R.E.M. announced the release of a limited edition, four LP acoustic set for Record Store Day. The collection includes all the audio from the band's MTV Unplugged episodes in 1991 and 2001, plus 11 songs that never aired as part of the telecasts.
R.E.M. Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions will be pressed on vinyl and sold exclusively in limited quantities at select record stores on April 19th, so now would be a great time to start sucking up to your favorite record store. Barring that, a CD and digital album download of the set will be released on May 20th. Check out the tracklisting below and read more about the release here. Watch the trailer for R.E.M.'s Record Store Day offering here.
1991 Unplugged
Side One
1."Half A World Away"
2."Disturbance at the Heron House"
3."Radio Song"
4."Low"
Side Two
1."Perfect Circle"
2."Fall on Me"
3."Belong"
4."Love Is All Around"
Side Three
1."Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
2."Losing My Religion"
3."Pop Song 89"
4."Endgame"
Side Four
1."Fretless"*
2."Swan Swan H"*
3."Rotary 11"*
4."Get Up"*
5."World Leader Pretend"*
2001 Unplugged
Side Five
1."All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"
2."Electrolite"
3."At My Most Beautiful"
4."Daysleeper"
Side Six
1."So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"
2."Losing My Religion"
3."Country Feedback"
4."Cuyahoga"
Side Seven
1."Imitation of Life"
2."Find the River"
3."The One I Love"*
4."Disappear"*
Side Eight
1."Beat a Drum"*
2."I've Been High"*
3."I'll Take the Rain"*
4."Sad Professor"*
* Not included in original television broadcast
Published on March 18th, 2014 @ 5:49 AM
Updated with Record Store Day video March 19th, 2014 @ 12:30 PM
