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  • Audio CD (20 Nov 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B000KEG8MK
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,126 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. I Will Follow
2. Beautiful Day
3. Still Haven’t’ Found What I’m Looking For
4. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
5. With Or Without You
6. Vertigo
7. New Year’s Day
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
10. Where The Streets Have No Name
11. Sweetest Thing
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. One
14. Desire
15. Walk On
16. Elevation
17. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
18. The Saints Are Coming
19. Window In The Skies

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The youthful faces that stare out from the cover of this latest collection of singles from Irish rockers U2 suggests that the focus of the album is, perhaps, their lauded yet under-represented early days. A quick glance through the tracklisting shows that not to be the case, however. There are examples of their rawer 80s sound - "Pride", "I Will Follow", "New Year's Day" - but where, older fans may well ask, are songs like "The Electric Co", "Gloria", "I Threw A Brick", "Fire" from Boy and October? Similarly, songs like "With Or Without You", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Where The Streets Have No Name" were on The Best Of 1980-1990, whilst "Beautiful Day", "One", "Mysterious Ways" and "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" were all on The Best Of 1990-2000. U218 does have the advantage of featuring more recent tracks, including their collaboration with Green Day, "The Saints Are Coming" and a new song, "Windows In The Skies". Whilst dedicated followers of the band may see this as a missed opportunity to offer fans some genuinely rare gems, it still remains a collection of mighty pop music masterpieces.--Danny McKenna


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Following the release of two decade-specific 'Best Of' compilations, U2 present a career-spanning singles collection. This anthology gives a superb overview of arguably the most popular Irish rock band of the last twenty years and includesearly tracks as well as the expected stadium rock classics,such as 'Vertigo' and 'Elevation'. The collection also features two previously unreleased tracks produced by Rick Rubin, including the single 'The Saints Are Coming' with Green Day.

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Yet another missed oportunity, 15 Nov 2006
It should have been so simple - U2 put out a collection of all their singles on one compilation. But as with the previous 2 collections (covering the 80s and 90s) there's some significant ommisions. I know it's impossible to put all their singles on one CD, but this compilation is being mis-sold as having "all the hits on one album". If that's the case then where are hits such as The Fly, Unforgettable Fire, Wild Horses, Discotheque, Fire... I could go on.

And when are they going to put genuine hard to find singles like A Celebration on an anthology?!

Great songs - shoddy compilation.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Pride recycled One more time, 13 Nov 2006
By gnagfloW (Rosa Barks) - See all my reviews
After having released the 1980-1990 & 1990-2000 Best Of Compilations, it seemed logical that the next U2 compilation would be a 2000-2010 compilation. Apparently, U2 no longer have such patience and have delivered this single disk career overview just in time for Christmas.

This is a pattern that has increasingly been developing by U2, i.e. releasing recycled material of sorts between each new release. We've had this decade alone 3 concert DVD's (plus Zoo TV re-released) and the 1990-2000 CD & DVD compilation.

On the plus side, at least for the very casual fan, all the biggies are included on this set. For those who have been Following U2 for ages, it is highly unlikely that such fans will have any Desire listening to Pride One more time (included on all of the concert DVD's). Granted, there are 2 new tracks included but the average price for each new song for those who own U2's previous material, probably in many shapes, is steep.

The song selection is, as a set for casual listeners, as close to perfect as possible. U2 have e.g. skipped all the songs from the Pop flop; as are Zooropa and the first two albums (one hidden track though Follows). 2 UK #1's, The Fly and Discothéque are also nowhere to be found here, indicating that the songs are chosen by their world wide success. There are obvious misses, such as City of Blinding Lights, Numb and Angel of Harlem, but which songs to replace them with would be a difficult task.

U2 fans probably will, with a slight grumble, purchase this set en masse. With the entire catalogue yet to be re-released, however, patience with their recycling efforts may begin wearing thin if this process continues.

I would give this set 5 stars for the songs themselves, they do stand the test of time (having heard many of them so often, I hardly will listen a whole lot to this set). There are, however, only a couple of stars given to the 18 release itself, due to U2's abnormal recycling efforts, which should be concentrated more on earth's resources, not their back catalogue.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Opportunity Missed -- Loyalty Stretched, 27 Nov 2006
By D. M. Larmour "dlar193076" (Belfast) - See all my reviews
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I spotted this album in my local music store this morning, and from the cover shot I expected a decent collection of early singles -- Another Day, 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, Fire, A Celebration etc.
Instead we're treated to an entirely pointless 'Best Of', adding nothing other than a couple of new tracks which are available single-shaped anyway.
We're used to bands long past their sell-by date like ELO and The Eagles churning out endless compilations of the same old hits, but U2 are (or at least were) still a musical force to be reckoned with, and there's absolutely no excuse for this lazy offering.
W've been treated to news stories of the band going to court to retreive a twenty year old hat -- now they're trying to flog us their overcooked back catalogue -- again.
How about (radical idea) a collection of rarities & B-sides,live offering or even something eccentric like the band choosing their personal favourite album tracks?
In fact pretty much anything but this 'aimed at nobody' offering.
Sorry lads but I won't be purchasing.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not good
Poor - but then they are just poor, so why this band of oafish baldies are popular I'll never know. But a lot of numpties trumps a few wise persons I guess. Read more
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This compilation is really what people like me have been looking for - non-fans who have heard the singles, like them and want them on one easy to digest CD. Read more
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