U2

B-Sides 1980-1990

Tracks: 17, total time: 72:56, year: , genre:

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courtesy of e. barco
bonus tracks: Bad, The Unforgettable Fire

It may be hard to remember, but before "Lemon," before they became ego-imprisoned rock stars with an overweening interest in hanging out with supermodels, U2 used to be quite good, actually. If the band's superlative two-disc best-of package (the limited-edition release that also includes B-sides) does nothing else, it highlights the ultimate hollowness of the band's current Dark Period, which they will hopefully soon be leaving.
Thefirst disc includes every hit (except for a curiously missing "Two Hearts Beat as One") from "I Will Follow" to "All I Want Is You," and will serve to remind everyone who loves U2 why they once had good reason to do so. But it's the second disc -- which contains previously import-only rarities like "Dancing Barefoot" and "Everlasting Love" -- that is truly indispensable: After all, who wouldn't rather hear an obscure gem like "Hallelujah, Here She Comes" than the fine-but-overplayed "Pride" for the fiftymillionth time?

Disc Two also contains the beyond-wonderful originalversion of the cult classic "Sweetest Thing" -- compare that to the recently redone version on Disc One that is a tarted-up and unlistenable atrocity. U2 would be well off to leave the past alone. At this point, it's allmost fans have left.

1.	3:54	The Three Sunrises
2.	3:16	Spanish Eyes
3.	3:04	Sweetest Thing (original version)
4.	4:42	Love Comes Tumbling
5.	3:33	Bass Trap
6.	4:47	Dancing Barefoot
7.	3:22	Everlasting Love
8.	4:54	Unchained Melody
9.	4:49	Walk To The Water
10.	4:37	Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
11.	4:02	Hallelujah Here She Comes
12.	4:39	Silver And Gold
13.	2:59	Endless Deep
14.	4:34	A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
15.	5:06	Trash, Trampoline And The Party Girl
16.	5:51	Bad
17.	4:51	The Unforgettable Fire

Category: rock - Discid: 09111611

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