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  • Audio CD (1 Oct 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B00000DFSK
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,751 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  1. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 3:50£0.79
Listen  2. New Year's Day 4:18£0.79
Listen  3. With Or Without You 4:58£0.79
Listen  4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 4:40£0.79
Listen  5. Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:42£0.79
Listen  6. Bad 5:51£0.69
Listen  7. Where The Streets Have No Name 4:36£0.79
Listen  8. I Will Follow 3:37£0.69
Listen  9. The Unforgettable Fire 4:55£0.69
Listen10. Sweetest Thing 3:03£0.69
Listen11. Desire 2:59£0.69
Listen12. When Love Comes To Town 4:18£0.69
Listen13. Angel Of Harlem 3:50£0.69
Listen14. All I Want Is You 9:51£0.69

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One need hear only the first notes of this collection--the Edge's ringing guitar notes ushering in "Pride (In the Name of Love)"--to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world, the L.A. Olympics is the top sports story, and Ms. Pac-Man reigns at arcades. In rock & roll, there's U2 growing in stature with each new tour and title. Even doubters of the Irish lads have to concede that together they formed the one '80s band with the skill and sense of scale to take over the airwaves and concert stages in a decade of diminished expectations. This 15-song '80s best-of assortment (stick around for the hidden track) spans the decade, reaching back to 1980's "I Will Follow," when Bono and company were peach-fuzzy and earnest as choirboys, and tracking their path through their universal domination with 1988's Rattle and Hum. --Steven Stolder

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This is essentially the first volume in the "best of U2" series. The collection includes material from their 1980 debutalbum 'Boy', right through to 1988's 'Rattle And Hum'. Eleven top 10 singles are included.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 3 April 2006
By O. Doyle "celticshedevil" (Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This album is U2 at it's finest. For me their best music ever was out in the 80's and every one of those songs is represented here. The album starts off with Pride and moves through the brilliance that is U2 with New Years Day all the way through to All I want is You. The emotion of Sunday Bloody Sunday is evident every time and brings you right back to the first time you ever heard that song.

I believe this is one of those must have cd's of the 80's especially if you're a U2 fan.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Immense, 20 April 2005
By Mr. N. C. P. Conway "thepoeticedge" (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
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U2 are certainly in my book the best band of all time and the 80's was their finest era. The brilliance of the joshua tree, unforgettable fire and rattle and hum are wonderfully represented here. However, my only gripe with the album is the lack of material from the band's early flashpunk era. Songs like tomorrow, like a song, with a shout, drowning man, out of control, electric co. etc... deserve inclusion in my book. Any of them could certainly have replaced when love comes to town which, although incredibly interesting, is by far the worst song here. The revamped sweetest thing is excellent though I prefer the b side original.

But perhaps I am being too fussy. This is almost as good a best of album as you will get with ome truly fantastic songs, if you have never heard U2 in their prime you must buy this album.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best band ever..., 11 Nov 2004
By Stracs "Stracs" (Leeds, UK) - See all my reviews
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This Best of is a cracking album. U2 have such a depth of music, even just from these years, that it is impossible to include all of their best songs just on this album. Most notably absent for me are One Tree Hill, Gloria and Bullet the Blus Sky. However, they have put together a great selection of tracks which is ideal for longstanding fans like myself or those just getting into U2 and wanting something that provides a wide selection of their music.

Pride (in the name of love) and With or Without you are the best, most powerful songs on the album, although there just is not a bad song here. Pride is quite possibily the best song ever written in my view, and certainly the best tribute song ever (written about Martin Luther King). The one quibble I do have is that some of the earliest stuff is not here, such as Gloria. However this is a minor quibble and does not take away from a great collection of songs.

The songs display all of U2's power in including both love songs and the more political songs from this era. The collection is perhaps not as musically punchy as its follow up greatest hits due to the nature of the music they were making at the time, but the lyrics are as powerful and moving as ever. All of U2's musical talent as well as moral intergrity is on display here, and the album is an ideal example of why all young musicians should aspire to be like this band more than any other.

Overall this is a cracking album, which ideally displays the music U2 made in the 80s. It is a must for any music fan.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good album!!!!!!!!!:)
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As with most 'Best Of' compilations, it's mainly just the singles, which makes the title 'Best Of' seem pointless. Read more
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An amazing compilation, one of the best value CD's I've ever purchased. However, there are some absolute gems are to be found on the limited edition B-Side CD that sometimes... Read more
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