Lifes Rich Pageant

***Lifes Rich Pageant*** is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band R.E.M. and was released on 28 July, 1986 through I.R.S.. It was recorded at Belmont, Indiana. It went to number 21 in the United States and number 43 in the United Kingdom.

## Track listing

All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, except where noted.

**Side one – "Dinner side"**
1. "Begin the Begin" – 3:28
1. "These Days" – 3:24
1. "Fall on Me" – 2:50
1. "Cuyahoga" – 4:19
1. "Hyena" – 2:50
1. "Underneath the Bunker" (unlisted on packaging) – 1:25

**Side two – "Supper side"**
1. <li value="1">"The Flowers of Guatemala" – 3:55
1. "I Believe" – 3:49
1. "What If We Give It Away?" – 3:33
1. "Just a Touch" – 3:00
1. "Swan Swan H" – 2:42
1. "Superman" (Mitchell Bottler and Gary Zekley) (unlisted on packaging) – 2:52

**1993 _I.R.S. Vintage Years_ reissue bonus tracks**
1. <li value=13>"Tired of Singing Trouble" – 0:59
    - Previously unreleased
1. "Rotary Ten" – 1:58
    - B-side of "Fall on Me" American 7" single
1. "Toys in the Attic" (Steve Tyler, Joe Perry) – 2:26
    - B-side of "Fall on Me" British 12" single
1. "Just a Touch" (Live in studio) – 2:38
    - Previously unreleased version, recorded live to 2-track during _Reckoning_ sessions, 1984
1. "Dream (All I Have to Do)" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:38
    - Originally released on the soundtrack to the film _Athens, GA: Inside Out_, 1987
1. "Swan Swan H" (Acoustic version) – 2:41
    - Originally released on the soundtrack to the film _Athens, GA: Inside Out_, 1987

**Notes**
- "Rotary Ten" and "Toys in the Attic" can be found on _Dead Letter Office_.
- Although sometimes referred to as such, the first release of this edition does _not_ have the original tracks remastered. They follow the first print of the album and only add the extra tracks.

_2011 _25th Anniversary Edition_ reissue bonus tracks (_The Athens Demos_)_
1. "Fall on Me" – 2:50
1. "Hyena" – 2:50
1. "March Song" ("King of Birds" demo) – 3:46
1. "These Days" – 3:36
1. "Bad Day" – 3:26
1. "Salsa" ("Underneath the Bunker" demo) – 1:32
1. "Swan Swan H" – 2:39
1. "The Flowers of Guatemala" – 3:29
1. "Begin the Begin" – 3:44
1. "Cuyahoga" – 4:33
1. "I Believe" – 3:37
1. "Out of Tune" – 0:34
1. "Jazz" ("Rotary Ten" demo) – 1:13
1. "Two Steps Onward" – 4:24
1. "Just a Touch" – 2:31
1. "Mystery to Me" – 2:07
1. "Wait" – 2:10
1. "All the Right Friends" – 3:40
1. "Get On Their Way" ("What If We Give It Away?" demo) – 3:17

**Notes**
- "Superman" was listed on some early UK CD copies as "Superwoman."
- The track listing on the back of the album is incorrect. It has never been corrected. The order is given as 1-5-10-8-2-7-4-9-3-11, which leaves out "Superman" and "Underneath the Bunker."  The track listing is correct on the actual vinyl, cassette, and some CD versions.
- Early American pressings of the CD have the track number for "Cuyahoga" as "0R" instead of "04" printed on the disc itself. This error resurfaces on the cover of _Green_.
- On the vinyl and cassette releases, R.E.M. labeled side one (tracks 1–6) as the "Dinner side" and side two (tracks 7–12) as the "Supper side."
- The European 'I.R.S. Years Vintage 1986' release preserves the erroneous track list, but properly lists the bonus tracks.

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Lifes Rich Pageant
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: R.E.M. (band), R.E.M.
- **recorded**: April–May 1986
- **studio**: Belmont Mall, Belmont, Indiana, United States
- **genre**: * Alternative rock
* jangle pop
- **label**: I.R.S. Records, I.R.S.
- **producer**: Don Gehman
- **prev title**: Fables of the Reconstruction
- **prev year**: 1985
- **next title**: Dead Letter Office (album), Dead Letter Office
- **next year**: 1987