R.E.M. - Live in Canada 1985 (2023)

R.E.M. marked the point when post-punk turned into alternative rock. When their first single, "Radio Free Europe," was released in 1981, it sparked a back-to-the-garage movement in the American underground. While there were a number of hardcore and punk bands in the U.S. during the early '80s, R.E.M. brought guitar pop back into the underground lexicon. Combining ringing guitar hooks with mumbled, cryptic lyrics and a D.I.Y. aesthetic borrowed from post-punk, the band simultaneously sounded traditional and modern. Though there were no overt innovations in their music, R.E.M. had an identity and sense of purpose that transformed the American underground.

Track List:

[05:26] 01. R.E.M. - Feeling Gravitys Pull
[03:50] 02. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
[03:04] 03. R.E.M. - Letter Never Sent
[02:03] 04. R.E.M. - Pills[Bo Diddley cover]
[03:46] 05. R.E.M. - Can't Get There from Here
[04:23] 06. R.E.M. - Laughing
[03:52] 07. R.E.M. - Driver 8
[03:52] 08. R.E.M. - Maps and Legends
[03:03] 09. R.E.M. - Fall on Me
[02:47] 10. R.E.M. - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?[Creedence Clearwater Revival cover]
[03:13] 11. R.E.M. - West of the Fields
[03:03] 12. R.E.M. - Auctioneer (Another Engine)
[04:08] 13. R.E.M. - Old Man Kensey
[04:14] 14. R.E.M. - Pretty Persuasion
[03:08] 15. R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk
[04:08] 16. R.E.M. - Life and How to Live It
[02:58] 17. R.E.M. - Moon River[Hamish Mancini cover]
[02:39] 18. R.E.M. - I Can't Control Myself[The Troggs cover]
[03:36] 19. R.E.M. - 1,000,000 Fascists Eat Donuts[Pot-O-Pipes cover]
[03:13] 20. R.E.M. - I Can Only Give You Everything[Them cover]
[01:33] 21. R.E.M. - Tired of Singing Trouble Boy (Go)[The Golden Palominos cover]
[03:05] 22. R.E.M. - Paint It Black[The Rolling Stones cover]
[02:40] 23. R.E.M. - In the Year 2525[Zager & Evans cover]
[03:38] 24. R.E.M. - Smokin' in the Boys' Room[Brownsville Station cover]
[03:30] 25. R.E.M. - Sweet Home Alabama[Lynyrd Skynyrd cover]
[02:34] 26. R.E.M. - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone[Paul Revere and The Raiders cover] 12XU[Wire cover, snippet]
[02:30] 27. R.E.M. - Secret Agent Man[The Challengers cover]
[02:27] 28. R.E.M. - The Lion Sleeps Tonight[Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds cover]
[01:56] 29. R.E.M. - God Save the Queen[Sex Pistols cover]
[04:36] 30. R.E.M. - Road Runner[The Modern Lovers cover] 12XU[Wire cover, snippet]
[02:37] 31. R.E.M. - 20th Century Boy[T. Rex cover]
[03:05] 32. R.E.M. - Skank
[03:38] 33. R.E.M. - Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)