U2 – The Best Of 1980-1990

U2’s first compilation release, The Best Of 1980-1990 went to number 1 in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland on its original release in November 1998. One need hear only the first notes of this collection – the Edge’s ringing guitar notes ushering in Pride (In the Name of Love) – to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world, the L.A. Olympics is the top sports story, and Ms. Pac-Man reigns at arcades. In rock and roll, there’s U2 growing in stature with each new tour and title. Even doubters of the Irish lads have to concede that together they formed the one ’80s band with the skill and sense of scale to take over the airwaves and concert stages in a decade of diminished expectations. This collection spans the decade, reaching back to 1980’s I Will Follow, when Bono and company were peach-fuzzy and earnest as choirboys, and tracking their path through their universal domination with 1988’s Rattle and Hum.

2LP – Remastered and Pressed on Double 180 Gram Black Vinyl. The vinyl format includes the track One Tree Hill from The Joshua Tree album, not included on the CD version.