Driver 8 (track)
by R.E.M.
Year: 1985
From the album Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #3)
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Driver 8 appears on the following album(s) by R.E.M.:
- Fables Of The Reconstruction (track #3) (this album) (1985)
- Live At The Olympia In Dublin 39 Songs (track #16) (2009)
- The Best Of R.E.M. (track #10) (compilation) (1991)
- Eponymous (track #7) (compilation) (1988)
- Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 (track #7) (compilation) (2011)
- And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (track #10) (compilation) (2006)
- R.E.M. At The BBC (track #42) (compilation) (2018)
- The Best Of R.E.M. At The BBC (track #20) (compilation) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/24/2026 03:16 |  JR | 3,546 | 88/100 |
| ! | 08/15/2026 17:03 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/17/2026 02:00 | RomanRelic | 4,626 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.3/100, a mean average of 87.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.6.
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Still fresh after all these years.....one of my top 5 r.e.m. Songs
rogue 09/16/2021 02:14 | #273781
There's something about that guitar riff after the chorus that is just one of the greatest things I've ever heard.
