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R.E.M. had several pivotal releases as they rose from college-radio favorites to pop stars, but this 1991 Warner Bros. LP was THE big bang of their career: a #1 smash that stayed on the charts for more than two years (!) and unleashed two Top 10 hits that have never left the airwaves: "Shiny Happy People" and "Losing My Religion." One of the most essential alt-rock albums of the ’90s comes to newly remastered CD and vinyl in time for its 25th anniversary; the expanded 25th-anniversary editions (2 CDs or triple vinyl) add a wealth of previously unreleased demos: two versions of both aforementioned hits plus "Texarkana," "Radio" (acoustic), "Slow Sad Rocker" ("Endgame"), "40 Sec.," "Fretless 1," "Me on Keyboard" ("Me in Honey") and more. The most devoted fan will, of course, want the deluxe edition, which includes all of the above plus a live performance at Mountain Stage (a precious recording, since the band didn’t do an "Out of Time" tour): "Losing My Religion," "It’s the End of the World As We Know It," "Radio Song," "Low," "Pop Song 89," "Half a World Away," "Fall on Me" and more. And that deluxe-edition Blu-Ray? It contains all eight "Out of Time" music videos plus the "Time Piece" press kit featuring footage of the album recording sessions, rare performances and more! Concord.