U2 - The Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides
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Artist: U2Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2004-05-24
Music Label: Interscope/Island
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Even Better Than The Real Thing
- Mysterious Ways
- Beautiful Day
- Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
- One
- Miss Sarajevo
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
- Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Gone (New Mix)
- Until The End Of The World
- The Hands That Built America (Theme From Gangs Of New York)
- Discotheque (New Mix)
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- Staring At The Sun (New Mix)
- Numb (New Mix)
- The First Time
- Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
- Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix)
- Summer Rain
- Electrical Storm
- North And South Of The River
- Your Blue Room
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Gun Mix)
- Salome (Zooromancer)
- Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
- Numb (Give Me Some More Dignity Mix)
- Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix)
- If God Will Send His Angels (Big Yam Mix)
- Lemon (Jeep Mix)
- Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix)
Free Music Notes for The Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides
Free Music Review: The Best of 1990-2002?
Hit: 3 Stars
In 1991, U2 returned to the music industry with the phenomenal album Achtung Baby. While this release brought them back to their original status as amazing musicians, U2 would soon enter its low point with the releases of their hugely disappointing albums Zooropa and Pop. Fortunately, after the failure of these two strange albums they came back to their senses and recorded the more "normal" album, All That You Can't Leave Behind. Before I criticize them, I would first like to say that I am very proud of U2 for still managing to create a memorable cd with only four albums, only half of which were successful.
Now on to the criticism. First, the thing that angers me most about this cd is, like with The Best of 1980-1990's release of "The Sweetest Thing," they cheated with the songs. "Electrical Storm" and "The Hands That Built America" were both released in 2002, which means that they shouldn't be here. It's not that the songs are bad it's just that I wish they had saved them for a possible Best of 2000-2010. Next, while the song selection here is far superior to the Best of 1980-1990, there are still several flaws, which I will address later. Also, many of the remixed songs on the A-side should have appeared in their original versions. Last, to put it lightly, the B-sides SUCK!!!!!! Here's what they should have done to make this "deluxe edition" a little more desirable. For the singles, they should have made more room by transferring "Electrical Storm," "Miss Sarajevo," "The Hands That Built America," and "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" to the B-sides. Since all of these songs were released on either movie soundtracks or their own singles and not one of the four albums, I don't believe they should belong on the A-side. This not only would massively improve the B-sides, but also allow them to put in four missing songs. The songs I would insert would be "Walk On," "Please," "If God Will Send His Angels," and "Lemon," since many U2 fans unfortunately like this song. Also, the A-side lasts for about 72 minutes, so they could have added one more, which I would have choosen to be "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses." Next, "Gone," "Discotheque," and "Staring at the Sun" should have appeared in their original versions; however, the remix of "Numb" is more than welcomed here. That takes care of the A-side and now for the B-side. As I mentioned above, move the four "non-album" songs over here and add the songs "Always," "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," "Paint it Black," "Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad," one of the remixes of "The Fly," and "Where Did it All Go Wrong" to the cd. Next, in order to fit all these on here some of the remixes need to go. I would suggest removing the remixes of "Dirty Day," "Numb," "If God Will Send His Angels," "Lemon," and "Discotheque." It also wouldn't kill them to remove the studio version of "Electrical Storm" since the William Orbit Mix is much better and still captures the essence of the song. The remixes of "Even Better Than the Real Thing" and "Mysterious Ways" are actually quite good and deserve to stay on here along with "Happiness is a Warm Gun," "Salome," and "Lady With the Spinning Head."
Like with their previous Best of cd, U2 created an album for "unexperienced" fans only. The big differences between the two Best of cds are the first decade had much better music and the B-sides from the first decade are actually worth the extra mula. I would recommend this cd only to people who just want the basic essientials of U2's later years. However, if anyone wants to truly experience The Best of 1990-2000, I recommend just buying the four albums, or at least Achtung Baby.
Here's how I'd list the tracks.
The A-side
1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Beautiful Day
4. If God Will Send His Angels
5. One
6. Lemon
7. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
8. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
9. Gone (Original Version)
10. Until The End Of The World
11. Please
12. Discotheque (Original Version)
13. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
14. Staring At The Sun (Original Version)
15. Numb (New Mix)
16. The First Time
17. Walk On
The B-side
1. Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
2. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
3. Summer Rain
4. Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
5. North and South Of The River
6. Your Blue Room
7. Miss Sarajevo
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Gun Mix)
9. Salome (Zooromancer Remix)
10. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
11. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
12. The Fly (Any Remix)
13. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix)
14. Paint It Black
15. Where Did It All Go Wrong
16. The Hands That Built America
17. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
18. Always
The Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides Poster
Includes a bonus dvd which features a collection of live and video performances from 1990-2000.U2's second decade often seemed as preoccupied with the band's burgeoning superstardom--and how to confront/confound it--as it did with creating music. The band managed only four albums during the era (only of half its '80s output), projects whose gestations seemed perennially plagued by turmoil as much as mercurial creative instincts. But as this rewarding, 30-track double-disc anthology (and bonus DVD) chronicles, U2 ultimately managed a considerable feat: producing a memorable, lasting body of work in a decade when one of pop music's chief attributes was its disposability. Disc one mixes hits like "Mysterious Ways" and "One" with seductive soundtrack cuts (the title track to Wim Wenders's Until the End of the World, Batman Forever's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"), new mixes of "Discotheque," "Staring at the Sun," and "Numb," and a pair of strong new tracks, the Orbit mix of "Electrical Storm" and "The Hands that Built America," the title track from Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York. The second disc compiles the band's more experimental B-sides from the epoch (many of them remixes), and offers up a concise encapsulation of the band's fascination with--and shrewd incorporation of--electronica and club music. The bonus DVD contains a generous collection of videos of songs from disc one, along with alternate versions, director commentaries, additional bonus tracks such as "If God Will Send His Angels" and "Lemon," as well as a mini-documentary of the band's historic 1997 Bosnian concert, The Road to Sarajevo. --Jerry McCulley
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