The Best Of 1980-1990 | 
 enlarge | Artist: U2
Label: Island
Category: Music
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Rating:  264 reviews
Sales Rank: 27587
Format: Limited Edition, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731452461223
EAN: 0731452461223
ASIN: B00000DFVF
Release Date: November 3, 1998
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Pride (In the Name of Love) | | • | New Year's Day | | • | With or Without You | | • | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | | • | Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2, Bono | | • | Bad - U2, Bono | | • | Where the Streets Have No Name | | • | I Will Follow - U2, Bono | | • | The Unforgettable Fire | | • | Sweetest Thing | | • | Desire | | • | When Love Comes to Town - U2, Bono | | • | Angel of Harlem - U2, Bono | | • | All I Want Is You - U2, Bono |
Disc 2
| • | The Three Sunrises | | • | Spanish Eyes | | • | Sweetest Thing | | • | Love Comes Tumbling | | • | Bass Trap | | • | Dancing Barefoot - U2, Smith, Patti | | • | Everlasting Love - U2, Gayden, Mac | | • | Unchained Melody - U2, North, Alex | | • | Walk to the Water | | • | Luminous Times (Hold on to Love) | | • | Hallelujah Here She Comes | | • | Silver and Gold - U2, Bono | | • | Endless Deep | | • | A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel | | • | Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl |
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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 most glaring misstep, 1988's overblown Rattle and Hum. The limited-edition second disc is the real treat for stalwart fans. It's laden with odds and ends, highlights of which include some spot-on covers (Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot," the old pop hits "Everlasting Love" and "Unchained Melody") and misplaced originals (the great '82 B-side "Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl"). The group's more jovial '90s recordings provide evidence that U2 shine brightly when they don't take themselves too seriously. These likable leftovers prove that was true in the '80s, too. --Steven Stolder
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's great! June 2, 2008
Brandon G. Caroland (Detroit, MI)
A perfect beginner's guide to U2. This album gives you everything you need to know about U2's early work. It eliminates the fluff. It gives you some nice moments. The only thing I wish it contained was 40. This is a song that they used to close numerous shows in the 80's. It really was a piece of their history that is left out here.
 Great collection of songs from the best band in History July 24, 2007
Juan Vasquez
This is U2's first day at its best. The very best of their early stuff, songs like pride, where the streets, with or without you, sunday bloody sunday, and many more are the best of the past. If you've never heard U2 and you hear this album you'll know why they are the best band in history. This is U2's classics.
The hits May 30, 2007
J. Chandler (Australia)
Has all the hits that a casual fan needs, plus a 2nd disc with B sides which is interesting
A greatest hits is not a best of.... March 25, 2007
Guy Campeau (Stoneham, Quebec Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want the hits, from this era, 80-90, this is the one to get.
If you want the best, get all the other cd's ! As you know, there is some songs that didn't hit the charts but are U2 classics, like "Bullet the blue sky" for instance, you won't find it on this double cd.
So, the hits are on cd 1. The other cd is for die hard fan, just like me, who want everything realease by the band. There is some good addition like "Spanish Eyes", "Love comes Tumbling" and "Silver and Gold" in its studio version (We have this song in live version on Rattle and Hum) So, with this realease, U2 please their die hard fan with cd 2 and their "hits fans" with cd 1. Recommanded for both !
Our story! February 20, 2007
L. Santos
I love U2, because the songs and the good actions of Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam. This album tells, using an excelent musical form, something about the decade I was born and teach something that we can do to became better our lives, our world, our story: love is one of theses things! Thanks, U2! God bless you, Brothers!
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