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And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 is a compilation album by R.E.M. that features songs from the band's years at I.R.S. Records. It was released 12 September 2006. A companion DVD, called When the Light Is Mine, was released the same day.

And I Feel Fine is available in two versions: a regular one-CD version with 21 fan-favorite tracks spanning the Chronic Town EP from 1982 to 1987's Document, and a second edition that contains the regular CD plus a bonus CD that includes rarities such as unreleased songs and alternate mixes. The album tracks are all re-mastered.

Two songs — "Bad Day" and "All the Right Friends" — appear in demo or outtake versions here, as opposed to final versions on the 2003 Warner Bros. R.E.M. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

So far, And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 reached #70 in the UK charts. In the U.S., each version was charted separately: the 2 CD version reached #116 and the regular version #148.

Track listing

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

Disc one

  1. "Begin the Begin" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:29
  2. "Radio Free Europe" (from Murmur, 1983) – 4:06
  3. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:51
  4. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:22
  5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (single version, 1984) – 4:33
  6. "Sitting Still" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:18
  7. "Gardening at Night" (from Chronic Town, 1982) – 3:29
  8. "7 Chinese Bros." (from Reckoning, 1984) – 4:15
  9. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:15
  10. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:23
  11. "Cant Get There from Here" (single version, 1985) – 3:39
  12. "Finest Worksong" (from Document, 1987) – 3:48
  13. "Feeling Gravitys Pull" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:51
  14. "I Believe" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:49
  15. "Life and How to Live It" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:08
  16. "Cuyahoga" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 4:21
  17. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) – 3:17
  18. "Welcome to the Occupation" (from Document, 1987) – 2:47
  19. "Fall On Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:51
  20. "Perfect Circle" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:29
  21. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) – 4:05

Disc two

  1. "Pilgrimage" (Mike's pick – from Murmur, 1983) – 4:30
  2. "These Days" (Bill's pick – from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:25
  3. "Gardening at Night" (Slower electric demo) – 4:44
  4. "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone version) – 3:48
  5. "Sitting Still" (Hib-Tone version) – 3:16
  6. "Life and How to Live It" (Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 September 1987) – 6:36
  7. "Ages of You" (Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983) – 3:48
  8. "We Walk" (Live at The Paradise, Boston, 13 July 1983) – 3:17
  9. "1,000,000" (Live at The Paradise, Boston. 13 July 1983) – 3:25
  10. "Finest Worksong" (Other mix) – 3:47
  11. "Hyena" (Demo) – 2:50
  12. "Theme from Two Steps Onward" – 4:37
  13. "Superman" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler) (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:53
  14. "All the Right Friends" (Demo) – 3:53
  15. "Mystery to Me" (Demo) – 2:01
  16. "Just a Touch" (Live in-studio version) – 2:38
  17. "Bad Day" (session outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, originally called "PSA") – 3:03
  18. "King of Birds" (From Document, 1987) – 4:09
  19. "Swan Swan H" (Live, acoustic from Athens, GA: Inside Out) – 2:43
  20. "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Peter's pick – from Document, 1987) – 3:32
  21. "Time After Time (annElise)" (Michael's pick – from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:31

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2006 The Billboard 200 148 Regular Edition
116 Limited Edition
2006 Billboard Top Internet Albums 207
2006 UK album chart 70 (1 week on the chart)
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