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Readers Poll 2011: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

Readers Poll 2011: Best compilations, box sets and live albums of the year

As 2011 quickly winds to an end, we’re happy to roll out the first of four days’ worth of results from our second-annual Slicing Up Eyeballs Readers Poll, in which nearly 500 of you cast ballots for your favorite new, reissued and freshly compiled music of the year. First up: Your Top 10 compilations, box sets and/or live albums.

New releases: The Fall, R.E.M., Wall of Voodoo, Cabaret Voltaire, Curt Smith

New releases: The Fall, R.E.M., Wall of Voodoo, Cabaret Voltaire, Curt Smith

This week’s new releases include ‘Ersatz G.B.,’ the 29th studio album from The Fall, plus new best-ofs from R.E.M. (‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage’) and Wall of Voodoo (‘Lost Weekend’), and expanded reissue of Cabaret Voltaire’s ‘Johnny YesNo’ soundtrack and Curt Smith’s solo effort ‘Mayfield.’

Stream: R.E.M., ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

Stream: R.E.M., ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011’

There’s still more than a week before R.E.M.’s career-capping best-of is released, but, thanks to the folks NPR, you can now stream the full 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — which, for fans, means 37 songs you know and love plus those three new tracks.

Stream: R.E.M., ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’ — new single off 2CD best-of

Stream: R.E.M., ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’ — new single off 2CD best-of

It’s not due for release until Tuesday, but the brand-new R.E.M. single ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong’ — one of three new tracks on the band’s upcoming, and posthumous, best-of — hit the web Sunday night, and you can take an early listen right here.

Video: R.E.M. ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ trailer

Video: R.E.M. ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ trailer

R.E.M. today released a 2:46-long trailer for its upcoming, career-spanning best-of — the 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — that also offers up the first taste of ‘We All Go Back To Where We Belong,’ one of three new tracks that will appear on the set, which lands Nov. 15.

R.E.M. unveils ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ tracklist

R.E.M. unveils ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ tracklist

The now-disbanded R.E.M. today unveiled the tracklist and cover art for its forthcoming, career-spanning best-of — the 40-song ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — and announced that ‘We All Go Back to Where We Belong,’ one of three new tracks on the set, will be issued as a single next month.

R.E.M. to release first-ever greatest-hits set spanning IRS, Warner Bros. years

R.E.M. to release first-ever greatest-hits set spanning IRS, Warner Bros. years

The now-defunct R.E.M. will release its first-ever career-spanning greatest-hits collection — ‘Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011’ — in November, and Rolling Stone reports the set will include “a handful of tracks” recorded earlier this year.