R.E.M. "Animal" (18.9 MB) from In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 United Center Chicago, IL June 6, 2008

Though "career-spanning" is a good description of this show -- their second and third songs were both from Lifes Rich Pageant -- it doesn't quite hit the depth of the material they pulled. I had no clue what this song was when they played it, and figured it was either one of the forgettable tunes from Around the Sun or one of the bonus tracks from the deluxe version of the new record. Instead, it's one of the two new old songs (Pageant-era is what I've read) they recorded for their 2003 best-of-the-Warner-era release. It was overshadowed at the time by the single that was released from that compilation, "Bad Day," which they played later in the set.

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