R.E.M. "Out Of Time" Sealed Original 1991 US LP MINT

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R.E.M. / Out of Time - Warner Bros. Records 26496 (Stereo)(US)(1991) ...This auction is for an original issue, factory sealed Record on US vinyl. This record was made in the U.S. and was very limited.

  Before Nirvana's Nevermind closed out the year with the unexpected commercial triumph of grunge rock, R.E.M.'s Out of Time was the sound of alternative music circa 1991. The smash singles "Losing My Religion" (perhaps the only Top Five US single ever to feature the mandolin as its lead instrument) and "Shiny Happy People" were the commercial face of the album.

   Track listings and reviews include below:

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Detailed item info:

Track listing
(Time Side)
1. Radio Song
2. Losing My Religion
3. Low
4. Near Wild Heaven
5. Endgame

(Memory Side)
1. Shiny Happy People
2. Belong
3. Half a World Away
4. Texarkana
5. Country Feedback
6. Me in Honey

Details Contributing artists: KRS-One, Paul Murphy, Peter Holsapple, Kate Pierson Producer: R.E.M., Scott Litt Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo
Album notes R.E.M.: Bill Berry (vocals, piano, drums, congas, percussion); Mike Mills (vocals, organ, harpsichord, bass); Michael Stipe (vocals, bass melodica); Peter Buck (guitar, mandolin).    
Additional personnel includes: KRS-One, Kate Pierson (vocals); Peter Holsapple (guitar, bass); John Keane (pedal steel guitar); David Kampers, David Braitberg, David Arenz, Ellie Arenz (violin); Paul Murphy, Reid Harris (viola); Andrew Cox, Elizabeth Murphy (cello); Kidd Jordan (bass clarinet, alto, tenor & baritone saxophones); Cecil Welch (flugelhorn); Ralph Jones (acoustic bass).
Recorded at Soundscape Studios, Athens, Georgia.

Before Nirvana's NEVERMIND closed out the year with the unexpected commercial triumph of grunge rock, R.E.M.'s OUT OF TIME was the sound of alternative music circa 1991. The smash singles "Losing My Religion"--perhaps the only Top Five US single ever to feature the mandolin as its lead instrument--and "Shiny Happy People" were the commercial face of the album. Elsewhere, however, R.E.M. makes a point of moving away from expectations, resulting in intriguing experiments like the surprisingly funky "Radio Song" (featuring rapper KRS-One), the spoken-word ambient chill-out "Belong," and the self-explanatory "Country Feedback." Interestingly, the songs most immediately identifiable as "R.E.M. songs," the jangly rockers "Texarkana" and "Near Wild Heaven," are both sung by bassist Mike Mills. Though it was quickly overshadowed by AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE during the following year, OUT OF TIME remains a fascinating portrait of R.E.M. at a pivotal point in the group's career.

Editorial reviews ...Sing about love in a self-conscious era, R.E.M. toyed with its own sound--playing unfamiliar instruments, sometimes adding a string section--to create eccentric yet indelible songs... New Musical Express (3/16/91, p.30) - 10 - Classic - ...REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention, and OUT OF TIME is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet, although it is still very identifiably REM--a brand new book from a familiar author....
New York Times  

5 stars out of 5 - [L]ively, lush sounding...
Mojo  

Ranked #3 in Melody Maker's list of Top 30 Albums of 1991 - ...A merry breakdown and a mighty breakthrough...
Melody Maker  (19911201)

Included in CMJ's list of Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time Rolling Stone (3/21/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - ...R.E.M. has done it again: defied and fulfilled the conflicting expectations of a broad, mainstream audience and a smaller, more demanding, and possessive, cult....This may well be America's best rock & roll band....surely, America's most resourceful rock & roll band... Spin (3/91) - ...More textured, lighter, brighter, and poppier than 1988's GREEN....This album will nail it once and for all: They're no longer innovative, original, or particularly exciting in the way they used to be--but they are writing more consistently excellent songs...
CMJ  (20030106)

Q Included in Q's list of 50 Best Albums of 1991

Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums of the 1990s
Q  (19991201)

Spin Ranked #2 in Spin's list of The 20 Best Albums Of 1991

Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90's.
Rolling Stone  (19990513)