New Adventures In Hi-Fi | 25th Anniversary Edition

25th-anniversary edition of R.E.M.’s tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. First released in 1996, the album was R.E.M.’s last studio recording with founding member Bill Berry who left amicably the following year. As the band’s fifth collaboration with long-time producer Scott Litt (Green, Out of Time, Automatic for the People and Monster), the album experiments with new sonic textures, filled with cinematic imagery, dissonant notes and haunting effects. The platinum-selling title includes the singles “Electrolite,” “E-Bow the Letter” (featuring Patti Smith) and “Bittersweet Me,” and represents R.E.M.’s longest studio release with a total run time of 65 minutes. New Adventures in Hi-Fi grew to cult status years after its release, with several press retrospectives—and band members themselves—ranking it among the top albums in R.E.M.’s recorded catalogue.

Tracks

1~1~How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
1~2~The Wake-Up Bomb
1~3~New Test Leper
1~4~Undertow
1~5~E-Bow The Letter
1~6~Leave
1~7~Departure
1~8~Bittersweet Me
1~9~Be Mine
1~10~Binky The Doormat
1~11~Zither
1~12~So Fast, So Numb
1~13~Low Desert
1~14~Electrolite
1~15~Tricycle (Instrumental)
1~16~Departure (Live Rome Soundcheck / Rome, Italy / 2/22/1995)
1~17~Wall Of Death
1~18~Undertow (Live / Atlanta, Ga / 11/18/1995)
1~19~Wichita Lineman (Live / Houston, Tx / 9/15/1995)
1~20~New Test Leper (Live Acoustic / Seattle, Wa / 4/19/1996)
1~21~The Wake-Up Bomb (Live / Atlanta, Ga / 10/4/1995)
1~22~Binky The Doormat (Live / Atlanta, Ga / 11/18/1995)
1~23~King Of Comedy (808 State Remix)
1~24~Be Mine (Mike On Bus Version)
1~25~Love Is All Around
1~26~Sponge
1~27~Leave (Alternate Version)

Details

Format: CD
Artist: R.E.M.
Release Date: 29 October 2021
Genre: Alternative
Label: CONCORD
Distributor: Universal Music