R.E.M. - Out Of Time, Warner Bros. 7599-26496-1

Out of Time is the seventh album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. With Out of Time R.E.M.'s status grew from that of a cult band to a massive international act. The record topped the album sales charts in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom, spending 109 weeks on American album charts and enjoying two separate spells at the summit, and 183 weeks on the British charts, and spending a single week at the top. The album has sold over four and a half million copies in the US and over 18 million copies worldwide. The album won three Grammy Awards in 1992: one as Best Alternative Music Album, and two for the first single, "Losing My Religion".

 
Front cover                                                                        Back cover

Out of Time combines elements of pop, folk and classical music heard on their previous album Green, with a new concentration on country elements that would continue on 1992's Automatic for the People.

Preceded by the release of "Losing My Religion", which became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S. hit, Out of Time gave them their first U.S. and UK #1 album. The band did not tour to support the release.

 

Side A (Time side)                                                                 Side B (Memory side)

Released	March 12, 1991
Recorded	September–October 1990,Bearsville Studios, Woodstock,New York, United States; John Keane Studios, Athens, Georgia, United States (recording); Soundscape Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, United States (strings);Prince's Paisley Park Studios,Chanhassen, Minnesota, United States (mixing)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	44:08
Language	English
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Scott Litt and R.E.M.

 

Inner sleeve - front and back

Track Listing

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

Side one - "Time side"
No.	Title	Length
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"
No.	Title	Length
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".