Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011
| Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 | ||||
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| Released | May 19, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–2011 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 506:08 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988–2011 is a 2014 compilation album featuring live songs, singles' b-sides and non-album tracks recorded by alternative rock band R.E.M. during their tenure on Warner Bros. Records. All material has been previously released either physically or in digital-only formats.
Despite the title, many previously released songs and several digital-only releases are not in the compilation. Examples include "Forty Second Song", "Fruity Organ", "Organ Song", "Radio Song" (Tower of Luv Bug Mix), "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" (Long Version), "New Orleans Instrumental No. 2", the Monster-era instrumentals, the Live at Greensboro EP, most of the Collapse into Now live in-studio songs and some compilation tracks like "Photograph", "Draggin the Line", "#9 Dream" and "I Walked with a Zombie" (from Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye).
There was no CD release for this album, instead only being available digitally. Despite previously being available to stream on subscription-streaming sites such as Spotify, Google Play Music, and Tidal, the album is only available to stream on Apple Music as of October 2023.