On March 7, 2011, “Warner Bros” label released “Collapse into Now”, the fifteenth and the final R.E.M. studio album. It was recorded November 2009 – September 2010, at “Hansa Tonstudio” in Berlin, “Blackbird Studios” in Nashville, and “The Music Shed “ in New Orleans, and was produced by Jacknife Lee, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
Personnel:
- Peter Buck – guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
- Mike Mills– bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, production
- Michael Stipe– lead vocals, packaging
- Shamarr Allen – trumpet
- Bonerama Horns:
- Greg Hicks – trombone
- Craig Klein – trombone
- Mark Mullins – trombone, horn arrangements
- Joel Gibb– vocals
- Lenny Kaye– guitar
- Jacknife Lee–keyboards, guitar
- Leroy Jones – trumpet
- Kirk M. Joseph, Sr. – sousaphone
- Scott McCaughey– guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, accordion
- Bill Rieflin– drums, bouzouki, keyboards, guitar
- Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder, Peaches– vocals
- Chris Bilheimer – packaging
- Anton Corbijn– photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.
- Discoverer
- All the Best
- Überlin
- Oh My Heart – Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Scott McCaughey
- It Happened Today
- Every Day Is Yours to Win
- Mine Smell Like Honey
- Walk It Back
- Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
- That Someone Is You
- Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I
- Blue – Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Patti Smith
