Perfect square

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This article refers to the R.E.M. live recording. For the mathematical term, see Perfect square.

Perfect Square
Video album by R.E.M.
Released	March 9 2004
Recorded	Bowling Green Wiesbaden, Germany
Genre	Rock music
Label	Warner Bros.
R.E.M. video chronology
In View: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (2003) Perfect Square (2004) When the Light Is Mine: The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987 (2006)

Perfect Square is a video recording of a concert by rock band R.E.M., filmed on 19 July 2003 at the Bowling Green in Wiesbaden, Germany. It was released in DVD format on the Warner Brothers label on March 9, 2004. This concert is perhaps most notable for a performance of the song "Country Feedback", which Michael Stipe opens by declaring it his "favourite song". The rendition features appended lyrics from another song, Reveal's "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 In Time compilation, which was released a few months after the Wiesbaden concert. Other concert highlights include the appearance of two then-new songs, "Bad Day" and "Animal", and the re-emergence of the long-lost song "Permanent Vacation". "Permanent Vacation" dates back to the band's Murmur days. This DVD remains the song's sole official release. It is believed that the title Perfect Square is a play on one of R.E.M.'s earlier songs, "Perfect Circle", although that song does not appear on the DVD. Included on the DVD release is a bonus documentary, A Stirling Performance, chronicling the band's three-night stand at Stirling Castle in Scotland in July 1999.

Audio

• Dolby Digital Stereo
• Dolby Digital 5.1

Track listing

1. 'Begin the Begin' (4:04)
2. 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth?' (4:12)
3. 'Maps and Legends' (3:28)
4. 'Drive' (4:44)
5. 'Animal' (4:22)
6. 'Daysleeper' (3:46)
7. 'The Great Beyond' (4:17)
8. 'Bad Day' (4:24)
9. 'The One I Love' (3:22)
10. 'All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)' (5:00)
11. 'Orange Crush' (3:59)
12. 'Losing My Religion' (4:45)
13. 'At My Most Beautiful' (3:37)
14. 'Electrolite' (4:28)
15. 'She Just Wants to Be' (5:58)
16. 'Walk Unafraid' (5:16)
17. 'Man on the Moon' (5:57)
18. 'Everybody Hurts' (6:26)
19. 'So Fast, So Numb' (4:24)
20. 'Country Feedback' (6:11)
21. 'Permanent Vacation' (2:52)
22. 'Imitation of Life' (3:55)
23. '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
• Mike Mills - bass, vocals, piano
• Michael Stipe - vocals

Auxiliary musicians

• Scott McCaughey - guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Bill Rieflin - drums, percussion
• Ken Stringfellow - keyboard, banjo, vocals

External links

• Perfect Square at the IMDb