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U2: THE BEST OF 1990 - 2000
U2
(Island/Universal)
If there's one perk to this whole CD reviewer thing, it's getting all those rare limited-edition discs. Like the new two-CD version of U2's Best of 1990 - 2000.
We don't want to brag, but we got copy No. 222781. Yeah, it's a great feeling to be in an elite group with -- well, apparently, another 999,999 people.
OK, so maybe U2 don't quite grasp the concept of a "limited" edition. Still, if you're a fan, you might feel this 30-song affair is pretty special anyway. Naturally, it has all their hits from the last decade, like Beautiful Day, Mysterious Ways, Even Better Than the Real Thing, One, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of and, um, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me (OK, so the '90s weren't their best decade). Plus it has two new songs -- the typically anthemic and quite pretty Electrical Storm and Hands that Built America -- along with B-sides, covers (including an edgy cover of Happiness is a Warm Gun) and plenty of remixes.
So many, in fact, that they start to feel like filler after not too long. Another quibble: The Fly is only included on the single-disc version of the set, so you gotta shell out again if you want it.
Presuming, of course, that you can find it for sale anywhere. (More on U2)
Track Listing
Disc 1:
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 (Theme From Gangs Of New York)
12. Discotheque (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
Disc 2:
1. Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
2. Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix)
3. Summer Rain
4. Electrical Storm
5. North And South Of The River
6. Your Blue Room
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Gun Mix)
8. Salome (Zooromancer)
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. Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix)