BEST OF 1990-2000

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2 x 12" Vinyl

Cassette

Commercial Release November 11 / 12, 2002
Record Label Island / Interscope Records
Top Chart Position US: --, Canada --, UK: --
 Singles Released
TRACKLISTING
  • Even Better Than the Real Thing (3:39)
  • Mysterious Ways [Best of Edit] (4:02)
  • Beautiful Day (4:05)
  • Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix) (4:37)
  • One (4:35)
  • Miss Sarajevo (Radio Edit) (4:30)
  • Stay (Faraway So Close) (4:58)
  • Stuck in a Moment (4:31)
  • Gone (Best of Mix) (4:32)
  • Until the End of the World (4:38)
  • The Hands that Built America (4:57)
  • Discotheque (Best of Mix) (4:40)
  • Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (4:44)
  • Staring at the Sun (Best of Mix) (4:48)
  • Numb (Best of Mix) (4:21)
  • The First Time (3:44)
Alternative Tracks:
  • The Fly (4:29) (Bonus Track in Certain Regions)
LINER NOTES

Even Better Than the Real Thing: Produced by Steve Lillywhite with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Engineered by Paul Barrett and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Sean Leonard. 
Mysterious Ways: Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Mixed by Flood, The Edge and Daniel Lanois. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional percussion by Daniel Lanois. 
Beautiful Day: Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Additional production by Steve Lillywhite. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Additional engineering by Tim Palmer and Stephen Harris. Synthesizers / programming by Brian Eno. Backing vocals by The Edge and Daniel Lanois. 
Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix): Produced and mixed by William Orbit. Engineered by Carl Glanville. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mix engineering by Jake Davies, Iain Roberton. Additional keyboards: William Orbit. Pro-Tools programming by Iain Roberton, Jake Davies. Recorded at HQ, Dublin, The Leonard Hotel, London and Nice, France. 
One: Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional keyboards by Brian Eno. Additional Guitar by Daniel Lanois. 
Miss Sarajevo: Written and produced by U2 and Brian Eno. Featuring Luciano Pavarotti. Engineered by Danton Supple. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Additional engineering by Ruadhri Cushnan. Mixed by Jeremy Wheatley. String arrangement by Craig Armstrong. 
Stay: Produced by Flood, Brian Eno, and the Edge. Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan.
Stuck in a Moment: Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Tim Palmer in Scream Studios, Los Angeles. Assisted by Jay Goin. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and Bono. Additional guitar by Daniel Lanois. Brass: Paul Barrett.
Gone (New Mix): Produced by Flood. Recorded by Mark "Spike" Stent and Howie B. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Additional production by Mike Hedges for 3kHz. Engineered by Carl Glanville. Mixed by Mike Hedges and Carl Glanville. Assistant engineer and Pro-Tools operator: Matthieu Clouard. Programming by Ben Hillier.
Until the End of the World: Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Mixed by Flood and Daniel Lanois. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional percussion by Daniel Lanois.
The Hands that Built America: Produced by William Orbit. Engineered by Carl Glanville. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by William Orbit at the Leonard Hotel, London. Additional keyboards by William Orbit. Pro-Tools programming by Iain Roberton, Jake Davies and Rico Conning. String arrangement by The Edge. String conductor: Daragh O'Toole. Strings by Katie O'Connor, Rosie Nic Athlaioch, Emer O'Grady, Una O'Kane. Recorded at HQ, Dublin and Nice, France.
Discotheque (New Mix): Produced by Flood. Recorded by Mark "Spike" Stent and Howie B. Assisted by Rob Kirwan and Fernio Hernandez. Additional production by Mike Hedges for 3kHz. Mixed by Mike Hedges. Engineered by: Ger MacDonald. Assistant engineer and Pro-Tools operator: Matthieu Clouard. Inspirational decks and loops by Howie B. Contains a sample from "Fane" performed by Freeform and written by SImon Pike. Coutesy of Skam Records.
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: Produced by Nelle Hooper, Bono and the Edge. Engineered by Robbie Adams and Flood. Mix Engineer: Mark "Spike" Stent. Programming and keyboards by Marius De Vries. Assisted by Paul "PW" Walton. String arrangement by Craig Armstrong.
Staring at the Sun (New Mix): Produced by Flood. Additional production by Steve Osbourne. Recorded by Mark "Spike" Stent and Howie B. Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Additional production by Mike Hedges for 3kHz. Mixed by Mike Hedges and Carl Glanville. Additional engineer & Pro-Tools operator: Matthiew Clouard. Programming by Ben Hillier. Keyboards by Steve Osbourne.
Numb (New Mix): Produced by Flood, Brian Eno and the Edge. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan. Originally recorded with Daniel Lanois. Mixed by Mike Hedges for 3 kHz. Engineered by Carl Glanville. Assitant engineer and Pro-Tools operator: Matthieu Clouard. Backing vocals by Bono and Larry. Additional synthesizers by Brian Eno. Arcade sounds by Brian Eno.
The First Time: Produced by Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge. Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Willie Mannion. Engineered by Robbie Adams. Piano and harmonium by Brian Eno.

 

OTHER NOTES
Released on November 11, 2002, this is the one disc companion to The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B Sides. This version will be available for reorder from the supplier, where as the two disc version will be unavailable after the first week.  This multi-disc set was available only in CD format, the shorter set is available in cassette and vinyl.

Several differences have been noted between the tracks on this compilation from the original released versions of these songs:
Miss Sarajevo: This is not the album version, nor the single version.  This is the radio edit version previously found on only promotional singles of Miss Sarajevo.
Mysterious Ways: There is an alternate vocal in this version of the track. At 1:35 min the line 'She's the wave, she turns the tide, she sees the man inside the child' has been changed to 'She's the wave, she'll turn the tide, and no question, she knows why.' Likely mastered from a different vocal track.
Numb, Discotheque, Staring at the Sun, and Gone: All are new mixes of these tracks done specifically for this compilation. Gone also features a slightly different lyrical track from the original version.  In the Best of version the line "What you thought was freedom just was greed" is different from the original "What you thought was freedom is just greed".


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