R.E.M. [ tickets ] has unveiled the track listing for "In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003," due in stores on Oct. 28, and also announced plans for a special edition of the album.

The 18-track best-of CD features two new songs--"Bad Day," a sample of which is streaming on the band's official website, and "Animal."

The special edition of the album features 15 tracks, including live recordings, alternate versions of previously released songs, and demos. It also features a DVD with 16 videos and live footage.

The track list for the DVD hasn't been finalized, but it will include some material from the group's 2001 South American Freedom Day show in London.

R.E.M. [ tickets ], which is expected to release an album of new material next year, is currently in the midst of a North American tour.

The best-of album's track listing is:

Man on the Moon
The Great Beyond
Bad Day
What's the Frequency Kenneth?
All the Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
Losing My Religion
E-bow the Letter
Orange Crush
Imitation of Life
Daysleeper
Animal
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
Stand
Electrolite
All the Right Friends
Everybody Hurts
At My Most Beautiful
Nightswimming

The track-listing for the special-edition second disc is:

Pop Song '89 (acoustic b-side)
Turn You Inside-Out (from Tourfilm)
Fretless (from Until the End of the World soundtrack)
Chance (dub) (b-side from Everybody Hurts)
It's a Free World Baby (from Coneheads soundtrack)
Drive (from Live Greenpeace)
Star Me Kitten (featuring William Burroughs from X-Files)
Revolution (from Batman and Robin soundtrack)
Leave (from A Life Less Ordinary soundtrack)
Why Not Smile (Oxford American version)
The Lifting (demo version b-side from Imitation of Life)
Beat a Drum (demo version b-side from Imitation of Life)
2JN (b-side from Imitation of Life)
The One I Love (live from The Museum of Television and Radio)
Country Feedback (live from Wiesbaden, Germany, 2003)