The Best of 1990-2000

by U2

The Best of 1990-2000 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 12 November 2002
  • Label: Island
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 1:11:21
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Daniel Lanois, Howie B., Bono, Steve Osborne, Una O'Kane, Paul Barrett, Rosie Nic Athlaioch, Adam Clayton, The Edge, other, Nellee Hooper, Marius de Vries, Flood, Ben Hillier, Larry Mullen Jr., William Orbit, Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, technician, Emer O'Grady, Katie O'Connor

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as the direct sequel to their previous decade-spanning compilation, this release focuses on U2's radical, electronic-heavy reinvention during the 1990s. The sequencing heavily highlights the dance-inflected, heavily ironic alternative rock of 'Achtung Baby' and 'Pop', showcasing their intentional deconstruction of their own earnest stadium image. The compilation was notably criticized for relying on several new, homogenized remixes rather than the original, experimental album versions.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, compilation, arena rock, soaring, emotive

Tracklist

  1. Even Better Than The Real Thing (3:39)
  2. Mysterious Ways (4:02)
  3. Beautiful Day (4:05)
  4. Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix) (4:37)
  5. One (4:35)
  6. Miss Sarajevo (4:30)
  7. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (4:58)
  8. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (4:31)
  9. Gone (New Mix) (4:32)
  10. Until The End Of The World (4:38)
  11. The Hands That Built America (Theme From 'Gangs Of New York') (4:57)
  12. Discothèque (New Mix) (4:40)
  13. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (4:44)
  14. Staring At The Sun (New Mix) (4:48)
  15. Numb (New Mix) (4:21)
  16. The First Time (3:44)

Credits

  • Adam Clayton - bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen Jr. - drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • Patricia Sullivan - edited by [digital editing]
  • Sheila Roche - production manager [album]
  • Craig Armstrong - arranged by [string arrangement by]
  • Luciano Pavarotti - featuring
  • Ben Hillier - programmed by
  • Daragh O'Toole - conductor [string]

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