''Perfect Square'' is a 2004 concert film of the alternative rock band R.E.M., filmed on July 19, 2003, at the Bowling Green in Wiesbaden, Germany. It was released by

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on March 9, 2004. The concert features a performance of the song "

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", which Michael Stipe opens by declaring it his "favorite song". The rendition features appended lyrics from another song, '' Reveals "Chorus and the Ring", and a guitar solo by Peter Buck, neither of which are in the original. The performance (in audio form) also found its way onto the limited edition issue of the ''

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'' compilation, which was released a few months after the Wiesbaden concert. Other concert highlights include the appearance of two then-new songs, " Bad Day" (Also originally known as PSA when first written in the early 1980s) and " Animal", and the re-emergence of the long-lost song "Permanent Vacation". "Permanent Vacation" dates back to 1980, years before their first album, while "Bad Day" dates back to 1985. Included on the DVD release is a bonus documentary, ''A Stirling Performance'', chronicling the band's three-night stand at

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in Scotland in July 1999. The documentary demonstrates the effect the concerts had on Stirling and its residents. It was released in 2000.

Audio

*Dolby Digital Stereo *Dolby Digital 5.1

Track listing

All songs written by

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, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe except as indicated. #"

Begin the Begin "Begin the Begin" is the first song on R.E.M.'s fourth album, ''Lifes Rich Pageant''. Lead singer Michael Stipe has called it "a song of personal, political activism." Though never released as a single, it appeared frequently in the band's liv ...

" – 4:04 #"

What's the Frequency, Kenneth? "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. from their ninth studio album, '' Monster'' (1994). The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986, when two then-unknown assailants attacked j ...

" – 4:12 #"Maps and Legends" – 3:28 #"

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" – 4:44 #" Animal" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:22 #"

Daysleeper "Daysleeper" is a song by American alternative rock band R.E.M. It was released as the first single from their eleventh studio album '' Up'' on October 12, 1998. Sung from the point of view of a night shift worker corresponding with colleagues, ...

" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:46 #" The Great Beyond" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 4:17 #" Bad Day" – 4:24 #" The One I Love" – 3:22 #" All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:00 #" Orange Crush" – 3:59 #" Losing My Religion" – 4:45 #"

At My Most Beautiful "At My Most Beautiful" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. During the song's creation, members of the group noted its similarity to the work of the Beach Boys and purposefully fashioned it to resemble that band's output. Singe ...

" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:37 #"

Electrolite "Electrolite" is a song by R.E.M. released as their third single and closing track from their tenth studio album, ''New Adventures in Hi-Fi''. The song is a piano-based ballad to Los Angeles, Hollywood icons and the closing 20th century. Initia ...

" – 4:28 #"She Just Wants to Be" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:58 #"Walk Unafraid" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 5:16 #" Man on the Moon" – 5:57 #" Everybody Hurts" – 6:26 #"So Fast, So Numb" – 4:24 #"

" – 6:11 #"Permanent Vacation" – 2:52 #" Imitation of Life" (Buck, Mills, Stipe) – 3:55 #" It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" – 5:55

Personnel

;R.E.M. * Peter Buck – guitar, bass guitar,

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* Mike Mills – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano * Michael Stipe –

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;Auxiliary musicians * Scott McCaughey – guitar,

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, vocals * Bill Rieflin –

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, percussion * Ken Stringfellow – keyboard,

, bass guitar, vocals

Certifications

References

External links

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A promo for ''A Stirling Performance'' by Stylorouge
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