And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
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And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released	11 September 2006 (UK) 12 September 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 15, 1981- September 14, 1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:34:33
Label	EMI/I.R.S. Records
Producer	Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman, Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Blender link Pitchfork Media (9.7/10) link
R.E.M. chronology
Around the Sun (2004) And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 (2006) Accelerate (2008)

And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 is a compilation album by R.E.M. that features songs from the band's years at I.R.S. Records. It was released 12 September 2006. A companion DVD, called When the Light Is Mine, was released the same day.

And I Feel Fine is available in two versions: a regular one-CD version with 21 fan-favorite tracks spanning the Chronic Town EP from 1982 to 1987's Document, and a second edition that contains the regular CD plus a bonus CD that includes rarities such as unreleased songs and alternate mixes. The album tracks are all re-mastered.

Two songs — "Bad Day" and "All the Right Friends" — appear in demo or outtake versions here, as opposed to final versions on the 2003 Warner Bros. R.E.M. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

So far, And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 reached #70 in the UK charts. In the U.S., each version was charted separately: the 2 CD version reached #116 and the regular version #148.

Track listing

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

Disc one

1. "Begin the Begin" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:29
2. "Radio Free Europe" (from Murmur, 1983) – 4:06
3. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:51
4. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:22
5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (single version, 1984) – 4:33
6. "Sitting Still" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:18
7. "Gardening at Night" (from Chronic Town, 1982) – 3:29
8. "7 Chinese Bros." (from Reckoning, 1984) – 4:15
9. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:15
10. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:23
11. "Cant Get There from Here" (single version, 1985) – 3:39
12. "Finest Worksong" (from Document, 1987) – 3:48
13. "Feeling Gravitys Pull" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:51
14. "I Believe" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:49
15. "Life and How to Live It" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:08
16. "Cuyahoga" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 4:21
17. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) – 3:17
18. "Welcome to the Occupation" (from Document, 1987) – 2:47
19. "Fall On Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:51
20. "Perfect Circle" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:29
21. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) – 4:05

Disc two

1. "Pilgrimage" – 4:30
   • Mike's pick – from Murmur, 1983
2. "These Days" – 3:25
   • Bill's pick – from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
3. "Gardening at Night" – 4:44
   • Slower electric demo, Outtake from Reckoning, 1984
4. "Radio Free Europe" – 3:48
   • Hib-Tone version
5. "Sitting Still" – 3:16
   • Hib-Tone version
6. "Life and How to Live It" – 6:36
   • Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 September 1987
7. "Ages of You" () – 3:48
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
8. "We Walk" – 3:17
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
9. "1,000,000" – 3:25
   • Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983
10. "Finest Worksong" – 3:47
    • Other mix, B-side of "Finest Worksong" 12 Inch, 1987
11. "Hyena" – 2:50
    • Demo, Outtake from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985
12. "Theme from Two Steps Onward" – 4:37
    • Demo, Outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
13. "Superman" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler)– 2:53
    • From Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
14. "All the Right Friends" (Demo) – 3:53
    • Outtake from Murmur, 1983, Previously Released on Dead Letter Office Vintage Years, 1993
15. "Mystery to Me" – 2:01
    • Demo, Outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986
16. "Just a Touch" – 2:38
    • Previously Unreleased Version, recorded live to 2 Track during Reckoning Sessions, 1984
17. "Bad Day" – 3:03
    • Session outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986. Originally called "PSA"
18. "King of Birds" – 4:09
    • From Document, 1987
19. "Swan Swan H" – 2:43
    • Originally Released on the Soundtrack to the Film Athens, GA: Inside Out, 1987
20. "Disturbance at the Heron House" – 3:32
    • Peter's pick – from Document, 1987
21. "Time After Time (annElise)" – 3:31
    • Michael's pick – from Reckoning, 1984

Charts

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