Release date: 29-01-2008

2008 US issue limited edition 22-track 3-LP vinyl set, recorded live at The Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland on 26th and 27th February 2005, featuring the classics 'Everybody Hurts', 'Losing My Religion' and '[Don't Go Back To] Rockville', includes bonus DVD of the entire show - each LP is presented in its own picture sleeve, with the set housed in a deluxe sealed & stickered box!

Tracks:
01. I Took Your Name   
02. So Fast, So Numb    
03. Boy in the Well   
04. Cuyahoga  
05. Everybody Hurts  
06. Electron Blue   
07. Bad Day   
08. The Ascent of Man    
09. The Great Beyond    
10. Leaving New York  
11. Orange Crush  
12. I Wanted to Be Wrong  
13. Final Straw 
14. Imitation of Life   
15. The One I Love   
16. Walk Unafraid   
17. Losing My Religion    
18. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?   
19. Drive  
20. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville  
21. I'm Gonna DJ   
22. Man on the Moon 

R.E.M. has moved from its so called alternative roots, to become the single best rock n roll band in America. Silly classifications aside, they have not changed so much as their audience has. Perhaps they are part to blame for 'us' growing to love them for what they say, as well as how they sound. I have had the Rapid Eye Movement albums in constant spin for the past week or so... I have never enjoyed them so much, from first to last, each album is in its own way is a wonder for the senses. If you don't get it (or them) you are missing out on one of the real treats in life. The aural delight of a band that does not 'beat' the instruments into senseless noise, nor Mr. Stripe's voice, is to be savored.

There are wondrous layers and textures in R.E.M.'s music, boxes inside of boxes inside of boxes if you will. The more you listen, the more you hear... They have stood the test of time, their music has weathered well. They survived success and remained real people. I have enjoyed my first spin of this new work and find it to be worthy of those whom created it. Fault is not hard to find, nor does finding same make one an 'expert?' Dear, me if you found a lyric or sound level to be a tad 'off' in a live album, get a life. Listen to the music, enjoy the unprovoked tingle of the body and smile it brings to ones face.

There is just not enough of R.E.M. to go around. Grab all you can and hold on to it. They are the best band in America. Period. -by R.J. Sorensen