UM: From The Onion:
"Diehards should be pleased with In Time's two-disc option: Slightly pricier but well worth it, the set includes 15 B-sides, outtakes, and live versions, some of which rival the best material on the first disc. Of particular note is the dark, incredible "Fretless." Guitarist Peter Buck, in the set's casual but informative liner notes, even wonders why it didn't make the cut for 1991's Out Of Time."
Having heard many, if not most, pre-1995 R.E.M. outtakes, b-sides, etc, on what I will euphemistically refer to as 'live concert recordings,' I can assure you that, as is the case with most bands, the songs that didn't make it onto the album aren't on there for a very good reason.
And the best Out of Time outtake is still "Night Swim."
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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