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And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Compilation album by R.E.M.
Released	11 September 2006 (UK) 12 September 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 15, 1981- September 14, 1987
Genre	College rock
Length	2:34:33
Label	EMI/I.R.S. Records
Producer(s)	Mitch Easter, Don Dixon, Joe Boyd, Don Gehman, Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (9.7/10) link
R.E.M. chronology
Around the Sun (2004)	And I Feel Fine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (2006)	TBA (?)

And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 is a compilation album by R.E.M. that features songs from the band's years at I.R.S. Records. It was released 12 September 2006. A companion DVD, called When the Light Is Mine, was released the same day.

And I Feel Fine is available in two versions: a regular one-CD version with 21 fan-favorite tracks spanning the Chronic Town EP from 1982 to 1987's Document, and a second edition that contains the regular CD plus a bonus CD that includes rarities including unreleased songs, alternate mixes, and others. The album tracks are all re-mastered.

Two songs — "Bad Day" and "All the Right Friends" — appear in demo or outtake version here and in final versions on the 2003 Warner Bros. R.E.M. compilation In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003.

So far, And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 reached #70 in the UK charts. In the U.S., each version was charted separately: the 2 CD version reached #116 and the regular version #148.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Charts

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated.

1. "Begin the Begin" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:29
2. "Radio Free Europe" (from Murmur, 1983) – 4:06
3. "Pretty Persuasion" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:51
4. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:22
5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (single version, 1984) – 4:33
6. "Sitting Still" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:18
7. "Gardening at Night" (from Chronic Town, 1982) – 3:29
8. "7 Chinese Bros." (from Reckoning, 1984) – 4:15
9. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" (from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:15
10. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 3:23
11. "Cant Get There From Here" (single version, 1985) – 3:39
12. "Finest Worksong" (from Document, 1987) – 3:48
13. "Feeling Gravitys Pull" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:51
14. "I Believe" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:49
15. "Life and How to Live It" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) – 4:08
16. "Cuyahoga" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 4:21
17. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) – 3:17
18. "Welcome to the Occupation" (from Document, 1987) – 2:47
19. "Fall On Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:51
20. "Perfect Circle" (from Murmur, 1983) – 3:29
21. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) – 4:05

1. "Pilgrimage" (Mike's pick – from Murmur, 1983) – 4:30
2. "These Days" (Bill's pick – from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 3:25
3. "Gardening at Night" (Slower electric demo) – 4:44
4. "Radio Free Europe" (Hib-Tone version) – 3:48
5. "Sitting Still" (Hib-Tone version) – 3:16
6. "Life and How to Live It" (Live at Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 September 1987) – 6:36
7. "Ages of You" (Live at The Paradise Theater, Boston, 13 July 1983) – 3:48
8. "We Walk" (Live at The Paradise, Boston, 13 July 1983) – 3:17
9. "1,000,000" (Live at The Paradise, Boston. 13 July 1983) – 3:25
10. "Finest Worksong" (Other mix) – 3:47
11. "Hyena" (Demo) – 2:50
12. "Theme from Two Steps Onward" – 4:37
13. "Superman" (Gary Zekley, Mitchell Bottler) (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) – 2:53
14. "All the Right Friends" (Demo) – 3:53
15. "Mystery to Me" (Demo) – 2:01
16. "Just a Touch" (Live in-studio version) – 2:38
17. "Bad Day" (session outtake from Lifes Rich Pageant, originally called "PSA") – 3:03
18. "King of Birds" (last song cut from the Best of...) – 4:09
19. "Swan Swan H" (Live, acoustic from Athens, GA: Inside Out) – 2:43
20. "Disturbance at the Heron House" (Peter's pick – from Document, 1987) – 3:32
21. "Time After Time (annElise)" (Michael's pick – from Reckoning, 1984) – 3:31

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2006	The Billboard 200	148 Regular Edition 116 Limited Edition
2006	Billboard Top Internet Albums	207
2006	UK album chart	70 (1 week on the chart)

R.E.M.
Peter Buck  ·  Mike Mills  ·  Michael Stipe
Bill Berry
Other musicians: Scott McCaughey  ·  Bill Rieflin  ·  Ken Stringfellow  ·  Nathan December  ·  Buren Fowler  ·  Peter Holsapple  ·  Barrett Martin  ·  Joey Waronker
Management and producers: Bertis Downs, IV  ·  Pat McCarthy  ·  Jefferson Holt  ·  Scott Litt Joe Boyd  ·  Don Dixon  ·  Mitch Easter  ·  Don Gehman
Discography
Albums and EPs: Chronic Town  ·  Murmur  ·  Reckoning  ·  Fables of the Reconstruction  ·  Lifes Rich Pageant  ·  Document  ·  Green  ·  Out of Time  ·  Automatic for the People  ·  Monster  ·  New Adventures in Hi-Fi  ·  Up  ·  Reveal  ·  Around the Sun
Singles: See here
Compilations: Dead Letter Office  ·  Eponymous  ·  The Best of R.E.M.  ·  Singles Collected  ·  In the Attic  ·  In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003  ·  And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
Remix album: R.E.M.IX
Soundtrack: Man on the Moon
Videos: Succumbs  ·  Tourfilm  ·  Pop Screen  ·  This Film Is On  ·  Parallel  ·  Road Movie  ·  In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003  ·  Perfect Square  ·  When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
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