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.
Lady
With the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix): Producer: Paul
Barrett. Recorded by Ian Bryan. Remixed by Alan Moulder.
Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix): Produced by
Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge. Recorded and mixed by Flood and
Robbie Adams. Additional production and remix by Butch Vig and
Duke Erikson at Smart Studios, Madison, WI. Cello: Mary Gaines.
Synthesizers on "Father to Son" by Brian Eno.
Summer Rain: Produced by Daniel Lanois
and Brian Eno. Engineered and mixed by Richard Rainey. Assisted
by Chris Heaney.
Electrical Storm (Band Version): Produced
by William Orbit. Engineered and mixed by Chris Heaney.
Additional engineering by Jake Davies, Iain Roberton. Additional
keyboards by William Orbit. Protools and programming by Iain
Roberton and Jake Davies.
North and South of the River: Produced by
Flood. Recorded by Mark "Spike" Stent and Rob Kirwan.
Mixed by Rob Kirwan.
Your Blue Room: Written and performed by
U2 and Brian ENo. Engineered by Danton Supple. Assisted by Rob
Kirwan.
Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Gun Mix):
Produced by Flood. Engineered by Rob Kirwan. Remixed by Joe
Chicarelli and John X.
Salome (Zooromancer Remix): Produced by
Paul Barrett and U2. Engineered by Ian Bryan, Louise McCormick
and Paul Barrett. Additional backing vocals by Ian Bryan and
Paul Barrett. Remixed by Pete Heller and Terry Farley for Boys
Own Productions. Remix engineer: Gary Wilkinson.
Even Better than the Real Thing (The Perfecto
Mix): Produced by Steve Lillywhite with Brian Eno and Daniel
Lanois. Engineered by Paul Barrett and Robbie Adams. Remixed by
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osbourne.
Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity 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. Additional
synthesizers by Brian Eno. Arcade sounds by Brian Eno. Remixed
by Rollo and Rob D.
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix):
Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood.
Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon
Strong. Additional percussion by Daniel Lanois. Additional
production and remix by Howard Gray, Trevor Gray, Steve
Lillywhite.
If God Will Send His Angels (Big Yam Mix):
Produced by Flood and Howie B. Recorded by Mark "Spike"
Stent and Howie B. Assited by Rob Kirwan and Conal Markey. Remix
and additional production by Gerald Baillergeau AKA Big Yam and
Victor Merritt AKA Vino for Grand Jury Productions.
Lemon (Jeep Mix): Produced by Flood,
Brian Eno, and the Edge. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams.
Assisted by Willie Mannion and Rob Kirwan. Backing vocals The
Edge & Brian Eno. Synthesizers: Brian Eno. Strings arranged
and performed by Brian Eno. Remix and additional production by
Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osbourne.
Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix): Produced
by Flood. Recorded by Mark "Spike" Stent and Howie B.
Assisted by Rob Kirwan and Fernio Hernandez. Inspirational decks
and loops by Howie B. Remixed by Steve Osborne for 140db. Remix
engineer and programmer: Ben Hillier.
The
History Mix: Director: Maurice Linnane. Producer: Ned O'Hanlon.
Editor: Brian McCue.
U2 The Best of 1990 - 2000 DVD Trailer:
Director: Maurice Linnane. Producer: Ned O'Hanlon. Editor: Jim
Duggan.
Please (Live Mural Cut): FIlmed in
Helsinki, 9th August, 1997. Director: Maurice Linnane. Producer:
Ned O'Hanlon. Editor: Brian McCue.
Beautiful Day (Eze Version):
Producer: Ned O'Hanlon. Camera: James Mather, Joe Edwards.
Editor: Brian McCue.
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.
Album Production Manager: Sheila Roche. Album Production
Assistants: Candida Boottaci, Aislinn Meehan and Sally-Anne
McKeown. Studio Manager: Sam O'Sullivan. Drum Tech: Sam O'Sullivan.
Guitar Tech: Dallas Schoo. Studio Tech: Rab McAllister.
Audio Post Production by Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions
Inc. All tracks have been digitally remastered from original
master tapes where possible by Arnie Acosta at the Mastering
Lab, Los Angeles. Digital Editing by Pat Sullivan at Bernie
Grundman.
Sleeve
designed by Four5One Design, Dublin. Back Cover photography:
Anton Corbijn. Inside photography by Anton Corbijn. Reproduced
by Sonicon. |
Released in November of 2002, this
compilation was the follow up to 1998's Best
of 1980 - 1990 & The B-Sides compilation. For the
first week of sales, stores were able to stock a three disc set.
This contained 2 CDs, an A Sides disc and a B Sides disc, as
well as a DVD which promoted the forthcoming Best of 1990 - 2000
DVD. A week later a single disc version, just containing
the A Sides was released.
Under the terms of the contract for the three
Best Of compilations, these compilations are released under the
Island label. This is the case even in the US where the
band is signed to Interscope. Due to elevated prices of domestic
CDs in the UK and Japan, and the fact that it is often cheaper
to buy imports from elsewhere, the A Sides CD in both the UK and
Japan featured an extra track, "The Fly".
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".
Salome (Zooromancer Remix): This is an
edit of the previous versions of this track. The original mix
was 8:02 in length. This version is 5:50 in length.
Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity Remix):
This is an edit of the previous available versions. Previous
available versions of the mix were 8:11 and 8:47, this version
is 5:50.
Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix): Another
edit of the original remix. The original was 7:21, a test
pressing only edit was approximately 4:00, this version is new
at 5:45.
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