In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (compilation album)
by R.E.M.
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R.E.M. bestography
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 is ranked 21st best out of 36 albums by R.E.M. on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by R.E.M. is Automatic For The People which is ranked number 48 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,155.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 5 | 45/50 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 2003 | 10/100 | - |
| 2025 | jonny5244 | Top 31 Music Albums of 2003 | 24/31 | 1 |
| 2025 |  Purplepash | Top 56 Music Albums of 2003 | 4/56 | 5 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | All time Pt 7 | 16/21 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2003 | 9/93 | - |
| 2025 | Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Decade 2000s | 92/100 | - |
| 2025 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 2000s | 80/100 | - |
| 2025 |  nitomano | Compilations | 17/98 | - |
| 2024 | manurock | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 61/100 | 33 |
| 2024 |  VasileTurcut | Top 30 Music Albums of 2003 | 29/30 | 0 |
| 2024 |  PAPPITUFO | Top 25 Music Albums of 2003 | 7/25 | 4 |
| 2023 | skrapoel | Top 58 Music Albums of 2003 | 45/58 | 1 |
| 2023 |  RevolverCB72 | Best Greatest Hits Albums | 4/19 | - |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Best Of Best Of's | 13/100 | - |
| 2023 | MetaKoopa99 | Top 39 Music Albums of the 2000s | 37/39 | 2 |
| 2023 | Johnnyo | Georgia | 9/93 | - |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 64/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 38 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/07/2025 12:15 | machiaj | 780 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2025 14:17 | snailmail500 | 179 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2023 19:24 | VVNVR | 673 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2023 14:54 | fabm0 | 6,505 | 59/100 |
| ! | 06/29/2023 13:11 | RevolverCB72 | 1,803 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.4/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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This effectively got me into music as a kid - I would listen to this from start to finish multiple times a day.
I like this album, it got eighteen tracks most of them i like. The only track that i have not warmed to consistently is ALL THE WAY TO RENO.Their are some great fast tracks, like BAD DAY,WHAT,S THE FREQUENCY KENNETH,ANIMAL and STAND.
Enjoyable compilation and some good new songs, especially, bad day. It's got all the songs you would expect and does what it says on the tin. They obviously felt that, shiny happy people, was to be avoided at all costs.
Not a bad compilation. Lots of material from their later period. Probably worth it if you don't want the albums.
Got a much better compilation out now making this one a little redundant. 'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982–2011' has an amazing track listing.
A decent compilation but it should have more tracks from the first five Warner albums...
lightmyway 04/26/2012 12:17 | #40955
There are a lot of new or single-only songs on here. Worth it to an R.E.M. fan for this reason, but it doesn't really work as a greatest hits.
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