R.E.M.
- jangle pop
- alternative rock
- rock
- United States
- formed 1980, Athens
- disbanded 2011
- 3 albums
- 7 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 1991–2003
R.E.M. is a group from the United States, formed on 5 April 1980 in Athens and disbanded on 21 September 2011. Over the years, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry played in the group. The collection holds three albums by the group, released between 1991 and 2003: Out Of Time (1991), Automatic For The People (1992) and In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988 - 2003 (2003). On top of that, the group appears on three albums by others. Seven records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was Losing My Religion: number 1 in week 17 of 1991.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by R.E.M.
By kind of album and then by year of release. Click a cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of R.E.M.
R.E.M. sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.
Across 37 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of R.E.M.
The four members of R.E.M., with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Michael Stipe
Mike Mills
Peter Buck
Bill Berry1980198519901995200020052010Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Also appears on
R.E.M. also appears on three albums by others, from compilations to soundtracks.
Biggest hits of R.E.M.
In the Dutch Top 40, R.E.M. had seven records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 17, 199153weeks in the chart
with 7 records1991first entry
week 13, 19912001latest entry
week 22, 20015years with an entry
- 1Losing My ReligionR.E.M.199113 weeks
- 4Everybody HurtsR.E.M.199313 weeks
- 10Shiny Happy PeopleR.E.M.19917 weeks
- 15DriveR.E.M.19926 weeks
- 21What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?R.E.M.19945 weeks
All 7 records by R.E.M. in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by R.E.M. are in the collection?
There are three, released between 1991 and 2003: Out Of Time (1991), Automatic For The People (1992) and In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988 - 2003 (2003).
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did R.E.M. have?
R.E.M. had seven records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Losing My Religion, which reached number 1 in week 17 of 1991.
Who played in R.E.M.?
Over the years that was Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
Which albums by other artists feature R.E.M.?
R.E.M. appears on three albums by others: 90's Alternative Collected, Nineties Collected Vol. 1 and 90's Movie Hits Collected.
How do you play the music of R.E.M.?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.