R.E.M. - Green 25th anniversary reissue

R.E.M. celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1988 album Green this year. Today R.E.M. announced Rhino is reissuing a deluxe double-disc version of the double platinum album on May 14th. The new version will include the original material plus a bonus live concert captured at Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 10, 1989 (some video from this concert appeared on 1990's Tourfilm which is available to stream in full here). Green - the deluxe 25th anniversary edition will be available as a 2 cd set, digital download, and on 180 gram vinyl.

R.E.M. also revealed a limited edition five song ep, Live in Greensboro, will be released for Record Store Day. The ep includes five tracks omitted from the double disc Green reissue due to space constraints, and comes along with a non-reproduction patch (recently discovered in the band's vault!) Only 2500 copies of Live In Greensboro ep will be pressed.

The tracklisting for the reissues is posted below. For more on the Green 25th anniversary reissue, visit the official R.E.M. website.

"World Leader Pretend" (from Tourfilm, 1990)



Disc One – Original Album

1. “Pop Song 89”
2. “Get Up”
3. “You Are The Everything”
4. “Stand”
5. “World Leader Pretend”
6. “The Wrong Child”
7. “Orange Crush”
8. “Turn You Inside Out”
9. “Hairshirt”
10. “I Remember California”
11. “Untitled”

Disc Two – Live In Greensboro 1989
1. “Stand”
2. “The One I Love”
3. “Turn You Inside Out”
4. “Belong”
5. “Exhuming McCarthy”
6. “Good Advices”
7. “Orange Crush”
8. “Cuyahoga”
9. “These Days”
10. “World Leader Pretend”
11. “I Believe”
12. “Get Up”
13. “Life And How To Live It”
14. “Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
15. “Pop Song 89”
16. “Fall On Me”
17. “You Are The Everything”
18. “Begin The Begin”
19. “Low”
20. “Finest Worksong”
21. “Perfect Circle”


Live in Greensboro EP – Record Store Day Exclusive

1. “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)”
2. “Feeling Gravitys Pull”
3. “Strange”
4. “King of Birds”
5. “I Remember California”