eighteen tracks on their own individual one-track CDs, with cover art from the original singles.
A notable omission from the album is the song "Shiny Happy People" which was deliberately left out by the band despite it being one of their biggest hits. "Drive" was also left out in favor of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" from Automatic for the People, and "Bang and Blame", which was also a big hit, was left out for unknown reasons.
A companion DVD, entitled In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, was released at the same time. In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the compilation which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The "Rarities and B-Sides" bonus disc from the limited edition is not included in this package.
Track listing
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.
- "Man on the Moon" (from Automatic for the People') – 5:12
- "The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from the Man on the Moon soundtrack) – 5:04
- "Bad Day" – 4:05
- "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (from Monster) – 3:58
- "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal) – 4:43
- "Losing My Religion" (from Out of Time) – 4:26
- "E-Bow the Letter" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi) – 5:22
- "Orange Crush" (from Green) – 3:50
- "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal) – 3:56
- "Daysleeper" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up) – 3:37
- "Animal" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:00
- "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" (from Automatic for the People) – 4:06
- "Stand" (from Green) – 3:09
- "Electrolite" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi) – 4:04
- "All the Right Friends" (from the Vanilla Sky soundtrack) – 2:45
- "Everybody Hurts" (from Automatic for the People) – 5:17
- "At My Most Beautiful" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up) – 3:33
- "Nightswimming" (from Automatic for the People) – 4:16
- Bonus disc
- "Pop Song 89" (acoustic) – 2:56
- B-side of "Pop Song 89" 7 Inch; 1989
- "Turn You Inside-Out" (live) – 4:16
- although listed on the cover as being from the live video Tourfilm (which version was also released as B-side of "Losing My Religion" "Collector's Editions" CD 1), this recording is actually from the radio broadcast of the Orlando show from April 30, 1989, previously included on a "Get Up" promotional CD-single.
- "Fretless" – 4:49
- B-side of "Losing My Religion" "Collector's Editions" CD 2, Until the End of the World soundtrack, B-side of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Collector's Edition" CD 1 UK; 1991
- "Chance (Dub)" – 2:33
- B-side of "Everybody Hurts" "Collector's Edition" CD 2 UK; 1993
- "It's a Free World, Baby" – 5:11
- "Drive" (live, November 19, 1992) – 3:59
- Alternative NRG, B-side of "Strange Currencies" CD single; 1994
- "Star Me Kitten" (featuring William S. Burroughs) – 3:29
- "Revolution" – 3:02
- Batman & Robin soundtrack; 1997
- "Leave" (alternate version) – 4:40
- A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack; 1997
- "Why Not Smile" (Oxford American version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:59
- B-side of "Daysleeper" CD single; 1998
- "The Lifting" (original version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:19
- B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
- "Beat a Drum" (Dalkey demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:25
- B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
- "2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:24
- B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
- "The One I Love" (live from the Museum of Television and Radio, June 8, 2001) – 3:23
- previously unreleased
- "Country Feedback" (live from Wiesbaden, Germany, 2003) – 6:15
- previously unreleased
Later pressings of the collector's edition have the second disc enhanced with the "Bad Day" video.
Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | U.S. Billboard 200 | 8 (13 weeks on chart) Regular Edition 16 (4 weeks on chart) Limited Edition |
| 2003 | UK album chart | 1 (41 weeks on chart) Regular Edition 36 (1 week on chart) Limited Edition |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Bad Day" | Billboard Canadian Singles Chart | 17 |
| 2003 | "Bad Day" | UK Singles Chart | 8 |
| 2004 | "Animal" | UK Singles Chart | 33 |
Certifications
| Organization | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| BPI – UK | 3× Platinum | December 12, 2003 |
| RIAA – U.S. | Platinum | September 23, 2008 |
| BVMI – Germany | 2x Platinum | 2006 |
References
- "In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003". Allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- "NME Album Reviews - REM : In Time: The Best Of REM 1988-2003". Nme.Com. 2003-10-30. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- "Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- "REM - In Time: The Best Of REM 1988-2003 - RTÉ Ten". Rte.ie. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- "R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- "Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties". Press Office. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- "2003 interview with R.E.M. explaining the omission".
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (R.E.M.; 'In Time')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
External links
| Preceded byLife for Rent by Dido | UK number one album November 8–14, 2003 |
Succeeded byGuilty by Blue |