25th-anniversary edition of R.E.M.s tenth studio album,New Adventures in Hi-Fi.First released in 1996, the album was R.E.M.s last studio recording with founding member Bill Berry who left amicably the following year. As the bands fifth collaboration with long-time producer Scott Litt (Green,Out of Time,Automatic for the PeopleandMonster), the album experiments with new sonic textures, filled with cinematic imagery, dissonant notes and haunting effects. The platinum-selling title includes the singles Electrolite, E-Bow the Letter (featuring Patti Smith) and Bittersweet Me, and represents R.E.M.s longest studio release with a total run time of 65 minutes.New Adventures in Hi-Figrew to cult status years after its release, with several press retrospectivesand band members themselvesranking it among the top albums in R.E.M.s recorded catalogue.