Out of Time
Studio album by R.E.M.
Released	11 March 1991 (UK) 12 March 1991 (U.S.)
Recorded	September–October 1990
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:08
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone link
R.E.M. chronology
Green (1988) Out of Time (1991) Automatic for the People (1992)
Alternate cover
Artwork from the flip side of the booklet insert

This article is about the album by R.E.M.. For other uses of the term, see Out of Time.

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Preceded by the idiosyncratic "Losing My Religion," which became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S. hit, Out of Time gave them their first U.S. and UK #1 albums, earning them many new fans and worldwide renown. The band decided not to tour to support the release, nor the following one. Losing My Religion is a song recorded by the rock band R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time. ...

Out of Time also birthed a further smash in "Shiny Happy People" (featuring an appearance from The B-52's Kate Pierson). The overtly bubble-gum styling of the song has divided fans over the years as to its virtues. R.E.M. have never played it live, though this may be due to a lack of female vocalist to accompany Michael; they did play it on Saturday Night Live with Kate Pierson on April 13, 1991. Shiny Happy People is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. ... The B-52s are a New Wave rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, an important center of alternative rock. ... Kate Pierson in the R.E.M. music video Shiny Happy People Kate Pierson (born 27 April 1948, in Weehawken, New Jersey) is one of the lead singers of The B-52s. ... Bubblegum pop, also known as bubblegum rock, bubblegum music, youth music, or simply bubblegum, is a genre of popular music. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

A second cameo appearance arises in the form of rapper KRS-One who makes a memorable appearance on the minor hit "Radio Song." Bassist Mike Mills handles lead vocal duties, aided by frontman Michael Stipe, on "Near Wild Heaven" and "Texarkana." KRS-One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. ... Radio Song is the forth single released by R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time, where it appeared as the opening track. ... Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) is the bass player of the band R.E.M. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Macon, Georgia in the early 60s. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and... Near Wild Heaven was the third single released from R.E.M.s seventh studio album Out of Time in 1991. ...

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The album was R.E.M's biggest-selling to date, going quadruple-platinum in the U.S. and selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide. At the 1992 Grammy Awards ceremony, Out of Time won the newly-launched "Best Alternative Album" award. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Out of Time the 38th greatest album of all time; in their 2006 follow-up list it rose one place to 37. Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. [1] A pocket watch, a device used to tell time Look up time in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Out of Time which includes 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 song "Half a World Away" was recently played on an episode of Scrubs (The name of the episode was "My Fishbowl"). The CD (as with all in this series) is not remastered. Elliot Scheiner is a record producer and record engineer. ... Scrubs is an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning American situation comedy/dramedy that premiered on October 2, 2001 on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... List of Scrubs episodes My Fishbowl is the 129th episode of the American situation comedy Scrubs. ...

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe. William Bill Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years, before retiring from the group and becoming a farmer. ... Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M. // After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. ... Michael Edward Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) is the bass player of the band R.E.M. As a young boy, he moved with his family to Macon, Georgia in the early 60s. ... John Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) is the lead singer of the American rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known (and occasionally parodied) for the mumbling style of his early career and for his complex, surreal lyrics, as well as his social and...

1. "Radio Song" – 4:13
2. "Losing My Religion" – 4:26
3. "Low" – 4:55
4. "Near Wild Heaven" – 3:17
5. "Endgame" – 3:48
6. "Shiny Happy People" – 3:45
7. "Belong" – 4:05
8. "Half a World Away" – 3:26
9. "Texarkana" – 3:37
10. "Country Feedback" – 4:07
11. "Me in Honey" – 4:06

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Personnel

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, bass, piano, vocals
• Peter Buck – guitars, mandolin
• Mike Mills – bass, organ, piano, harpsichord, vocals
• Michael Stipe – vocals

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Additional personnel

• Peter Holsapple – bass on 1 3, acoustic guitar on 2 6 9, electric guitar on 7
• KRS-One – vocals on 1
• Kate Pierson – vocals on 6 10 11
• Mark Bingham – string arrangements on 1 3 4 5 6 8 9
  • Dave Kempers – violin
  • David Braitberg – violin
  • David Arenz – violin
  • Ellie Arenz – violin
  • Paul Murphy – viola (lead)
  • Reid Harris – viola
  • Andrew Cox – cello
  • Elizabeth Murphy – cello
  • Ralph Jones – double bass
• Kidd Jordan – baritone saxophone on 1 4, tenor saxophone on 1 5, alto saxophone on 1, bass clarinet on 3 5
• Cecil Welch – flugelhorn on 5
• Scott Litt – echo-loop feed on 1
• John Keane – pedal string guitar on 9 10

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Charts

Album

Singles The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ... The UK Albums Chart is a chart of the sales positions of albums in the United Kingdom. ...

Awards

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