Out of Time (album)

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Out of Time
R.E.M. - Out of Time.jpg
Cover to the standard release of Out of Time
Studio album by
R.E.M.
ReleasedMarch 12, 1991 (1991-03-12) [1]
RecordedMid-1990
Studio
Genre
Length44:08
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
R.E.M. chronology
Green
(1988)		Out of Time
(1991)		 This Film Is On
(1991)
Alternate cover
R.E.M. - Out of Time Spain.jpg
Spanish limited edition LP cover by Spanish artist Isabel Rivera Galicia

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [59] Gold30,000^
Australia (ARIA) [60] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [61] Platinum50,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [62] Gold100,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [63] 7× Platinum700,000^
France (SNEP) [64] 2× Platinum600,000*
Germany (BVMI) [65] 5× Gold1,250,000^
Italy
sales as of 1999 		—500,000 [66]
Italy (FIMI) [67]
sales since 2009 		Gold25,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [68] 2× Platinum200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [69] Gold7,500^
Norway—60,000 [70]
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [71] 5× Platinum500,000^
Sweden (GLF) [72] Gold50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [73] 2× Platinum100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [74] 5× Platinum1,786,954 [75]
United States (RIAA) [76] 4× Platinum4,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide—18,000,000 [4]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

In 2005, Warner Bros. Records issued an expanded two-disc edition of Out of Time which includes a CD, a DVD-Audio disc containing a 5.1-channel surround sound mix of the album done by Elliot Scheiner, lyrics, a photo album, and the original CD booklet with expanded liner notes. In 2011 Warner Bros. released a 96 kHz, 24-bit and 192 kHz, 24 bit stereo release (the same High-Resolution stereo mix as featured on the DVD-Audio and later, the Blu-Ray editions) of the album at HDtracks.

Out of Time

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
GermanyMarch 8, 1991 Warner Bros. Compact Disc 7599-26496-2
United KingdomMarch 11, 1991Warner Bros. LP 7599-26496-1
Compact Disc7599-26496-2
United StatesMarch 12, 1991Warner Bros.LP1-26496
Compact Disc2-26527
Cassette 4-26496
CanadaMarch 12, 1991Warner Bros.Compact DiscCD 26496
FranceMarch 1991Warner Bros.Compact DiscWE 833
GermanyMarch 1991Warner Bros. Digital Compact Cassette 7599-26496-5
Argentina1991Warner Bros.Cassette4-26496
Bolivia1991Warner Bros.LPWEA WL-1152
Brazil1991Warner Bros.LP6709323
Germany1991Warner Bros.LP7599-26496-1†
Israel1991 Hed Arzi Compact Disc9 26496-2
Japan1991Warner Bros.Compact DiscWPCP 4195
Mexico1991Warner Bros.LPLPNB-7069
Russia1991Warner Bros.LP1092MD/RGM 7028-1A/2
South Africa1991Warner Bros./Tusk Compact DiscWBCD 1701
South Korea1991Warner Bros.LP7599-26496-1
Zimbabwe1991TuskLPWBC 1701
Australia1991Warner Bros.Compact Disc7599264962
United States2005Warner Bros.Compact Disc/DVD-Audio DualDisc 73951
Internet2011Warner Bros.LPCM FLAC 96 kHz/24bit, LPCM FLAC 192 kHz

/24bit

Note

Box sets

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNotes
Australia1995Warner Bros.Compact Disc box set 9362460742Packaged with Green

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