U2 - The Best of 1980-1990
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Artist: U2Edition: Music CD
Published: 1998
CD Release Date: 1998-11-10
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- New Year's Day
- With Or Without You
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Bad
- Where The Streets Have No Name
- I Will Follow
- Unforgettable Fire
- Sweetest Thing
- Desire
- When Love Comes To Town
- Angel Of Harlem
- All I Want Is You
Free Music Notes for The Best of 1980-1990
Free Music Review: Ten songs that would make this comp a five star collection.
Hit: 4 Stars
U2 have been around for over thirty years, and have had a wide variety of accessible music to prove that they're not a repetitive or bland group of guys that chunk out whatever will be eaten up by corporate radio or teenyboppers (though the inevitable may happen, anyway). They have modified their sound in most of their subsequent albums and have had quite a lot of unexpected experimentation in their work, given how popular they seem to be (c'mon, you can not tell me that "War" and "Achtung Baby" sound the same). Their newer stuff (Pop, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle) is no match for their earlier work (Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby), but they're honestly talented, unlike many of those wannabe, depressing emo guys in modern "rock", and Bono's always been one of my favorite vocalists. The guy is actually a (dare I say) intelligent lyricist (e.g. "New Year's Day", "Where The Streets Have No Name", "With Or Without You", "One").
Quite simply, they've matured, every band has, and are still the biggest band in the world. NO band that's been around for over thirty years could EVER remain repetitive with these guys' popularity.
I think U2 is actually underrated, despite their ridiculous popularity..and Bono's showmanship/political agenda, which a lot of their haters tend to use to push their opinions, when his personal life has absolutely nothing to do with the music, except for influencing his creativity. They'll always be one of my favorite groups of musicians.
So uh..where the hell is the following on this compilation?
Out Of Control (U2'S FIRST SINGLE!)
A Day Without Me
Gloria
I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Fire
Surrender
Seconds
Two Hearts Beat As One
Wire
Bullet The Blue Sky
C'mon, these are the tunes that MADE U2 (along with what's already on here) in their glory days, and whoever made this compilation is wrong for excluding these gems. Otherwise, it's certainly recommended from this U2 fan. If you're a beginner, I'd throw this on, along with the "War", "Joshua Tree", and "Achtung Baby" albums.
If you don't like the band afterwards, fine, but at least you've heard what I consider to be the best material the band has to offer at this point in time. Enjoy the music!
The Best of 1980-1990 Poster
One need hear only the first notes of this collection--the Edge's ringing guitar notes ushering in "Pride (In the Name of Love)"-to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world, the L.A. Olympics is the top sports story, and Ms. Pac-Man reigns at arcades. In rock & roll, there's U2 growing in stature with each new title. Even doubters of the Irish lads have to concede that together they formed the one '80s band with the skill and sense of scale to take over the airwaves and concert stages in a decade of diminished expectations. This 15-song '80s best-of assortment (stick around for the hidden track) spans the decade, reaching back to 1980's "I Will Follow," when Bono and company were peach-fuzzy and earnest as choirboys, and tracking their path through their most glaring misstep, 1988's overblown Rattle and Hum. --Steven StolderAlternative Rock Music CDs
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