Welcome To The Occupation (track)
by R.E.M.
Welcome To The Occupation appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Document (track #2) (this album) (1987)
- Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs (track #30) (2009)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #18) (compilation) (2006)
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| ! | 07/04/2026 12:56 |  DommeDamian | 77,167 | 51/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 17:56 | culwin | 22,831 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 16:10 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2026 22:22 | wizardalien | 9,978 | 61/100 |
| ! | 01/21/2026 18:26 | Rivera | 272 | 87/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.1/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Brad1770 12/19/2017 06:30 | #203533
When this track rises to a crescendo its at that precise moment R.E.M peak , every album from this point was never as good as the preceding Murmur , Reckoning , Fables , Life and Document . This was their creative peak
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