R.E.M. Live

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Promotional banner for R.E.M. Live. From left to right: Peter Buck (guitar), Michael Stipe (image), Mike Mills (bass).

R.E.M. Live is a live album from R.E.M., recorded at the Point Theatre, Dublin, on February 26 and February 27, 2005, the closing nights of the winter European leg of the Around The World Tour in support of their thirteenth studio album Around the Sun released in late 2004. It was released in the UK on October 15, 2007 (2007-10-15) and in the US a day later as a two-CD audio set and a DVD, then released in February 2008 as a triple vinyl set. The performance was filmed by Blue Leach.

R.E.M. Live features rare performances of "I Took Your Name" from 1994's Monster and "Ascent of Man" from Around The Sun as well as the previously unreleased "I'm Gonna DJ."

On September 26, 2007, the band launched R.E.M. Live Zine to solicit reviews from fans and promote the album.

On October 12, 2007, the two-CD audio part was leaked onto the Internet with a message to the downloaders encouraging them to buy the official package, not only to get the DVD, but to support releases with lower prices within the music industry such as this triple-disc-set.

The DVD has the option for stereo or digital 5.1 surround sound.

Track listing

The DVD presents all of the following songs in the same sequence.

CD 1

1. "I Took Your Name" (originally on Monster) – 4:08
2. "So Fast, So Numb" (originally on New Adventures in Hi-Fi) – 4:40
3. "Boy in the Well" (originally on Around the Sun) – 5:16
4. "Cuyahoga" (originally on Lifes Rich Pageant) – 4:25
5. "Everybody Hurts" (originally on Automatic for the People) – 6:49
6. "Electron Blue" (originally on Around the Sun) – 4:13
7. "Bad Day" (originally on In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003) – 4:26
8. "The Ascent of Man" (originally on Around the Sun) – 4:12
9. "The Great Beyond" (originally on Man on the Moon Soundtrack) – 4:49
10. "Leaving New York" (originally on Around the Sun) – 4:48
11. "Orange Crush" (originally on Green) – 4:27
12. "I Wanted to Be Wrong" (originally on Around the Sun) – 5:02
13. "Final Straw" (originally on Around the Sun) – 4:10
14. "Imitation of Life" (originally on Reveal) – 3:53
15. "The One I Love" (originally on Document) – 3:27
16. "Walk Unafraid" (originally on Up) – 5:02
17. "Losing My Religion" (originally on Out of Time) – 4:53

CD 2

18. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (originally on Monster) – 4:06
19. "Drive" (originally on Automatic for the People) – 5:41
20. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (originally on Reckoning) – 4:39
21. "I'm Gonna DJ" (studio version later released on Accelerate) – 2:27
22. "Man on the Moon" (originally on Automatic for the People) – 6:46

At the beginning of the DVD show, the original set list can be seen taped to the stage with the songs "Animal" and "Electrolite" visible, among others cut from the DVD.

Personnel

R.E.M.

• Peter Buck - Guitar
• Mike Mills - Bass, background vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"
• Michael Stipe - Vocals

Additional musicians

• Scott McCaughey - Guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Bill Rieflin - Drums
• Ken Stringfellow - Keyboards, guitar, melodica, background vocals
• Daniel Ryan of The Thrills - Guitar and background vocals on "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"

External links

• Track-by-track essay
• McCaughey announcing the album