Released November 21, 2006 U218 Singles(2006) Zoo TV Live(2006) Release date 20 November 2006 | Length 74:35 Artist U2 Label Island Records | |
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Recorded 1980–2006, new material recorded September 2006 with Rick Rubin in France and at Abbey Road Studios Similar U2 albums, Rock music albums | ||
U218 singles album is in stores now with or without you
U218 Singles is a greatest hits album by the Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. In most markets, the album contains 18 songs. The first 16 tracks are 16 of their most successful and popular singles. The seventeenth track is a cover version, in collaboration with Green Day, of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming" to benefit Hurricane Katrina charities. The eighteenth and closing track is a new song called, "Window in the Skies". However, in some markets, such as the United Kingdom, an extra song, "I Will Follow" is added to the track list as the opening track. U218 Videos, a DVD featuring music videos from throughout U2's career, was released concurrently.
Contents
- U218 singles album is in stores now with or without you
- U218 singles album is in stores now vertigo live
- Artwork and packaging
- Track listing
- Variations
- Vertigo 05 Live from Milan DVD
- Audio
- Songs
- References
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart on 9 December 2006 at number 12 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. Despite not being released until November 2006, it was the seventh-highest-selling album in the world that year.
U218 singles album is in stores now vertigo live
Artwork and packaging
The art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock.
Track listing
No songs from October (1981), Zooropa (1993), Pop (1997), or the Passengers (U2 & Brian Eno) project Original Soundtracks 1 (1995) are included.
Variations
A limited edition version includes a live DVD featuring ten songs recorded on the Vertigo Tour in Milan. "I Will Follow" appears as a bonus track on UK and Australian editions of the CD. The deluxe version in the UK, Ireland, and Canadian iTunes Stores also contains nine of the live songs from the limited edition bonus disc as audio tracks, as well as a digital booklet and a bonus track, "Smile," for those who pre-ordered the album. The United States deluxe iTunes version does not come with a digital booklet, but instead with "Smile" as a bonus track even if it was not pre-ordered.
Vertigo 05: Live from Milan DVD
Vertigo 05: Live from Milan is a bonus live DVD included in the deluxe edition of the U218 Singles. The DVD features a highlight of ten songs from the band's 25-song set in Milan, Italy during the Vertigo Tour in 2005. It is the second concert release, preceded by Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago and followed by U2 3D. On the iTunes Store deluxe edition of the album, these songs are featured as bonus audio tracks, except for "Original of the Species", which was later released as an iTunes Store exclusive single.
Track listing
- "Vertigo"
- "I Will Follow"
- "Elevation"
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- "All I Want Is You"
- "City of Blinding Lights"
- "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
- "Miss Sarajevo"
- "Original of the Species"
- "With or Without You"
Audio
Songs
1I Will Follow3:37
2Beautiful Day4:08
3I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For4:38