| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell on You) | Aqualung | 3:48 |
| 2 | Karma Police | Radiohead | 4:22 |
| 3 | I'm Sticking With You | The Velvet Underground | 3:07 |
| 4 | There Goes the Fear | Doves | 4:48 |
| 5 | Colour Me | Dot Allison | 3:38 |
| 6 | Dead in the Water | David Gray | 3:04 |
| 7 | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 1 | The Flaming Lips | 4:47 |
| 8 | Re-Instated | Shack | 3:37 |
| 9 | Personality | Virgin Souls | 3:30 |
| 10 | Gorecki | Lamb | 3:30 |
| 11 | Since I Left You | The Avalanches | 4:03 |
| 12 | And If I Fall | The Charlatans | 4:00 |
| 13 | The Final Arrears | Mull Historical Society | 4:59 |
| 14 | Just the Way I'm Feeling | Feeder | 4:20 |
| 15 | Born Again | Badly Drawn Boy | 4:22 |
| 16 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | 4:03 |
| 17 | Hanging Around | The Polyphonic Spree | 2:50 |
| 18 | The Dark Is Rising | Mercury Rev | 4:48 |
| 19 | Nightswimming- additional engineer:
- George Cowan, Mark Howard, John Keane, Ted Malia and Andrew Roshberg
- engineer:
- Clif Norrell
- producer:
- Scott Litt and R.E.M.
- additional mixer:
- Ed Brooks
- assistant mixer:
- Tod Lemkuhl
- mixer:
- Scott Litt and Clif Norrell
- guest cello:
- Kathleen Kee, Daniel Laufer and Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
- guest oboe:
- Deborah Workman
- guest viola:
- Reid Harris, Paul Murphy and Heidi Nitchie
- guest violin:
- Denise Berginson-Smith, Patti Gouvas, Lonnie Ottzen, Sandy Salzinger, Sou-Chun Su and Jody Taylor
- vocals:
- Michael Stipe
- conductor:
- George Hanson
- orchestrator:
- John Paul Jones
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- R.E.M./Athens, Ltd. (in 1992) and R.E.M./Athens L.L.C. (in 2017)
- additionally recorded at:
- Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia, United States and Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- recorded at:
- Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, United States and Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
- mixed at:
- Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, Washington, United States
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 160)
- recording of:
- Nightswimming
- writer:
- Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music
- live recording of:
- Nightswimming
- writer:
- Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
- publisher:
- Night Garden Music
| R.E.M. | 4:15 |
| 20 | Songbird | Oasis | 2:07 |
