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- This article refers to the R.E.M. live recording. For the mathematical term, see Perfect square.
Perfect Square is a video recording of a concert by rock band R.E.M., filmed on 19 July 2003 at the Bowling Green in Wiesbaden, Germany. It was released in DVD format on the Warner Brothers label on March 9, 2004.
This concert is perhaps most notable for a performance of the song 'Country Feedback', which Michael Stipe opens by declaring it his "favourite song". The rendition features appended lyrics from another song, Reveal's 'Chorus and the Ring', and a guitar solo by Peter Buck, neither of which are in the original. The performance (in audio form) also found its way onto the limited edition issue of the In Time compilation, which was released later that year.
Other concert highlights include the appearance of two then-new songs, 'Bad Day' and 'Animal', and the re-emergence of the long-lost song 'Permanent Vacation'. 'Permanent Vacation' dates back to the band's Murmur days. This DVD remains the song's sole official release.
It is believed that the title Perfect Square is a play on one of R.E.M.'s earlier songs, entitled 'Perfect Circle'. 'Perfect Circle' does not appear on the DVD.
Included on the DVD release is a bonus documentary, A Stirling Performance, chronicling the band's three-night stand at Stirling Castle in Scotland in July 1999.
Track listing
- 'Begin the Begin' (4:04)
- 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth?' (4:12)
- 'Maps and Legends' (3:28)
- 'Drive' (4:44)
- 'Animal' (4:22)
- 'Daysleeper' (3:46)
- 'The Great Beyond' (4:17)
- 'Bad Day' (4:24)
- 'The One I Love' (3:22)
- 'All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)' (5:00)
- 'Orange Crush' (3:59)
- 'Losing My Religion' (4:45)
- 'At My Most Beautiful' (3:37)
- 'Electrolite' (4:28)
- 'She Just Wants to Be' (5:58)
- 'Walk Unafraid' (5:16)
- 'Man on the Moon' (5:57)
- 'Everybody Hurts' (6:26)
- 'So Fast, So Numb' (4:24)
- 'Country Feedback' (6:11)
- 'Permanent Vacation' (2:52)
- 'Imitation of Life' (3:55)
- 'It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' (5:55)
Personnel
R.E.M.- Peter Buck - guitar, bass
- Mike Mills - bass, piano
- Michael Stipe - vocals
- Scott McCaughey - guitar, keyboard, vocals
- Bill Rieflin - drums, percussion
- Ken Stringfellow - keyboard, banjo, vocals
| R.E.M. |
| Peter Buck - Mike Mills - Michael Stipe |
| Bill Berry |
| Other musicians: Nathan December - Buren Fowler - Peter Holsapple - Barrett Martin - Scott McCaughey - Bill Rieflin - Ken Stringfellow - Joey Waronker |
| Management and producers: Joe Boyd - Don Dixon - Bertis Downs, IV - Mitch Easter - Don Gehman - Jefferson Holt - Scott Litt - Pat McCarthy |
| Discography |
| Albums: Chronic Town (EP) - Murmur - Reckoning - Fables of the Reconstruction - Lifes Rich Pageant - Document - Green - Out of Time - Automatic for the People - Monster - New Adventures in Hi-Fi - Up - Reveal - Around the Sun |
| Compilations: Dead Letter Office - Eponymous - - The Best of R.E.M. - In the Attic - In Time |
| Soundtracks: ''Man on the Moon |
| Videos: Succumbs - Pop Screen - Tourfilm - This Film Is On - Parallel - Road Movie - Perfect Square - In View |
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