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R.E.M. Share Band-Curated Playlist of Their Favorite R.E.M. Songs

A week of welcome R.E.M. reunions continued Saturday with a new playlist curated by the band highlighting their favorite R.E.M. songs.

Band's welcome return to the spotlight continued Saturday as Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry each shared personal top 10 tracks from their catalog In the case of Michael Stipe, his personal picks range from Lifes Rich Pageant ’s anti-war song “The Flowers of Guatemala” to Out of Time Side B standouts “Country Feedback” and “Half a World Away” to “Oh My Heart,” off the band’s final LP Collapse Into Now. Despite claiming that the band would never reunite because “it would never be as good,” as Peter Buck said in the first half of their CBS Mornings interview before the Songwriters ceremony, the foursome reconvened onstage for the one-off performance.

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