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.

1. Discoverer
2. All the Best
3. Überlin
4. Oh My Heart – Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Scott McCaughey
5. It Happened Today
6. Every Day Is Yours to Win
7. Mine Smell Like Honey
8. Walk It Back
9. Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
10. That Someone Is You
11. Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I
12. Blue – Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe and Patti Smith