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The Best Of: 1980-1990 [Limited Edition]

U2 Audio CD
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U2 formed in 1978 after Larry Mullen pinned a 'musicians wanted' ad to the notice board at Dublin's Temple Mount School. Adam Clayton had discovered rock'n'roll as a thirteen year old, buying his first acoustic guitar and then talking his parents into buying him a bass guitar. 'It just sounded good to me. Deep and fat and satisfying.'
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The Best Of: 1980-1990 + Best of 1990-2000
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Product details

  • Audio CD (4 Nov 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Limited Edition
  • Label: Island
  • ASIN: B00000DFVF
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 16,969 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 3:48£0.89
Listen  2. New Year's Day 4:17£0.89
Listen  3. With Or Without You 4:55£0.89
Listen  4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 4:37£0.89
Listen  5. Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:39£0.89
Listen  6. Bad 5:49£0.89
Listen  7. Where The Streets Have No Name 4:35£0.89
Listen  8. I Will Follow 3:35£0.89
Listen  9. The Unforgettable Fire 4:53£0.89
Listen10. Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix) 3:00£0.89
Listen11. Desire 2:58£0.89
Listen12. When Love Comes To Town 4:17£0.89
Listen13. Angel Of Harlem 3:49£0.89
Listen14. All I Want Is You 9:51£0.89


Disc 2:

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Listen  1. The Three Sunrises 3:52£0.89
Listen  2. Spanish Eyes 3:14£0.89
Listen  3. Sweetest Thing 3:02£0.89
Listen  4. Love Comes Tumbling 4:40£0.89
Listen  5. Bass Trap 3:30£0.89
Listen  6. Dancing Barefoot 4:45£0.89
Listen  7. Everlasting Love 3:19£0.89
Listen  8. Unchained Melody 4:52£0.89
Listen  9. Walk To The Water 4:48£0.89
Listen10. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love) 4:34£0.89
Listen11. Hallelujah Here She Comes 3:59£0.89
Listen12. Silver And Gold 4:37£0.89
Listen13. Endless Deep 2:57£0.89
Listen14. A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel 4:33£0.89
Listen15. Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl 2:33£0.89


Product Description

U2 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Original 1998 US issue limited edition 29-track 2-CD album set featuring a decade of classic hits and B-sides. Picture sleeve with deletion punch hole - still sealed in original stickered shrinkwrap)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Not that many bands can FILL a CD with material worthy of the description 'best of'.

That U2 have successfully managed to fill TWO says a lot about their longevity and the usual high quality of their work.

I'm not a die-hard U2 fan, all that ZooTV stuff lost me totally, but I can honestly say neither this album (or the post 1990 one) has a track you could describe as filler material.

Looking back, some of the Zoo era stuff WAS good, even great, and that's what these albums let you do.

Well worth buying even if you already have some U2 albums.

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Excellent 28 Sep 2002
Format:Audio CD
This is an excellent collection of U2's work, but it lacks maybe one or two tracks that I feel really should have made it on here.

The B sides are excellent, having heard most of them before it was no surprise, but my favourite track on here, is Spanish Eyes without a doubt, loved it when I first heard it in The Joshua Tree days but it still makes me smile.
Got to be bought if you're a fan and even if you're not a U2 fan, this album should be in your collection.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
GENIUS 22 Jun 2004
Format:Audio CD
THIS ALBUM CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS PURE GENIUS. THE B-SIDES ARE AS GOOD AS THE A-SIDES WITH MY FAVOURITE BEING THE UNIQUE VERSION OF UNCHAINED MELODY. THE ORIGINAL OF THIS SONG WAS SANG WITH NO PASSION AT ALL ALTHOUGH THE WORDS OF THE SONG ARE SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE SAYING IF YOU WERE IN TURMOIL. BONO MANAGES TO SING THE SONG AS THOUGH HE MEANS WHAT HE IS SAYING. I WAS TOTALLY BLEW AWAY BY THIS VERSION OF THE SONG. ON THE A-SIDES IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A FAVOURITE AS THEY ARE ALL BRILLIANT.
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