Track Listing
1. Even Better Than the Real Thing
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Beautiful Day
4. Electrical Storm - (William Orbit Mix)
5. One
6. Miss Sarajevo
7. Stay (Faraway So Close)
8. Stuck in a Moment You Cant Get Out Of
9. Gone - (New Mix)
10. Until the End of the World
11. Hands That Built America, The
12. Discotheque - (New Mix)
13. Hold Me, Thrill Me Kiss, Me Kill Me
14. Staring at the Sun - (New Mix)
15. Numb - (New Mix)
16. First Time, The
17. Fly, The
18. Lady With the Spinning Head - (Extended Dance Mix)
19. Dirty Day - (Junk Day Mix)
20. Summer Rain
21. Electrical Storm - (New Song)
22. North and South of the River
23. Your Blue Room
24. Happiness Is a Warm Gun - (The Gun Mix)
25. Salome - (Zooromancer Remix)
26. Even Better Than the Real Thing - (The Perfecto Mix)
27. Numb - (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix)
28. Mysterious Ways - (Solar Plexus Club Mix)
29. If God Will Send His Angels - (Big Yam Mix)
30. Lemon - (Jeep Mix)
31. Discotheque - (Hexidecimal Mix)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Craig Armstrong, William Orbit | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
U2: The Edge (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Bono (vocals, guitar); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen (drums, percussion).
Producers include: Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, William Orbit, U2.
Recorded between 1990 & 2000.
U.K. limited edition includes two bonus tracks and a bonus DVD (region 2/PAL which requires an All Code player to view.
The decade of the 1990's was an era of transition for the legendary quartet from Dublin known to the world as U2. An earlier (and more serious) body of work gave way to albums such as POP and ZOOROPA, which radiated the band's positivity and energy in a more lighthearted fashion. THE BEST OF 1990-2000 culls the benchmark tracks from the band's studio albums ("One," "The First Time," "Beautiful Day"), as well as key movie soundtrack cuts ("Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," "Miss Sarajevo").
While some diehards cooled their passion for the band in the height of their glitz and glamour, experiencing "Stay (Faraway, So Close)" shows the band stripped down to perfection in their most basic and graceful state. THE BEST OF goes even further, luring collectors with new tracks ("Electrical Storm," "The Hands That Built America") as well as new mixes of "Numb" and "Discotheque."
Editorial Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's The 50 Best Albums of 2002.
Q (12/01/2002)
...U2 issued enough alternative material in the 90's to make this two-CD set worth considering... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (11/08/2002)
...What this collection reveals, ultimately, is that U2 are the sum of their constituent parts....It's the non-muso element to all this that makes U2 such a human group...
Mojo (12/01/2002)
4 out of 5 - ...There are two new tracks. Complex, sprawling and fascinating. 'Electrical Storm' swells with every hearing...
Q (12/01/2002)
8 out of 10 - ...It's an accurate summary of the band's '90s output...
Spin (12/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...The result feels surprisingly coherent, both familiar and fresh...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
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