R.E.M.- New Adventures In Hifi (25th Anniversary Edition)

Label: Craft

Reissued 10/29/2021, Originally released 1996

CD:  Celebrating the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s tenth studio album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi. This expanded collection offers the original album newly remastered, along with 13 B-sides and rarities. The 2-CD edition also includes an exclusive 24” x 24” pull-out poster and four collectible postcards, as well as a booklet featuring archival photographs and new liner notes with reflections from the band, Patti Smith, Thom Yorke, Scott Litt and more.

LP:   This special pressing—replicating the original gatefold package—offers the newly remastered album across 2-LPs, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio. The platinum-selling album features the singles “Bittersweet Me,” “Electrolite,” and “E-Bow the Letter.”

Track listing:

1. How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
2. The Wake-Up Bomb
3. New Test Leper
4. Undertow
5. E-Bow the Letter
6. Leave
7. Departure
8. Bittersweet Me
9. Be Mine
10. Binky the Doormat
11. Zither
12. So Fast, So Numb
13. Low Desert
14. Electrolite