U2 UNLEASH GREATEST HITS



U2 have confirmed details of their forthcoming Greatest Hits package, dotmusic can report.

'U2: The Best Of 1990 2000' encompasses five albums - 'Achtung Baby', 'Zooropa', 'Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1', 'Pop' and 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' - and is released on November 4.

The album will feature two brand new tracks - 'Electrical Storm' and 'The Hands That Built America' and there will also be a limited edition second CD, entitled 'The Best Of The B-Sides'.

The best of is to be preceded by a single 'Electrical Storm', which is out on October 21 and features remixes and live medleys of tracks such as 'Bad', '40' and 'Where The Streets Have No Name' recorded on last year's 'Elevation' tour.

The tracklisting for 'U2: The Best Of 1990 2000' is as follows:

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 Can't Get Out Of
9. Gone (new mix)
10. Until The End Of The World
11. The Hands That Built America
12. Discothè(new mix)
13. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
14. Staring At The Sun (new mix)
15. Numb (new mix)
16. The First Time
17. The Fly

The tracklisting for the B-Sides album is as follows:

1. Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
2. Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix)
3. Electrical Storm
4. Summer Rain
5. North & South Of The River
6. Your Blue Room
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Gun Mix)
8. Salome (Zooromancer Mix)
9. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
10. Numb (Give Me Some More Dignity Mix)
11. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix)
12. If God Will Send His Angels - (Big Yam Mix)
13. Lemon (Jeep Mix)
14. Discothè(Hexidecimal Mix)

Finally, U2 will issue a Best Of 1999 2000 DVD on December 2, featuring promo films, commentary, other tracks not included on the Greatest Hits album and rarities and live footage.


looking 4wards 2 hearing the new songs and the new mixes

Peace

This a great example of what a greatest hits cd should be.
U2 did this same basic deal with their first greatest hits - 1 disc hits - 1 disc b-sides. Just the other day I played the b-side disc for someone who had never heard any of the songs. He freaked. As someone who seeks out b-sides it is always fun to play them for someone who knows nothing about them.

I too am excited for this release but there are several things that I think are a bit "off" with this one. Their first set of hits 80-90 were very tight on both discs. Everything that should've been there was for the most part. I can't help but notice several vital tracks missing from this collection.

On the hits disc-

I saw the tracklist for this today and it did not include "The Fly". I hope that it's on there cuz it needs to be.

Classic songs such as
"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses", "Lemon", "Please", "Mofo", "The Ground Beneath Her Feet", "Night and Day", "Walk On", and "Elevation" aren't there.

Instead they include a few lesser known album tracks such as "Until the End of the World" and "The First Time". Both of these are great tracks but it's hard to understand their inclusion in favor of some of the ones listed above.

And the b-sides disc is even more whack. I love remixes and all but this is nowhere as complete as the set that came out for their first hits. Some of the remixes included are cool since the songs aren't on the first disc, i.e. "If God Would Send His Angels", "Lemon", etc. I made a b-sides disc myself not too long ago. Here's my tracklist and what this cd should've been like.

Night and Day
Lady With the Spinning Head
Alex descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/ Korova 1
Paint it Black
Fortunate Son
Satellite of Love
Salome'
Where Did it All Go Wrong
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Holy Joe
Pop Muzik
Happiness is a Warm Gun
North and South of the River
Slow Dancing
Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
Big Girls are Best
Summer Rain
Always

I just think that their 80's hits disc was much more balanced which kindof sucks cuz I think they only got better this past decade. Too bad casual fans who pick this up will only see a jumbled, fucked up version of what this band is all about. Ah well, these kinds of releases aren't for completists like me anyway. I'm still gonna buy it though.

Yeah, they should have put "Alex descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/ Korova 1" That was a great instrumental!

The Fly is still one super duper kick ass mofo of a song and performance!

I love the solo, the way Bono as The Fly is just whispering the lyrics over a heavy beat..."Chiiilde".

I remember getting the cassingle and just completely getting absorbed by the art work, Bono's Fly photo with that devilish smile and slicked hair. It was all like ahead of it's time in a way, CyberPunk, leather, TV...love that period!

Prince should release a 1990 to 2000 "Best" Of as well. Not to say that I would buy it.

WillieThePimp said:

There's absolutely no point to this.


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TRON said:

And where is Dancing Barefoot?? Its like they didn't include any cover versions they've done over the years. If nothing else Night & Day should be included. At least Salome is on there. It is one of my favorite U2 songs.

Dancing Barefoot is on the 1980-1990 B-Sides disc.

TRON said:

Really - well I guess that shows how much I listen to that cd. I didn't pick up on U2 until Achtung Baby so I mess up the time line on music that precedes that.

ZaZa said:

Well what do you think Happiness is a Warm Gun is if it isn't a cover version - idiot!!!