''Pop Screen'' is a video feature compiling all of
R.E.M.'s ''
Document
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'' and ''
Green
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''-era promotional videos. It was released on
VHS on July 1, 1990, and on
DVD format (
region 1 only) on August 22, 2000, both on the
Warner Brothers label.
The 35-minute release features promotional videos to all of the band's singles and several album-only tracks from ''Document'' and ''Green''. It also includes the video for "
Talk About the Passion" from ''
Murmur''. This particular video was made to promote the compilation ''
Eponymous
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'', which was released between ''Document'' and ''Green'', and this is the reason for its otherwise anachronistic inclusion.
It includes the uncensored version of "
Pop Song 89", which has three topless women dancing along with a topless
Michael Stipe. In preparation for television airings,
MTV asked Stipe, who directed it himself, to censor the three topless women. Instead, Stipe superimposed black bars on the chests of all four dancers, himself included, and stated, "a nipple is a nipple".
There are no bonus features on the DVD. Audio on the
DVD-5 is
PCM Stereo.
Track listing
All tracks written by
Bill Berry,
Peter Buck,
Mike Mills and
Michael Stipe.
#"
The One I Love"
#"
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
#"
Finest Worksong"
#"
Talk About the Passion"
#"
Orange Crush"
#"
Stand"
#"
Turn You Inside-Out"
#"
Pop Song 89"
#"
Get Up"
#Credits
References
{{R.E.M.
R.E.M. video albums
1991 video albums
Music video compilation albums
R.E.M. compilation albums
1991 compilation albums
Warner Records compilation albums
Warner Records video albums