OUT OF TIME (ALBUM)

:''This article is about the album by R.E.M.. For other uses of the term, see Out of Time.''
'''Out of Time''' is R.E.M.'s seventh album, and their second major label release for Warner Bros., released in 1991. It was their international breakthrough album.

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Details

Track listing

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Awards

Certifications

Details

A lush pop album, Out of Time combines certain aspects that had remained more separate on their Green album, namely pop, folk and the classical, but with a new concentration on country elements, that would continue on Automatic for the People.
Preceded by the idiosyncratic "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 albums, earning them many new fans and worldwide renown. The band decided not to tour to support the release, nor the following one.
''Out of Time'' also birthed a further smash in "Shiny Happy People" (featuring an appearance from The B-52's Kate Pierson). The overtly bubble-gum styling of the song has divided fans over the years as to its virtues. R.E.M. have never played it live, though this may be due to a lack of female vocalist to accompany Michael; they did play it on ''Saturday Night Live'' with Kate Pierson on April 13 1991.
A second cameo appearance arises in the form of rapper KRS-One who makes a memorable appearance on the minor hit "Radio Song." Bassist Mike Mills handles lead vocal duties, aided by frontman Michael Stipe, on "Near Wild Heaven" and "Texarkana."
While hits, neither "Shiny Happy People" nor "Radio Song" were included on ''In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003''.
The album was R.E.M's biggest-selling to date, going quadruple-platinum in the U.S. and selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide. At the 1992 Grammy Awards ceremony, ''Out of Time'' won the newly-launched "Best Alternative Album" award.
In 1998 ''Q'' magazine readers voted ''Out of Time'' the 38th greatest album of all time; in their 2006 follow-up list it rose one place to 37.
In 2006, the album was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. [1]
In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of ''Out of Time'' which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The song "Half a World Away" was recently played on an episode of Scrubs (The name of the episode was "My Fishbowl"). The CD (as with all in this series) is not remastered.

Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
# "Radio Song" – 4:13
# "Losing My Religion" – 4:26
# "Low" – 4:55
# "Near Wild Heaven" – 3:17
# "Endgame" – 3:48
# "Shiny Happy People" – 3:45
# "Belong" – 4:05
# "Half a World Away" – 3:26
# "Texarkana" – 3:37
# "Country Feedback" – 4:07
# "Me in Honey" – 4:06

Personnel

★ Bill Berry – drums, percussion, bass, piano, vocals

★ Peter Buck – guitars, mandolin

★ Mike Mills – bass, organ, piano, harpsichord, vocals

★ Michael Stipe – vocals

Additional personnel

★ Peter Holsapple – bass on 1 3, acoustic guitar on 2 6 9, electric guitar on 7

★ KRS-One – vocals on 1

★ Kate Pierson – vocals on 6 10 11

★ Mark Bingham – string arrangements on 1 3 4 5 6 8 9

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★ Dave Kempers – violin

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★ David Braitberg – violin

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★ David Arenz – violin

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★ Ellie Arenz – violin

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★ Paul Murphy – viola (lead)

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★ Reid Harris – viola

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★ Andrew Cox – cello

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★ Elizabeth Murphy – cello

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★ Ralph Jones – double bass

★ Kidd Jordan – baritone saxophone on 1 4, tenor saxophone on 1 5, alto saxophone on 1, bass clarinet on 3 5

★ Cecil Welch – flugelhorn on 5

★ Scott Litt – echo-loop feed on 1

★ John Keane – pedal string guitar on 9 10

Charts

'Album'

Year	Chart	Position
1991	The Billboard 200	1 (109 weeks on chart)
1991	UK album chart	1 (183 weeks on chart)

'Singles'

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1991	"Losing My Religion"	Billboard Hot 100	4
1991	"Losing My Religion"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	1
1991	"Losing My Religion"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1991	"Losing My Religion"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	28
1991	"Shiny Happy People"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	3
1991	"Shiny Happy People"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
1991	"Shiny Happy People"	Billboard Hot 100	10
1991	"Texarkana"	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4
1992	"Texarkana"	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	7

Awards

Year	Award	Album/Track
1991	Grammy Award – Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (song)	"Losing My Religion"
1991	Grammy Award – Best Alternative Music Performance (album)	Out of Time

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	March 1 1991
RIAA – U.S.	Gold	May 24 1991
RIAA – U.S.	Platinum	May 24 1991
BPI – UK	Platinum	March 1 1991
RIAA – U.S.	Double Platinum	June 19 1991
BPI – UK	Double Platinum	September 1 1991
CRIA – Canada	Gold	October 4 1991
CRIA – Canada	Platinum	October 4 1991
CRIA – Canada	Double Platinum	October 4 1991
CRIA – Canada	Triple Platinum	October 4 1991
RIAA – U.S.	Triple Platinum	October 11 1991
BPI – UK	Triple Platinum	March 1 1992
RIAA – U.S.	4X Platinum	June 5 1992
BPI – UK	4X Platinum	June 1 1993
CRIA – Canada	4X Platinum	September 16 1994
CRIA – Canada	5X Platinum	September 16 1994
BPI – UK	5X Platinum	October 1 1995
CRIA – Canada	7X Platinum	September 29 2003