R.E.M. - The Black Sessions Revealed

The Black Sessions Revealed documents R.E.M.’s intimate Radio France performance in Paris on 7 May 2001. Recorded around the release of Reveal, the seventeen-track set brings material from that album together with songs drawn from several earlier stages of the band’s career.

Imitation Of Life, All The Way To Reno and I’ll Take The Rain connect the performance to Reveal. They sit beside The Great Beyond, Daysleeper and Electrolite, while the later part of the set includes Losing My Religion, Man On The Moon and So. Central Rain.

Craft Recordings presents this edition across two vinyl records in a gatefold sleeve. The four-side sequence preserves the concert’s running order, ending with It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). Catalogue number 7281577 identifies this pressing.

Label: Craft Recordings
Format: 2xLP (gatefold sleeve)
Catalogue number: 7281577
Expected release: 20 November 2026
Genre / Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Tracklist

1. A1. Imitation Of Life
2. A2. The Great Beyond
3. A3. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. A4. All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)
5. B1. Daysleeper
6. B2. I've Been High
7. B3. Electrolite
8. B4. The Lifting
9. B5. At My Most Beautiful
10. C1. I'll Take The Rain
11. C2. The One I Love
12. C3. She Just Wants To Be
13. C4. Walk Unafraid
14. D1. Losing My Religion
15. D2. Man On The Moon
16. D3. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
17. D4. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)