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- The Best of 1980-1990/The B-Sides
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U2
Released 1998

Bass Trap
03:31
9,956 plays

Endless Deep
02:57
9,461 plays

The Unforgettable Fire
04:53
9,292 plays

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- 1
- Pride (In the Name of Love)
- 03:48
- 16,903 plays

- 2
- New Year's Day
- 04:17
- 15,452 plays

- 3
- With or Without You
- 04:55
- 22,797 plays

- 4
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- 04:38
- 19,861 plays

- 5
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 04:40
- 107,305 plays

- 6
- Bad
- 05:50
- 13,010 plays

- 7
- Where the Streets Have No Name
- 04:35
- 17,120 plays

- 8
- I Will Follow
- 03:36
- 24,871 plays

- 9
- The Unforgettable Fire
- 04:53
- 9,292 plays

- 10
- Sweetest Thing [The Single Mix]
- 03:00
- 13,850 plays

- 11
- Desire
- 02:59
- 10,771 plays

- 12
- When Love Comes to Town
- 04:17
- 8,404 plays

- 13
- Angel of Harlem
- 03:49
- 10,739 plays

- 14
- All I Want Is You
- 06:31
- 11,117 plays

- 15
- The Three Sunrises
- 03:52
- 11,110 plays

- 16
- Spanish Eyes
- 03:14
- 11,312 plays

- 17
- Sweetest Thing
- 03:03
- 16,831 plays

- 18
- Love Comes Tumbling
- 04:40
- 11,373 plays

- 19
- Bass Trap
- 03:31
- 9,956 plays

- 20
- Dancing Barefoot
- 04:45
- 11,489 plays

- 21
- Everlasting Love
- 03:20
- 14,167 plays

- 22
- Unchained Melody
- 04:52
- 22,078 plays

- 23
- Walk to the Water
- 04:49
- 9,265 plays

- 24
- Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)
- 04:35
- 9,130 plays

- 25
- Hallelujah Here She Comes
- 04:00
- 10,386 plays

- 26
- Silver and Gold
- 04:37
- 11,151 plays

- 27
- Endless Deep
- 02:57
- 9,461 plays

- 28
- A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel
- 04:32
- 9,083 plays

- 29
- Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl
- 02:33
- 8,591 plays

album review

Island and U2 realized that longtime fans of the band wouldn't need The Best of 1980-1990. Unlike the proposed Best of 1990-2000, which would likely boast the non-LP "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and the Passengers' "Miss Sarajevo," 1980-1990 contained nothing but material culled directly from the albums, which didn't exactly entice hardcore followers. So, the label and the band decided to pair the compilation with a collection of the group's B-sides from the '80s, none of which had ever appeared on an album before. For die-hard U2 fans, this is something of a godsend -- not necessarily a holy grail, which would have been a complete B-sides collection, including the long-missing early EPs -- since many of these tracks have been out of print for years. That's not to say they'll be entirely pleased with what they hear. The B-Sides is wildly uneven, fluctuating between a handful of lost masterpieces ("Spanish Eyes," "Sweetest Thing," "Hallelujah Here She Comes," "Silver and Gold," "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel," "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl"), a momentum-crushing triptych of mediocre karaoke ("Dancing Barefoot," "Everlasting Love," "Unchained Melody"), and formless filler (pretty much everything else). Despite the uneven music, fans will need The B-Sides, not just for the handful of worthy contenders but for its sheer rarity. Not only have the B-sides themselves been difficult to locate, but the disc itself was designed as a collector's item: after the first week of sales, The B-Sides was pulled from the market, and Island shipped only The Best of 1980-1990. Clearly, this was a tactic to raise press awareness and boost sales, but that doesn't mean that fans shouldn't take advantage of its limited release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide