The Album Is A 40-Song Career-Spanning Retrospective That Collects For The First Time Ever Songs From Rems Entire Back Catalog Including The Pioneering American Bands Years On Both The Irs Label (1982 To 1987) And Warner Bros Records (1988 To 2011) In Addition To Liner Notes Written By Band Members Berry Buck Mills And Stipe The Album Also Features Three New Songs That Rem Finished After They Completed Their Last Album Collapse Into Now A Month Of Saturdays We All Go Back To Where We Belong And Hallelujah Which Were Recorded Over The Summer In Athens With Accelerate And Collapse Into Now Producer The Estimable Jacknife Lee Rem Formed In 1980 When Singer Michael Stipe Met Guitarist Peter Buck In An Athens Ga Record Store Where Buck Worked After Recruiting Bassist Mike Mills And Drummer Bill Berry Rem Released Its First Single Radio Free Europe In 1981 Followed By 1982S Chronic Town Ep Capturing The Imagination Of A New Generation Of Music Lovers And Bringing Guitar Pop Back Into The Underground Lexicon As All-Music Put It Widely Credited With Inventing The College-Rock Genre Rem Became The Most Influential American Alternative Rock Band In History -- Inspiring Such Artists As Sonic Youth Pavement Nirvana And Radiohead -- For Achieving Multi-Platinum Mainstream Success While Maintaining Their Distinct Identity
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