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Eponymous is the first compilation album album by R.E.M., released in 1988. It was their last authorized release on I.R.S. Records, to whom they had been contracted since 1982, having just signed with Warner Bros. Records. The title is a pun on the convention in the recording industry to refer to a band's self-titled album (e.g., Pretenders) as their "Eponymous Album".
Eponymous is notable for its inclusion of several rare or alternate versions of known tracks. Spanning from the Chronic Town EP to the previous year's breakthrough hit album Document, Eponymous provides a fair overview of R.E.M.'s early work.
The album features the alternate title "File Under Grain", a reference to the cover photograph. A previous album, Document, had "File Under Fire" inscribed on it and Reckoning, featured the words "File Under Water". Inside the album a photograph of singer Michael Stipe with the words "They Airbrushed My Face" across his eyes.
Released in October 1988, just a month before R.E.M.'s Warner Bros. debut Green appeared, Eponymous reached #44 in the US and #69 in the UK.


   1. "Radio Free Europe" (Original Hib-Tone Single) ? 3:47
   2. "Gardening at Night" (Different Vocal Mix)1 ? 3:30
   3. "Talk About the Passion" (from Murmur, 1983) ? 3:20
   4. "So. Central Rain" (from Reckoning, 1984) ? 3:15
   5. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" (from Reckoning, 1984) ? 4:32
   6. "Cant Get There from Here" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) ? 3:39
   7. "Driver 8" (from Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985) ? 3:23
   8. "Romance"2 ? 3:25
   9. "Fall on Me" (from Lifes Rich Pageant, 1986) ? 2:50
  10. "The One I Love" (from Document, 1987) ? 3:16
  11. "Finest Worksong" (Mutual Drum Horn Mix)3 ? 3:50
  12. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (from Document, 1987) ? 4:05