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In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

{{Short description|2003 compilation album by R.E.M.}}

{{For|the 1991 album|The Best of R.E.M.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}}

{{Infobox album

| name = In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

| type = greatest

| artist = R.E.M.

| cover = R.E.M. - In Time.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|10|27}}

| recorded = 1988–2003

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = {{Duration|m=76|s=15}}

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = Scott Litt, Pat McCarthy, R.E.M.

| prev_title = r.e.m.IX

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

| next_year = 2003

| misc = {{Singles

| name = In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

| type = compilation

| single1 = Bad Day

| single1date = September 29, 2003

| single2 = Animal

| single2date = January 5, 2004

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = R.E.M. compilations

| type = compilation

| prev_title = R.E.M.: In the Attic – Alternative Recordings 1985–1989

| prev_year = 1997

| title = In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

| year = 2003

| next_title = iTunes Originals – R.E.M.

| next_year = 2004

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r659750|pure_url=yes}}|title=In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |website=Allmusic |access-date=January 11, 2012}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A−{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,526097,00.html |title=In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 Review |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 31, 2003 |access-date=August 27, 2012 |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425171311/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,526097,00.html |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = NME

| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/rem/7212 |title=NME Album Reviews – REM : In Time: The Best Of REM 1988–2003 |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |work=NME |date=October 30, 2003 |access-date=January 11, 2012}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork Media

| rev5Score = 7.5/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6751-in-time-the-best-of-rem-1988-2003/ |title=R.E.M.: In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 |last=Idov |first=Michael |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=October 28, 2003 |access-date=August 27, 2012}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone

| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/in-time-the-best-of-r-e-m-1988-2003-20031104 |title=In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 |last=Puterbaugh |first=Parke |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 4, 2003 |access-date=August 27, 2012}}

| rev7 = RTÉ.ie

| rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2003/1125/rem.html |title=REM – In Time: The Best Of REM 1988–2003 – RTÉ Ten |last=Grealis |first=Tom |publisher=RTÉ.ie |access-date=January 11, 2012 |date=November 25, 2003}}

| rev8 = Stylus Magazine

| rev8Score = A{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1480 |title=R.E.M. – In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003 – Review |last=Passantino |first=Dom |magazine=Stylus Magazine |date=November 19, 2003 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208095026/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=1480 |url-status=dead }}

}}

In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M. Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records era, from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal, as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie soundtracks. The album was the tenth-best-selling album of 2003 in the UK, and the 50th-best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/12_december/14/radio1.shtml |title=Radio 1 to reveal best-selling singles and albums of the Noughties |work=Press Office |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=November 28, 2011}}

Background

"Bad Day" was a demo version in 1986, a Life's Rich Pageant outtake when Bill Berry was still in the band, and was re-recorded for this compilation. "Animal" was a recent song written for their upcoming studio album. Similarly, "All the Right Friends", originally written in the early 1980s, had been re-recorded by the band for use in Cameron Crowe's 2001 film Vanilla Sky. Finally, "The Great Beyond" was initially issued in 1999 as part of Miloš Forman's film on Andy Kaufman, Man on the Moon. It ended up becoming the band's biggest UK hit, with a No. 3 peak, in early 2000. This, the third inclusion of the song on an official release, is the only unedited version. On the Man on the Moon soundtrack, there is some dialogue from the movie at the end of the track; the single version is a radio edit, with the bridge omitted.

In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 was also issued in a limited two-disc edition that included a "Rarities and B-Sides" disc from the same era, with liner notes by Peter Buck. The single-disc edition of the album reached No. 1 in the UK, while going platinum in the U.S. and peaking at #8. The limited-edition two-disc release managed to reach No. 16 in the U.S. and No. 37 in the UK. There is also a vinyl edition which consists of two LPs inside a gatefold cover and a limited CD box-set edition featuring all eighteen tracks on their own individual one-track CDs, with cover art from the original singles.

A notable omission from the album is the song "Shiny Happy People" which was deliberately left out by the band despite it being one of their biggest hits.{{cite web|title=2003 interview with R.E.M. explaining the omission|url=http://kgsr.com/Interviews/Index_rem.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426132458/http://www.kgsr.com/Interviews/Index_rem.aspx|archive-date=April 26, 2007|df=mdy-all}}

A companion DVD, entitled In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, was released at the same time. In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of the compilation which included a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The "Rarities and B-Sides" bonus disc from the limited edition is not included in this package.

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.

  1. "Man on the Moon" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 5:12
  2. "The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from the Man on the Moon soundtrack, 1999) – 5:04
  3. "Bad Day" (previously unreleased) – 4:05
  4. "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" (from Monster, 1994) – 3:58
  5. "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 4:43
  6. "Losing My Religion" (from Out of Time, 1991) – 4:26
  7. "E-Bow the Letter" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996) – 5:22
  8. "Orange Crush" (from Green, 1988) – 3:50
  9. "Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Reveal, 2001) – 3:56
  10. "Daysleeper" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up, 1998) – 3:37
  11. "Animal" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (previously unreleased) – 4:00
  12. "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:06
  13. "Stand" (from Green, 1988) – 3:09
  14. "Electrolite" (from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996) – 4:04
  15. "All the Right Friends" (from the Vanilla Sky soundtrack, 2001) – 2:45
  16. "Everybody Hurts" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 5:17
  17. "At My Most Beautiful" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) (from Up, 1998) – 3:33
  18. "Nightswimming" (from Automatic for the People, 1992) – 4:16

;Bonus disc 'Rarities and B-sides'

  1. "Pop Song 89" (acoustic) – 2:56
  2. * B-side of "Pop Song 89" 7 Inch; 1989
  3. "Turn You Inside-Out" (live) – 4:16
  4. * although listed on the cover as being from the live video Tourfilm (which version was also released as B-side of "Losing My Religion" "Collector's Editions" CD 1), this recording is actually from the radio broadcast of the Orlando show from April 30, 1989, previously included on a "Get Up" promotional CD-single.
  5. "Fretless" – 4:49
  6. * B-side of "Losing My Religion" "Collector's Editions" CD 2, Until the End of the World soundtrack, B-side of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" "Collector's Edition" CD 1 UK; 1991
  7. "Chance (Dub)" – 2:33
  8. * B-side of "Everybody Hurts" "Collector's Edition" CD 2 UK; 1993
  9. "It's a Free World, Baby" – 5:11
  10. * B-side of "Drive" "Collector's Edition" Single UK & the Coneheads soundtrack; 1992
  11. "Drive" (live, November 19, 1992) – 3:59
  12. *Alternative NRG, B-side of "Strange Currencies" CD single; 1994
  13. "Star Me Kitten" (featuring William S. Burroughs) – 3:29
  14. *Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files; 1996
  15. "Revolution" – 3:02
  16. * Batman & Robin soundtrack; 1997
  17. "Leave" (alternate version) – 4:40
  18. * A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack; 1997
  19. "Why Not Smile" (Oxford American version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 2:59
  20. * B-side of "Daysleeper" CD single; 1998
  21. "The Lifting" (original version) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:19
  22. * B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
  23. "Beat a Drum" (Dalkey demo) (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:25
  24. * B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
  25. "2JN" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:24
  26. * B-side of "Imitation of Life" CD single; 2001
  27. "The One I Love" (live from the Museum of Television and Radio, June 8, 2001) – 3:23
  28. * previously unreleased
  29. "Country Feedback" (live from Wiesbaden, Germany, 2003) – 6:15
  30. * previously unreleased

Later pressings of the collector's edition have the second disc enhanced with the "Bad Day" video.

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

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|+Weekly sales performance for In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

Chart (2003)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|5|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|7|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|Hungary|38|year=2003|week=46|access-date=November 27, 2021}}
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20031102}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=R.E.M.|album=The Best of R.E.M. In Time 1988–2003}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20031102}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|8|artist=R.E.M.}}

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= Year-end charts =

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|+Annual sales performance for In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

Chart (2003)

!Position

UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=2003 UK Singles Chart|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=August 13, 2017}}

|10

Worldwide Albums (IFPI){{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2003.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2003 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003117/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2003.pdf |archive-date=November 17, 2008}}

|17

= Decade-end charts =

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|+Decade sales performance for In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003

Chart (2000–09)

!Position

Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2000/end-of-decade-albums-chart|title=2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2010|access-date= January 16, 2020}}

|align="center"|80

UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=2003 UK Singles Chart|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=December 10, 2018}}

|50

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|relyear=2003|certyear=2007|certmonth=10}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: Best of 88-03|relyear=2003|source=chart|relmonth=10|certyear=2004|id=12}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|relyear=2003}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time|relyear=2003|id= 20060421083503|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|award=Platinum|number=7|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - Best of REM|relyear=2003|certyear=2005|access-date=February 28, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|note=sales in 2003|relyear=2003|certref={{Cite web | url = http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2003/11/03/Spettacolo/Musica/MUSICA-CLASSIFICA-REM-CONQUISTANO-IL-PRIMO-POSTO_135600.php | publisher = Adnkronos | date = 3 November 2003 | title = Musica: Classifica, REM conquistano il primo posto | access-date = 18 January 2013|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001753/https://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2003/11/03/Spettacolo/Musica/MUSICA-CLASSIFICA-REM-CONQUISTANO-IL-PRIMO-POSTO_135600.php|archive-date=January 1, 2017}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Gold|certyear=2013|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time|note=sales since 2009|relyear=2009|access-date=March 17, 2020|id=476}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|award=Gold|certyear=2005|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time|relyear=2003|access-date=March 17, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - Best of R.E.M.|relyear=2003|id=2004-03-12|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2007}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|nocert=true|salesamount=106,500|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/villedende-salgstall-1.860265|title=Villedende salgstall|publisher=NRK|date=15 December 2003|access-date=20 July 2023}}}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Portugal|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - Best of R.E.M.|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120020223/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200710.htm |archive-date=20 November 2010 |id=200710|access-date=5 January 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=South Africa| title=In Time: The Best of|artist=REM|award=Gold| type=album |relyear=2003|relmonth=10|certyear=2003|certref={{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://www.rsgmusiek.co.za/top20.asp|title=Suid-Afrika se enigste amptelike Top 20 is eksklusief aan RSG|publisher=Recording Industry of South Africa|access-date=8 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031225130635/http://www.rsgmusiek.co.za/top20.asp|archive-date=25 December 2003}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Platinum|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - Best of R.E.M.|relyear=2003|certyear=2008|certmonth=43}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|relyear=2003|award=Gold|certyear=2003|access-date=18 January 2013|relmonth=10}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - The Best Of|relyear=2003|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=REM|title=In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003|relyear=2003|award=Platinum|number=5|id=3314-840-2|salesamount=1,697,004|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/uk-album-chart-analysis-buble-outsells-jls-by-just-569-units/047383|title=UK Album Chart Analysis: Buble outsells JLS by just 569 units|date=November 21, 2011|work=Music Week|publisher=Intent Media|access-date=December 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626220133/http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/uk-album-chart-analysis-buble-outsells-jls-by-just-569-units/047383|archive-date=June 26, 2015 }}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|relyear=2003|award=Platinum}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|artist=R.E.M.|title=In Time - Best of R.E.M.|relyear=2003|certyear=2006}}

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