
Interscope Records - Interscope Records
U2
Release date: 2002-11-12
Audio CD
Pop, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock/Pop
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




If I had a time capsule, this would be in it. A 'Best Of' that lives up to the title. This will forever be in my collection. As if U2 needed to prove their brilliance, this would be the album that does just that. I am on my second set as the first, I wore out. If you are not familiar with the band there couldn't be a more divine introduction. For those already hooked, surely a testiment to your devotion. A musical evolution worth listening to on a regular basis!
Though this certainly ain't exhaustive, it proves to be an interesting collection of their songs that are rendered in an alternative, spirited and "progressive" form that makes for lots of listening pleasure. The beauty of U2 is that you can effectively take twenty or thirty of their songs, add a few variations (such as re-interpretations) and it makes for inspired, enlightened and enjoyable listening. So many site the previous twenty years as their creative zenith...but man, haven't they delivered some monumental goods in the past twenty!