In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003
by R.E.M.
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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 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,442.
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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).
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In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 32 America Usa 3 | 70/71 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Best Of Best Of's | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 5 | 54/59 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 4 | 57/58 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 2000s | 92/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 59 Music Albums of 2003 | 4/59 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 2000s | 80/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2003 | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 | 57/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 87 | |||
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| ! | 06/07/2025 12:15 | machiaj | 805 | 71/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2025 14:17 | snailmail500 | 278 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2023 19:24 | VVNVR | 674 | 70/100 |
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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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mickilennial 08/23/2014 00:39 in What was your first record / cassette / CD?In Time: The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 comments
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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.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 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.
A decent compilation but it should have more tracks from the first five Warner 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.
This effectively got me into music as a kid - I would listen to this from start to finish multiple times a day.
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