Collapse Into Now - 2011 UK Warner Bros. label Limited Edition 12-track LP

2011 UK Warner Bros. label limited edition 11-track vinyl LP - the fifteenth and final studio album from Athens, Georgia, veteran Alt-Rock band.

For 'Collapse Into Now', R.E.M. re-teamed with Grammy Award-winning producer Jacknife Lee, who produced the band's acclaimed previous album Accelerate. R.E.M. and Lee recorded the album in New Orleans at the Music Shed and in Berlin at the famed Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie's 'Heroes', U2's 'Achtung Baby', and Iggy Pop's 'Lust for Life', were made.

Additional recording and mixing was done at the venerable Blackbird Studio in Nashville. The band has also revealed that Collapse Into Now features special guests Patti Smith, guitarist Lenny Kaye, Peaches, Eddie Vedder, and The Hidden Cameras frontman Joel Gibb.

'Collapse into Now' features the singles: "Mine Smell Like Honey", "Überlin", "Oh My Heart", "Discoverer" and "It Happened Today".

Condition: Still factory sealed:
Unopened and unused - new.

Tracklisting:

Side 1: X-Axis :
1. Discoverer 3:31
2. All The Best 2:41
3. Überlin 4:15
4. Oh My Heart (Buck, Mills, Stipe, and Scott McCaughey) 3:21
5. It Happened Today 3:49
6. Every Day Is Yours To Win 3:26

Side 2: Y-Axis:
1. Mine Smell Like Honey 3:13
2. Walk It Back 3:24
3. Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter 2:45
4. That Someone Is You 1:44
5. Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando And I 3:03
6. Blue (Buck, Mills, Stipe, and Patti Smith) 5:46

All songs written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except as noted.

Recorded November 2009 ? September 2010 at Hansa Tonstudio in Berlin, Blackbird Studios in Nashville, and The Music Shed in New Orleans


Credits:

R.E.M.:
Peter Buck - guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
Mike Mills - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Michael Stipe - lead vocals

Additional musicians:
Shamarr Allen - trumpet on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"

Bonerama Horns:
Greg Hicks, Craig Klein - trombone
Mark Mullins - trombone and horn arrangements
Joel Gibb - vocals on "It Happened Today"
Lenny Kaye - guitar solo on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter", guitar solo on "Blue"
Jacknife Lee - Keyboards, guitar
Leroy Jones - trumpet on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"
Kirk M. Joseph, Sr. - sousaphone on "Discoverer", "It Happened Today", and "Oh My Heart"
Scott McCaughey - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
Peaches - vocals on "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter"
Bill Rieflin - drums, bouzouki, keyboards, guitar
Patti Smith - vocals on "Blue"
Eddie Vedder - vocals on "It Happened Today"

Technical credits:
Peter Buck - production
Mike Mills - production
Jacknife Lee - production, mix
Sam Bell - engineering and mix engineering
Chris Bilheimer- packaging
Michael Stipe - Production, packaging
Anton Corbijn - photography
Stephen Marcussen - mastering
Tom McFall - engineering