BEST OF 1980 - 1990 & B SIDES

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Commercial Release November 3/4, 1998
Record Label Island Records
Top Chart Position US: 2, Canada: 1, UK: 1
Single Released
 TRACKLISTING

Disc One:

  • Pride (In the Name of Love) (3:48)

  • New Year's Day (4:17)

  • With or Without You (4:55)

  • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (4:38)

  • Sunday Bloody Sunday (4:40)

  • Bad (5:50)

  • Where the Streets Have No Name (4:35)

  • I Will Follow (3:36)

  • The Unforgettable Fire (4:53)

  • Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix) (3:00)

  • Desire (2:59)

  • When Love Comes to Town (4:17)

  • Angel of Harlem (3:49)

  • All I Want is You (6:31)

  • October (2:20) - part of All I Want is You - starts at 2:20 before the end of the track.

Alternative Track:

  • One Tree Hill (5:23) 

Disc Two:

  • The Three Sunrises (3:52)

  • Spanish Eyes (3:14)

  • Sweetest Thing (3:03)

  • Love Comes Tumbling (4:40)

  • Bass Trap (Instrumental) (3:31)

  • Dancing Barefoot (4:45)

  • Everlasting Love (3:20)

  • Unchained Melody (4:52)

  • Walk to the Water (4:49)

  • Luminous Times (Hold on to Love) (4:35)

  • Hallelujah Here She Comes (4:00)

  • Silver and Gold (4:37)

  • Endless Deep (Instrumental) (2:57)

  • A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel (4:32)

  • Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl (2:33)

LINER NOTES A-SIDES:

Pride (In the Name of Love): Written by U2. Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Additional engineering: Kevin Killen.
New Year's Day: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite.  Engineered by Paul Thomas.
With or Without You: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.  Engineered by Flood. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.  Engineered by Flood. Mixed by Daniel Lanois.
Sunday Bloody Sunday: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Paul Thomas.
Bad: Written by U2. Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanos. Additional engineering by Kevin Killen.
Where the Streets Have No Name: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Recorded by Flood with Pat McCarthy.  Mixed by Steve Lillywhite.
I Will Follow: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Paul Thomas.
The Unforgettable Fire: Written by U2. Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.  Additional engineering by Kevin Killen.
Sweetest Thing (The Single Mix): Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite and Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.  Recorded by Joe O'Herlihy and Pat McCarthy.  Additional recording and mixing by Steve Harris.  String arrangement by Daragh O'Toole. Strings: Una O'Kane, Nicola Cleary, Aengus O'Connor, Nicholas Milne.  Special Thanks to Ali Baba.
Desire: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.  Recorded by Paul Barrett. Mixed by Shelly Yakus and Rob Jacobs.
When Love Comes to Town: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.  Vocals and guitar by B.B. King.  Percussion by Ms. Bobbye Hall.  Backing Vocals by Rebecca Evans Russell, Phyllis Duncan, Helen Duncan. Recorded by Dave Ferguson and Cowboy Jack Clement. Remixed by Shelly Yakus and Rob Jacobs. 
Angel of Harlem: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine. Recorded by Dave Ferguson and Cowboy Jack Clement. Mixed by Rob Jacobs and Shelly Yakus. Organs by Joey Miskulin.  Horns by the Memphis Horns.
All I Want is You: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.  Recorded and mixed by David Tickle.  String arrangement by Van Dyke Parks.

 

LINER NOTES B-SIDES:

The Three Sunrises: Written by U2. Produced by U2, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.  Mixed by U2 and Kevin Maloney.
Spanish Eyes: Written by U2. Produced by U2.  Recorded by Flood.  Mixed by Dave Meegan.  DX7 played by Brian Eno.
Sweetest Thing: Written by U2. Produced by U2 with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno.  Engineered by Joe O'Herlihy and Pat McCarthy.  Mixed by Mark Wallace.
Love Comes Tumbling: Written by U2. Produced by U2.  Engineered by Paul Thomas. Mixed by U2 and Kevin Maloney.
Bass Trap: Written by U2. Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.  Mixed by Kevin Maloney.
Dancing Barefoot: Written by Patti Smith and Ivan Krall. Produced by U2.  Engineered and mixed by Paul Barrett.
Everlasting Love: Written by Mac Gayden, Buzz Cason. Produced by U2. Piano by Paul Barrett. Engineered and mixed by Paul Barrett.
Unchained Melody: Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret. Produced by U2. Keyboards by Paul Barrett. Recorded and mixed by Paul Barrett.
Walk to the Water: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and U2.  Recorded by Joe O'Herlihy.  Mixed by Dave Meegan.
Luminous Times (Hold On to Love): Written by U2 and Brian Eno. Produced by Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and U2.  Recorded by Flood.  Mixed by Flood.
Hallelujah (Here She Comes): Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.  Engineered and mixed by Dave Trickle and Mark DeSoto.  Additional vocals and Hammond organ by Billy Preston.
Silver and Gold: Written by Bono. Produced and arranged by U2.  Engineered and mixed by Paul Barrett.
Endless Deep: Written by U2. Produced by U2 and St. Frances Xavier.  Engineered by Kevin Maloney.
A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine and U2. Recorded by David Tickle. Brass arrangement by Paul Barrett.  Backing vocals by Edna Wright, Maxine Waters, Julia Waters.  Mixed by Paul Barrett.
Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite.

 

OTHER CD NOTES:

Bono: Vocals and guitar.  The Edge: Guitar, keyboards and vocals.  Adam Clayton: Bass guitar.  Larry Mullen: Drums and percussion.  Paul McGuinness: Manager.  Principle Management Dublin and New York.  Sheila Roche and Candida Bottaci, Album Production Managers. all tracks have been digitally remastered from original master tapes where possible by Arnie Acosta at The Mastering Lab, Los Angelse.  Audio post production manager and Technical Guru: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions Inc.

Designed at ABA Dublin.  Cover photography by Ian Finlay.  Back Cover photography by Anton Corbijn.  Inside photography by Anton Corbijn, Colm Henry, Hugo McGuinness and Robert Kythe Kortekaas.

 

OTHER NOTES
This collection was released on November 3, 1998.  This was a limited version of The Best of 1980 - 1990.  This version was available for order for one week only, before being replaced with a single disc.  It was the one disc version which was available for years, until 2002 when the double CD set was re-released in many countries.

Due to elevated prices on domestic CDs, and the fact that it is often cheaper to buy imports, an additional bonus track was added in Japan to make the domestic version more attractive.  For this compilation, the bonus track is "One Tree Hill", and it was added to the end of the first disc of the set.

Several differences have been noted between the tracks on this compilation and the various versions that had been released prior.  If there isn't a mix name listed above the version is the same as the album version.  Below are some notes on the differences between tracks:

Bad: This is an edit of the version found on The Unforgettable Fire. This version drops several "Whooo hooo hoos" found in the original version.
Where the Streets Have No Name: This is an edit of the 5:37 version found on the Joshua Tree album. This is not the same as the version found on the single which is 4:46 in length and features additional backing vocals by the Edge.
When Love Comes to Town: This version of the song features an extra guitar lick you can hear at about 4:12 in the Best Of version.  This takes the total time of the track on this release to 4:17 from 4:15 which it was on Rattle and Hum.
The Three Sunrises: This version is a little longer than the version found on the Unforgettable Fire single, and appears to be due to a slightly longer fade-in to the song. 
Bass Trap: This is a large edit of the version on the Unforgettable Fire single which was (5:13) in length.
Hallelujah Here She Comes: This is an edit of the version found on the Desire single which was (4:12) in length.
A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel: Yet another edit. The original from the Angel of Harlem single was (5:30) and ended with more "hallelujah's".

October was actually a hidden track at the end of the album.  After All I Want is You ends, there is a period of blank space and then October starts as part of the same track. October is not listed on the back tracklist of the CD.


Released With:  Best of 1980 -1990 (1998)
Next Album:  Million Dollar Hotel O.S.T. (2000)