Eponymous (album)

Eponymous is a 1988 greatest hits album by alternative rock band R.E.M.. It went to number 44 in the United States and number 69 in the United Kingdom.

Eponymous
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedOctober 17, 1988 (1988-10-17)
Recorded1981–1987
GenreAlternative rock
Length43:06
LabelI.R.S.
ProducerJoe Boyd, Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Don Gehman, and Scott Litt
R.E.M. chronology
Succumbs
(1987)
Eponymous
(1988)
Green
(1988)


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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 stars[3]
Q4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide4.5/5 stars[5]

Track listing

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

Side one – "Early"

  1. "Radio Free Europe" (original Hib-Tone single) (1981) – 3:47
  2. "Gardening at Night" (different vocal mix)1 – 3:30
  3. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:20
  4. "So. Central Rain" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:15
  5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 4:32
  6. "Cant Get There from Here" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:39

Side two – "Late"

  1. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:23
  2. "Romance" (from soundtrack album to the 1987 film Made in Heaven) – 3:25
  3. "Fall on Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:50
  4. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) – 3:16
  5. "Finest Worksong" (mutual drum horn mix) (from "Finest Worksong" single) – 3:50
  6. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) – 4:05

Notes

References

  1. "Eponymous". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. "Cg: R.E.M". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. Gill, Andy (December 1988). "Re-releases: R.E.M. Eponymous". Q: 157. 
  5. "R.E.M.: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/r-e-m/albumguide. Retrieved 2012-08-26.