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The Best of 1990–2000

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Released
  
5 November 2002

Length
  
71:53

Artist
  
U2

Genre
  
Rock music

Recorded
  
1990–2002

The Best of 1990–2000 (2002)
  
Exclusive (2003)

Release date
  
5 November 2002

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Producer
  
Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, William Orbit, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Jr. Flood, Nellee Hooper, Paul Barrett, Howie B

Label
  
Insomniac/Interscope Records

Similar
  
U2 albums, Rock music albums

The Best of 1990–2000 is the second greatest hits compilation album by Irish rock band U2. The album was released on 5 November 2002 through Island Records, except in the United States where the album was released on the Interscope label as a single-disc CD compilation. The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides was released on the same day with a second disc featuring 14 of the b-side singles released from 1990 to 2000 and a bonus DVD with a trailer for the album and three other segments. A video album of the same name was later released in December 2002 (see 2002 in music).

Contents

The album contained two newly recorded tracks, "Electrical Storm" and "The Hands That Built America", the latter of which was released on soundtrack to Gangs of New York while the former was released as a single. The album also included several "new mixes" of several songs, and the songs "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", which was released as a single in 1995 but had not previously been included on a U2 album, and "Miss Sarajevo", which was originally credited to Passengers and also released as a single in 1995.

The album charted at number 1 in 13 countries and was the twelfth best-selling album of 2002, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Track listing

"Electrical Storm" was released as a single in promotion of the album. "Gone," "Discothèque," "Staring at the Sun," and "Numb" were remixed by Mike Hedges for the compilation. "Mysterious Ways" is identical to the album version with the exception of a single lyric. "Miss Sarajevo," co-written by Brian Eno, was originally included on the album Original Soundtracks 1, which was released by the band under the alias "Passengers".

Limited Edition B-sides Disc

"North and South of the River" was written with Christy Moore. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" was written by Lennon–McCartney. "Your Blue Room" was written with Brian Eno.

Limited Edition Bonus DVD

"The History Mix" is a video montage anthologizing the band's nineties albums and tours. It includes snippets of interviews, promotional videos, and so forth. The live version of "Please" is from the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, recorded on 9 August 1997 and directed by Maurice Linnane.

Video

The Best of 1990–2000 was also released as a video compilation, featuring music videos from the songs on the album. The DVD version of the video featured one to two videos for each song on the album, plus seven bonus videos (for songs not on the album), as well as directors' commentaries, and three mini-documentaries. The VHS version of the video featured simply one video for the 16 songs from the album.

On all versions however, there is no video for "The First Time", as one was never made or rather released. In its place was put the video of "The Fly", which itself was on certain versions of the album. The DVD case had two disc slots, one for the main videos, the other for the "History Mix" DVD from the "A and B sides" version of the album. In its absence, a CD/DVD-shaped paper disc is used as a placeholder.

Track listing

Music and words by U2, except where otherwise noted.

  1. "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
  2. Kevin Godley video with commentary
  3. Ritchie Smyth remix video
  4. "Mysterious Ways"
  5. Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary
  6. "Beautiful Day"
  7. Jonas Åkerlund video with commentary
  8. "Electrical Storm"
  9. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
  10. U2 Sur Mer documentary
  11. "One"
  12. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
  13. Phil Joanou video with commentary
  14. A Story of One documentary
  15. "Miss Sarajevo"
  16. Maurice Linnane video and commentary
  17. Missing Sarajevo documentary
  18. "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
  19. Wim Wenders video and commentary
  20. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
  21. Joseph Kahn video with commentary
  22. Kevin Godley video with commentary
  23. "Gone"
  24. David Mallet video (excerpt from PopMart: Live from Mexico City)
  25. "Until the End of the World"
  26. Kevin Godley video (live from Zoo TV Tour)
  27. "The Hands That Built America"
  28. Maurice Linnane studio version video
  29. "Discothèque"
  30. Stéphane Sednaoui video with commentary
  31. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
  32. Godley/Linanne video with commentary
  33. "Staring at the Sun"
  34. Jake Scott video with commentary
  35. Morleigh Steinberg video
  36. "Numb"
  37. Kevin Godley video with commentary
  38. Emergency Broadcast Network remix video
  39. "The Fly"
  40. Smith/Klein remix video with commentary

Bonus videos

  1. "Please"
  2. Anton Corbijn video with commentary
  3. "If God Will Send His Angels"
  4. Phil Joanou video with commentary
  5. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"
  6. Phil Joanou video with commentary
  7. "Lemon"
  8. Mark Neale video with commentary
  9. "Last Night on Earth"
  10. Ritchie Smyth video with commentary
  11. "Mofo"
  12. Maurice Linnane remix video
  13. "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
  14. Wim Wenders video with commentary
  • An "easter egg" also features. From the main menu on the DVD, if "One" is clicked, the main screen for "One" will appear. Once on this screen, the digit '1' could be clicked on the remote control three times. If clicked three times, a three-minute video of a fish tank, with fish swimming in it, appears. After some time, some Trabants will appear in the video as fishes, which swim from one end of the screen to the other.

    • The lyrics to "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" were written by Salman Rushdie. The song features Daniel Lanois on pedal steel guitar. All tracks have been remastered for these releases.

    Personnel

  • Bono – lead vocals
  • The Edge – guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Adam Clayton – bass guitar
  • Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums

    • Songs

    1Even Better Than The Real Thing3:41
    2Mysterious Ways4:03
    3Beautiful Day4:08

    References

    The Best of 1990–2000 Wikipedia
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