And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S Years 1982–1987

Infobox Album
Name = And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
Type = Compilation album
Artist = R.E.M.


Released = 11 September 2006 (UK)
12 September 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded = April 15, 1981-
September 14, 1987
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 2:34:33
Label = EMI/I.R.S. Records
Producer = Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman, Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0apsa9qgr23h link]
*Blender rating|4|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4149 link]
*Pitchfork Media (9.7/10) [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38455/R_E_M_And_I_Feel_Fine link]
Last album = "Around the Sun"
(2004)
This album = "And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987"
(2006)
Next album = "Accelerate"
(2008)

"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 "".

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

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

Disc two

# "Pilgrimage" – 4:30
#* Mike's pick – from "Murmur", 1983
# "These Days" – 3:25
#* Bill's pick – from "Lifes Rich Pageant", 1986
# "Gardening at Night" – 4:44
#* Slower electric demo, Outtake from "Reckoning", 1984
# "Radio Free Europe" – 3:48
#* Hib-Tone version
# "Sitting Still" – 3:16
#* Hib-Tone version
# "Life and How to Live It" – 6:36
#* Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 September 1987
# "Ages of You" () – 3:48
#* Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
# "We Walk" – 3:17
#* Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
# "1,000,000" – 3:25
#* Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
# "Finest Worksong" – 3:47
#* Other mix, B-side of "Finest Worksong" 12 Inch, 1987
# "Hyena" – 2:50
#* Demo, Outtake from "Fables of the Reconstruction", 1985
# "Theme from Two Steps Onward" – 4:37
#* Demo, Outtake from "Lifes Rich Pageant", 1986
# "Superman" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler)– 2:53
#* From "Lifes Rich Pageant", 1986
# "All the Right Friends" (Demo) – 3:53
#* Outtake from "Murmur", 1983, Previously Released on "Dead Letter Office" Vintage Years, 1993
# "Mystery to Me" – 2:01
#* Demo, Outtake from "Lifes Rich Pageant", 1986
# "Just a Touch" – 2:38
#* Previously Unreleased Version, recorded live to 2 Track during Reckoning Sessions, 1984
# "Bad Day" – 3:03
#* Session outtake from "Lifes Rich Pageant", 1986. Originally called "PSA"
# "King of Birds" – 4:09
#* From "Document", 1987
# "Swan Swan H" – 2:43
#* Originally Released on the Soundtrack to the Film , 1987
# "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32
#* Peter's pick – from "Document", 1987
# "Time After Time (annElise)" – 3:31
#* Michael's pick – from "Reckoning", 1984

Charts

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