Artist	Song
R.E.M.	All the Way to Reno
from Reveal (2004)
R.E.M.	Exhuming McCarthy
from Document (1998)
R.E.M.	Drive
from Drive - EP (2003)
R.E.M.	Tongue
from Monster (2008)
R.E.M.	Gardening At Night
from Dead Letter Office (1987)
R.E.M.	Strange Currencies
from Monster (2008)
R.E.M.	Time after Time (Annelise)
from Reckoning (1984)
R.E.M.	Find the River
from Automatic for the People (2005)
R.E.M.	I Remember California
from Green (2008)
R.E.M.	Catapult
from Murmur (1984)
R.E.M.	Living Well Is the Best Revenge
from Accelerate (Deluxe Version) (2008)
R.E.M.	The Lifting
from Reveal (2004)
R.E.M.	Crush With Eyeliner
from Monster (2008)
R.E.M.	Wendell Gee
from Fables of the Reconstruction (1998)
R.E.M.	Electron Blue
from Around the Sun (2004)
R.E.M.	Flowers of Guatemala
from Lifes Rich Pageant (1998)
R.E.M.	New Test Leper
from New Adventures In Hi-Fi (2004)
R.E.M.	7 Chinese Brothers
from Reckoning (1984)
R.E.M.	I Don't Sleep, I Dream
from Monster (2008)
R.E.M.	Walk Unafraid
from Up (2004)
R.E.M.	Strange
from Document (1998)
R.E.M.	Disturbance At the Heron House
from Document (1998)
R.E.M.	Perfect Circle
from Murmur (1984)
R.E.M.	Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars)
from Dead Letter Office (1987)
R.E.M.	Ages of You
from Dead Letter Office (1987)

Comment:

With 30 years in the rearview, and a staggering stack of classic singles hogging the spotlight, a few of R.E.M.’s finest moments have flown under the radar. Those who were hypnotized by Document’s hits might’ve missed the mighty mix of punky guitar and poppy, candy-coated harmonies on the band’s cover of Wire’s “Strange.” Monster’s slow-rolling “Strange Currencies” didn’t climb as high as “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth,” but it’s still a waltz-time wonder of postmodern soul. Meanwhile, the deliciously doom-y post-punk postcard “I Remember California” hints at what might’ve happened if Manchester main men Joy Division had ever made it out to Venice Beach.

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