Written by: Alex Green

It’s hard to believe, but its been twenty-five years since R.E.M.’s New Adventures In Hi-Fi was released.

The Athens, Georgia outfit’s tenth studio album is getting treated by Craft Recordings to a deluxe anniversary edition to commemorate the occasion.

The Scott Litt-produced album hit shelves in September of 1996 and contained instant classics like “E-Bow The Letter” and “How The West Was Won.”

The anniversary edition contains the newly remastered album along with 13-B-sides and rarities, a never-before-seen 64-minute outdoor projection film and a previously unreleased 30-minute EPK. It also comes with a 52-page hardcover book that includes archival photography, Mark Blackwell-penned liner notes and reactions and recollections by the band themselves along with Thom Yorke, Patti Smith and producer Scott Litt.

In the press release heralding the new edition, guitarist Peter Buck said: “Most records, you go in the studio and you just do ’em. And years later all you really remember is vaguely where you stayed, and the songs and the recording process. But this one I remember every bit of it. It was an experience. It was f**king tough, but we made a record. And it was as challenging as anything I’ve ever done.”

The collection is available as a 2-LP set that’s been pressed on 180-gram vinyl. It’s also available as a 2-CD/1 Blu-ray set as well.

The album is available to stream HERE and for purchase HERE, and additional info is HERE.