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This is about the 1991 album by R.E.M.; for other uses of the phrase, see Out of Time
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Out of Time is R.E.M.'s seventh album, released on Warner Bros. in 1991.

The album won three Grammy Awards in 1992: one as Best Alternative Music Album, and two for the first single, "Losing My Religion." It debuted at number 1 in the U.S. and returned to the position several weeks later.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Out of Time the 38th greatest album of all time; in their 2006 follow-up list it rose one place to 37. In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time.[1]

The album has been certified four times platinum in the U.S. and sold over ten million copies worldwide.[2]

Details

Out of Time combines elements of pop, folk and classical music heard on their Green album, with a new concentration on country elements that would continue on 1992's Automatic for the People.

Preceded by the release of "Losing My Religion," which became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S. hit, Out of Time gave them their first U.S. and UK #1 albums. The band did not tour to support the release.

In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Out of Time which includes 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.

Track listing

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

  1. "Radio Song" – 4:12
  2. "Losing My Religion" – 4:26
  3. "Low" – 4:55
  4. "Near Wild Heaven" – 3:17
  5. "Endgame" – 3:48
  6. "Shiny Happy People" – 3:44
  7. "Belong" – 4:03
  8. "Half A World Away" – 3:26
  9. "Texarkana" – 3:36
  10. "Country Feedback" – 4:07
  11. "Me In Honey" – 4:06

Personnel

Mills handles lead vocal duties on "Near Wild Heaven" and "Texarkana"

Additional personnel

The album includes two songs highlighting guest vocals: Kate Pierson on "Shiny Happy People" and KRS-One on "Radio Song." Neither "Shiny Happy People" nor "Radio Song" were included on In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

Charts

References

  1. ^ http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html
  2. ^ R.E.M. biography with sales data
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