Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987

Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released	May 19, 2014
Recorded	1981–1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	165:29
Language	English
Label	Capitol
Producer	Joe Boyd, Don Dixon, Mitch Easter, Don Gehman, Scott Litt
R.E.M. chronology
Unplugged: The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions (2014) Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 (2014) Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 (2014)

Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987 is a 2014 compilation album featuring songs released by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their time on I.R.S. Records.^[1] The compilation's title is incorrect, as the first two tracks were released in July 1981 on the Hib-Tone label.

Track listing

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

Disc 1

1. "Radio Free Europe" (Original Hib-Tone single A-Side) – 3:48
2. "Sitting Still" (Original Hib-Tone single B-Side) – 3:16
3. "White Tornado" (single B-side) – 1:56
4. "Gardening at Night" (Different Vocal Mix) – 3:30
5. "Gardening at Night" (Acoustic) – 3:54
6. "All the Right Friends" – 3:54
7. "Moon River" (Johnny Mercer) – 2:21
8. "Pretty Persuasion"  – 4:02
9. "There She Goes Again" (Lou Reed) (single B-side)  – 2:49
10. "Tighten Up" (Archie Bell, Billy Buttier) – 4:09
11. "Ages of You" (Live) – 3:48
12. "We Walk" (Live) – 3:17
13. "1,000,000" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:26
14. "Gardening at Night" (Electric Demo) – 4:44
15. "Just a Touch" – 2:38
16. "King of the Road" (Roger Miller) (single B-side) – 3:14
17. "Pale Blue Eyes" (Reed) (single B-side) – 2:54
18. "Voice of Harold" (single B-side) – 4:25
19. "Walters Theme" (single B-side) – 1:32
20. "White Tornado (single B-side)" – 1:52
21. "Windout" (Jerry Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 1:49
22. "Wind Out" (With Friends) (Ayers, Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe)  – 2:00
23. "9–9" (Live) – 3:06
24. "Gardening at Night" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:48
25. "Catapult" (Live) (single B-side) – 4:03

Disc 2

26. "Ages of You" – 3:43
27. "Bandwagon" (Berry, Buck, Mills, Lynda Stipe, M. Stipe) (single B-side) – 2:17
28. "Burning Down" (single B-side) – 4:12
29. "Burning Hell" (12" B-side) – 3:49
30. "Crazy" (Randy Bewley, Vanessa Briscoe, Curtis Crowe, Michael Lachowski) (single B-side) – 3:03
31. "Driver 8" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:30
32. "Bad Day" – 3:03
33. "Femme Fatale" (Reed) (12" B-side) – 2:50
34. "Hyena" (Demo) – 2:49
35. "Mystery to Me" (Demo) – 2:01
36. "Rotary Ten" (single B-side) – 2:01
37. "Theme from Two Steps Onward" (Demo) – 4:37
38. "Tired of Singing Trouble" – 0:59
39. "Toys in the Attic" (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) (12" B-side) – 2:28
40. "Romance" – 3:27
41. "Last Date" (12" B-side) – 2:16
42. "Finest Worksong" (Lengthy Club Mix) (12" B-side) – 5:52
43. "Finest Worksong" (Mutual Drum Horn Mix) (single A-side) – 3:51
44. "Finest Worksong" (Other Mix) (12" B-side) – 3:46
45. "Maps and Legends" (Live) (single B-side) – 3:16
46. "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Live) (12" B-side) – 3:26
47. "The One I Love" (Live) (single B-side) – 4:06
48. "Swan Swan H" (Acoustic) – 2:42
49. "(All I Have to Do Is) Dream" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:38
50. "Time After Time Etc." (Includes excerpts from "So. Central Rain" and "Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel) (Live) (Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe, Gabriel) (single B-side) – 8:22

References

1. "R.E.M.’s 50-track ‘Complete Rarities: I.R.S. 1982–1987’ Due Out Digitally Next Month". slicingupeyeballs.com. April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.