The Automatic Box

The Automatic Box
Box set by R.E.M.
Released	December 1993 (1993-12)
Recorded	May 1988 – September 1993
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	63:51
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Scott Litt and R.E.M.
R.E.M. chronology
Automatic for the People (1992) The Automatic Box (1993) Monster (1994)
R.E.M. compilations chronology
The Best of R.E.M. (1991) The Automatic Box (1993) R.E.M.: Singles Collected (1994)

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The Automatic Box is a four-disc box set by R.E.M., released in Germany in December 1993.^[1] It was primarily a collection of B-sides from Automatic for the People, though disc four contains B-sides from Green-era singles (then collected on the 7" vinyl box set Singleactiongreen). "It's a Free World Baby", "Fretless", "Mandolin Strum", and "Organ Song" were outtakes recorded during Out of Time recording sessions. This is part of a Warner Bros. Records series that compiles rarities and b-sides from a specific record, also containing the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Live Rare Remix Box.