REM – OUT OF TIME LP – Nr MINT 1991  INDIE STIPE

REM – Out Of Time
(Warner Bros Records  1991  WX404)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2

 Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– small light crease on bottom left corner
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, that was formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe.

Out of Time is the seventh album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. The album includes the single, “Losing My Religion”.

Track listing

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

Side one – “Time side”

1. “Radio Song” (feat. KRS-One) – 4:12
2. “Losing My Religion” – 4:26
3. “Low” – 4:55
4. “Near Wild Heaven” – 3:17
5. “Endgame” – 3:48

Side two – “Memory side”

6. “Shiny Happy People” – 3:44
7. “Belong” – 4:03
8. “Half a World Away” – 3:26
9. “Texarkana” – 3:36
10. “Country Feedback” – 4:07
11. “Me in Honey” – 4:06

On the vinyl and cassette tape releases, R.E.M. labeled side one (tracks 1–5) as the “Time side” and side two (tracks 6–11) as the “Memory side”.

Personnel

R.E.M.

• Bill Berry – drums, percussion, congas on “Low”, bass guitar on “Half a World Away” and “Country Feedback”, piano on “Near Wild Heaven”, backing vocals on “Near Wild Heaven”, “Belong”, and “Country Feedback”
• Peter Buck – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin on “Losing My Religion” and “Half a World Away”
• Mike Mills – bass guitar; backing vocals; organ on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Country Feedback”; piano on “Belong”; harpsichord on “Half a World Away”; percussion on “Half a World Away”; lead vocals on “Near Wild Heaven” and “Texarkana”; keyboards and arrangement on “Losing My Religion” and “Texarkana”
• Michael Stipe – lead vocals, bass melodica and arrangement on “Endgame”, backing vocals on “Near Wild Heaven” and “Texarkana”

Additional musicians

• David Arenz – violin on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Ellie Arenz – violin on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Mark Bingham – string arrangements on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• David Braitberg – violin on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Andrew Cox – cello on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Reid Harris – viola on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Peter Holsapple – bass guitar on “Radio Song” and “Low”; acoustic guitar on “Losing My Religion”, “Shiny Happy People”, and “Texarkana”; electric guitar on “Belong”
• Ralph Jones – double bass on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Kidd Jordan – baritone saxophone on “Radio Song” and “Near Wild Heaven”, tenor saxophone on “Radio Song” and “Endgame”, alto saxophone on “Radio Song”, bass clarinet on “Low” and “Endgame”
• John Keane – pedal steel guitar on “Texarkana” and “Country Feedback”
• Dave Kempers – violin on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• KRS-One – rapping on “Radio Song”
• Scott Litt – echo-loop feed on “Radio Song”
• Elizabeth Murphy – cello on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Paul Murphy – lead viola on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Kate Pierson – vocals on “Near Wild Heaven”, and duet on “Shiny Happy People”, “Me in Honey”
• Jay Weigel – orchestral liaison on “Radio Song”, “Low”, “Near Wild Heaven”, “Endgame”, “Shiny Happy People”, “Half a World Away”, and “Texarkana”
• Cecil Welch – flugelhorn on “Endgame”

Production

• Bill Berry – production
• Peter Buck – production
• Dave Friedlander – engineering
• Tom Garneau – engineering
• John Keane – engineering
• Ben Katchor – illustrations
• Scott Litt – production, engineering
• Ted Malia – engineering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering, at Precision Mastering, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Mike Mills – production
• Frank Ockenfels – photography
• Mike Reiter – engineering
• Ed Rogers – illustrations
• Karina Santos – photography
• Doug Starn – photography
• Mike Starn – photography
• Michael Stipe – production, packaging, and photography
• Tom Recchion – packaging