Michael Stipe also appeared in a public service announcement for the campaign. in regards to printing a petition on the back of Out of Time's CD longbox packaging in the United States where buyers were encouraged to sign their name in support for Rock the Vote, who were in support of the Motor Voter Act to ease voter registration, and would allow voters "to register through their local DMV." Gold reasoned, considering many of the album's buyers would be young, that this could "vote out" the controversial Parents Music Resource Center music censorship bill, who "put pressure on the creators and distributors of 'objectionable' music," as well as make good use of the popular longbox packaging format of the day, which many artists and customers considered unnecessary and wasteful. Warner Brothers executive Jeff Gold, alongside Rock the Vote campaign co-founder and Virgin Records executive Jeff Ayeroff, approached R.E.M. Several re-packagings were released for the album's 25th anniversary edition through Concord Records on Nov. The album was featured in Time magazine's unranked list of The All-Time 100 Albums. In Spain, a contest was held to have a limited edition cover with the winner being an abstract oil painting. album to have an alternative expanded release on compact disc, including expanded liner notes and postcards.
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In Germany, it is the band's best-selling album, selling more than 1,250,000 copies, reaching 5×gold. The band did not tour to support the release, although it did make occasional appearances on television or at festivals. hit, Out of Time gave them their first U.S. Preceded by the release of " Losing My Religion," which became R.E.M.'s biggest U.S.
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It features guest appearances by KRS-One and Kate Pierson from The B-52's. Out of Time combines elements of pop, folk and classical music heard on the band's previous album Green, with a new concentration on country elements that would continue on 1992's Automatic for the People.