Best of 1980 - 1990 & B-Sides

U2

Genre: music4me > Pop > Pop

Format: 2 CD

Released: Tue 26 Mar 2002

Catalogue Number: ISL524612.2

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Price:

AUD$42.42

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Description:
Island and U2 realized that longtime fans of the band wouldn't need The Best of 1980-1990. Unlike the proposed Best of 1990-2000, which would likely boast the non-LP "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and the Passengers' "Miss Sarajevo," 1980-1990 contained nothing but material culled directly from the albums, which didn't exactly entice hardcore followers. So, the label and the band decided to pair the compilation with a collection of the group's B-sides from the '80s, none of which had ever appeared on an album before. For die-hard U2 fans, this is something of a godsend -- not necessarily a holy grail, which would have been a complete B-sides collection, including the long-missing early EPs -- since many of these tracks have been out of print for years. That's not to say they'll be entirely pleased with what they hear. The B-Sides is wildly uneven, fluctuating between a handful of lost masterpieces ("Spanish Eyes," "Sweetest Thing," "Hallelujah Here She Comes," "Silver and Gold," "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel," "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl"), a momentum-crushing triptych of mediocre karaoke ("Dancing Barefoot," "Everlasting Love," "Unchained Melody"), and formless filler (pretty much everything else). Despite the uneven music, fans will need The B-Sides, not just for the handful of worthy contenders but for its sheer rarity. Not only have the B-sides themselves been difficult to locate, but the disc itself was designed as a collector's item: after the first week of sales, The B-Sides was pulled from the market, and Island shipped only The Best of 1980-1990. Clearly, this was a tactic to raise press awareness and boost sales, but that doesn't mean that fans shouldn't take advantage of its limited release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

Details:

Distributor: Universal Music
Discs: 2
Release Year: 2002
Running Time: 121 minutes
Weight (g): 106

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Pride (In the Name of Love) [3:48]
2.	Jeunesse Senegal [4:17]
3.	With or Without You [4:55]
4.	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [4:38]
5.	Sunday Bloody Sunday [4:40]
6.	Bad [5:50]
7.	Where the Streets Have No Name [4:35]
8.	I Will Follow [3:36]
9.	Unforgettable Fire [4:53]
10.	Sweetest Thing [The Single Mix] [3:00]
11.	Desire [2:59]
12.	When Love Comes to Town [4:17]
13.	Angel of Harlem [3:49]
14.	All I Want Is You [6:31]
Disk 2
15.	Three Sunrises [3:52]
16.	Spanish Eyes [3:14]
17.	Sweetest Thing [3:03]
18.	Love Comes Tumbling [4:40]
19.	Bass Trap [3:31]
20.	Dancing Barefoot [4:45]
21.	Everlasting Love [3:20]
22.	Unchained Melody [4:52]
23.	Walk to the Water [4:49]
24.	Luminous Times (Hold On to Love) [4:35]
25.	Hallelujah Here She Comes [4:00]
26.	Silver and Gold [4:37]
27.	Endless Deep [2:57]
28.	Room at the Heartbreak Hotel [4:32]
29.	Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl [2:33]