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This article is about the album by R.E.M.. For other uses of the term, see Out Of Time . ''Out of Time'' is R.E.M. 's seventh album, and their second major label release for Warner Bros. , released in 1991 . It was their international breakthrough album. Preceded by the idiosyncratic " Losing My Religion ," which became R.E.M.'s biggest US hit, ''Out of Time'' gave them their first US and UK #1 albums, earning them a slew of additional fans and worldwide renown. The band decided not to tour to support the release, nor the following one. ''Out of Time'' also birthed a further smash in " Shiny Happy People " (featuring an appearance from The B-52's Kate Pierson ). The overtly Bubble-gum styling of the song has divided fans over the years as to its virtues. R.E.M. have never played it live, though this may be due to a lack of female vocalist to accompany Michael; they did play it on Saturday Night Live with Kate Pierson on April 13 1991 . A second cameo appearance arises in the form of rapper KRS-One who makes a memorable appearance on the minor hit " Radio Song ." Bassist Mike Mills handles lead vocal duties, aided by frontman Michael Stipe , on " Near Wild Heaven " and "Texarkana." Neither "Shiny Happy People" nor "Radio Song" were included on '' In Time - The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 '', leading one to wonder whether these two REM plus guest songs were excluded because they weren't "pure" R.E.M. songs. Known for its eclectic nature, ''Out of Time'''s critical standing has lessened in later years, and is generally seen as being unbalanced and inconsistent by some reviewers. Nonetheless, its musical virtues are considered to far outweigh its drawbacks, and R.E.M. were rewarded with their biggest-selling album to date, with ''Out of Time'' going quadruple-platinum in the US and selling in excess of ten million copies worldwide. At the 1992 Grammy Awards ceremony, ''Out of Time'' won the newly-launched "Best Alternative Album" award. In 1998 ''Q'' Magazine readers voted ''Out of Time'' the 38th greatest album of all time; in their 2005 follow-up list it rose one place to 37. In 2005 , Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of ''Out of Time'' which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner , and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. The CD (as with all in this series) is not remastered. TRACK LISTING All songs written by Berry , Buck , Mills and Stipe . # " Radio Song " – 4:13 # " Losing My Religion " – 4:26 # "Low" – 4:55 # " Near Wild Heaven " – 3:17 # "Endgame" – 3:48 # " Shiny Happy People " – 3:45 # "Belong" – 4:05 # "Half a World Away" – 3:26 # "Texarkana" – 3:37 # "Country Feedback" – 4:07 # "Me in Honey" – 4:06 PERSONNEL
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