Out Of Time

1991年にオリジナル・リリースされたR.E.M.の7作目のスタジオ・アルバム『アウト・オブ・タイム』の発売25周年を記念盤。本作は全英、全米ともにアルバム・チャートNo.1に初めて輝いた作品、また1992年のグラミー賞でBest Alternative Music Album,そして代表曲"Losing My Religion"でも Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals と Best Short Form Music Videoと3部門受賞、この作品でインディー・ロック・ファンに人気のバンドから世界で最も人気のバンドの一つとなった記念すべき作品。
本作はリマスターされたアルバムを収録した180g重量盤LP。

Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.48) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's." Spin - Ranked #2 in Spin's list of "The 20 Best Albums Of 1991" Q (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s" Q - Included in Q's list of "50 Best Albums of 1991" Uncut - "[There is] something extremely reassuring about the volatility of this album, its out-of-time-ness, which suggests that the music isn't simply confined to the past but thrives in the present." CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time" Rolling Stone (3/21/91) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...R.E.M. has done it again: defied and fulfilled the conflicting expectations of a broad, mainstream audience and a smaller, more demanding, and possessive, cult....This may well be America's best rock & roll band....surely, America's most resourceful rock & roll band..." Spin (3/91) - "...More textured, lighter, brighter, and poppier than 1988's GREEN....This album will nail it once and for all: They're no longer innovative, original, or particularly exciting in the way they used to be--but they are writing more consistently excellent songs..." Melody Maker (12/91) - Ranked #3 in Melody Maker's list of "Top 30 Albums of 1991" - "...A merry breakdown and a mighty breakthrough..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[L]ively, lush sounding..." New York Times (Publisher) (1/1/92) - "...Sing about love in a self-conscious era, R.E.M. toyed with its own sound--playing unfamiliar instruments, sometimes adding a string section--to create eccentric yet indelible songs..." New Musical Express (3/16/91, p.30) - 10 - Classic - "...REM are back after a period of self-imposed reinvention, and OUT OF TIME is easily their most eclectic and wildly inspired album yet, although it is still very identifiably REM--a brand new book from a familiar author...." Pitchfork (Website) - "Peter Buck claimed he was still teaching himself when he stumbled upon the riff for 'Losing My Religion.' Twenty five years later, that single remains the most perfect pop song R.E.M. ever crafted, but it was hardly a fluke."