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Track Listings
| 1. Beautiful Day |
| 2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
| 3. Pride (in The Name Of Love) |
| 4. With Or Without You |
| 5. Vertigo |
| 6. New Year's Day |
| 7. Mysterious Ways |
| 8. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of |
| 9. Where The Streets Have No Name |
| 10. Sweetest Thing |
| 11. Sunday Bloody Sunday |
| 12. One |
| 13. Desire |
| 14. Walk On |
| 15. Elevation |
| 16. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own |
| 17. The Saints Are Coming |
| 18. Window In The Skies |
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The youthful faces that stare out from the cover of this latest collection of singles from Irish rockers U2 suggests that the focus of the album is, perhaps, their lauded yet underrepresented early days. A quick glance through the tracklisting shows that not to be the case, however. There are examples of their rawer '80s sound--"Pride," "I Will Follow," "New Year's Day"--but where, older fans may well ask, are songs like "The Electric Co.," "Gloria," "I Threw a Brick," and "Fire," from Boy and October? Similarly, songs like "With or Without You," "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," and "Where the Streets Have No Name" were on The Best of 1980-1990, whilst "Beautiful Day," "One," "Mysterious Ways," and "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" were all on The Best of 1990-2000. U218 Singles does have the advantage of featuring more recent tracks, including their collaboration with Green Day, "The Saints Are Coming," and a new song, "Windows in the Skies". Whilst dedicated followers of the band may see this as a missed opportunity to offer fans some genuinely rare gems, it still remains a collection of mighty pop music masterpieces. --Danny McKenna
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This collection spans the band's entire 26 year career and includes 16 of the band's best known songs. Two brand new tracks have been recorded for the album: 'The Saints Are Coming', a collaboration with Green Day, which is the album's first single, and second single, 'Window On The Sky'. Both tracks are produced by Rick Rubin.
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By Langer
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Irish band>. great fun on tghis album, including a couple tunes that did great in the UK and Canada (where Im from), and not so great in the US :-)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Stephen Bieth
TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
You can't do a proper U2 greatest hits on one CD. This CD is missing their first hit "I Will Follow" just for starters. The have also left off some great songs that were hits from the 80's and 90's and replaced them with later period songs such as "Vertigo" and "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" that do not even compare to their work from the 80's and early 90's. If you want to pick up a U2 best of spend a little extra money and get the two CD's 1980-1990 and 1990-2000. You still wont be getting all their great songs but you will get all their hits. If you really want to see what the fuss is about buy "The Joshua Tree", "Achtung Baby" and "The Unforgettable Fire". These three CD's are as close to perfect that you will ever get.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By GT
Format:Audio CD
This disc does not feature any of U2's ORIGINAL material that made us all fall in love with them. This disc features almost no material from the '80s, and even though it is a collection of singles, it just doesn't work. If this is supposed to be a showcase of U2's material, then it is a piss poor representation of what they have to offer. Records companies need to drop their obsession with releasing compilation cds. We already own this music, and presenting it in a sloppily, overpriced fashion does not make us want to spend money on music we've already paid for. Thumbs down.
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