Begin The Begin (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1986
From the album Lifes Rich Pageant (track #1)
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Begin The Begin appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Lifes Rich Pageant (track #1) (this album) (1986)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #9) (compilation) (2011)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #1) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 05/12/2026 12:18 |  AAL2014 | 40,051 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 22:19 | blueandthemoon | 1,169 | 91/100 |
| ! | 11/18/2025 05:38 | Exist-en-ciel | 167,076 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/20/2025 08:24 |  NowhereMan | 14,722 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 23:05 |  Superunknown | 542 | 86/100 |
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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 85.8/100, a mean average of 86.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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Brad1770 12/18/2017 06:02 | #203434
“ Birdie In The Hand...” as in to give someone the Bird literarily. Great opening track & easily one of my favourite R.E.M tracks period
Now THIS is how you start off an album. One of R.E.M.'s finest songs, in my opinion.
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