So what would YOUR Best of's look like?

[U2girl]

Not counting the B-sides discs (basically repeat the 80's Best of way there), or any material outside of the era (example: no 00s songs on the 90s disc), what would you have put on the three Best ofs?

80's: trade October for Gloria, ideally also keep S. Thing as a single only to help push its sales for that Chenrobyl charity and put on a live version of Bullet the blue sky as the 4th JT song on the disc instead (a song that took off live but not a single, see also Bad, Gone and UTEOTW). Also trade When love comes to town for Heartland.

90's: trade Discotheque for live version of Please (another improvement live), and live version of Dirty day for Numb (another good live song). If Passengers material got in, I'd put Stateless and GBHF instead of ATYCLB songs.

U218: Singles/hits only - I'd say
IWF
Gloria
SBS
NYD
Pride
Bad
first three songs off JT
Desire
One
MW
Stay
Discotheque
BD
Vertigo
(bonus song HMTMKMKM)

U218: Best of the best, in no order
SATS
Stay
Kite
OOTS
One
UTEOTW
Acrobat
Heartland
Running to stand still
One tree hill
I still haven't found.
Bad
SBS
NYD
Gloria
IWF
(bonus song HMTMKMKM)

 

[shortfuse]

1980 - 1990
1. I will follow
2. Out of control
3. Gloria
4. New Years Day
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. 40
7. Pride (in the name of love)
8. Bad
9. A sort of homecoming
10. Streets...
11. ISHFWILF
12. With or without you
13. Desire
14. All i want is you
15. Heartland
16. The Sweetest Thing
Hidden Track - Promenade

1990 - 2000

1. The Fly
2. One
3. Until the end of the world
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Zooropa
6. Lemon
7. Stay
8. The first time
9. Miss Sarajevo
10. Slug
11. Hold me thrill me kiss me kill me
12. Gone (new mix)
13. Last night on earth
14. Do you feel loved?
15. Electrical storm (william orbit)
16. The hands that built America

If ATYCLB songs can be included, then i would include the first four tracks in place of Miss Sarajevo, Do you feel loved, last night on earth and Lemon.

U218 hits/singles only
I would make the following changes
The fly instead of mystrious ways
I will follow instead of the sweetest thing

U218 Best of the best

Bad
UTEOTW
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Walk on
COBL
Streets..
One
SYCMIOYO
ishfwilf
WOWY
Kite
The fly
A sort of homecoming
Zooropa
Out of control
(Bonus Track) Heartland

 

[Axver]

Best Of 1980-1990
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Spanish Eyes
3. Gloria
4. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop?)
5. New Year's Day
6. Wild Irish Rose
7. A Sort Of Homecoming
8. Heartland
9. Bad
10. One Tree Hill
11. The Unforgettable Fire
12. Red Hill Mining Town
13. Tomorrow
14. The Electric Co.
15. Twilight
16. God Part II

Best Of 1990-2000
1. Zooropa
2. Lemon
3. Mofo
4. Gone
5. Until The End Of The World
6. The Fly
7. Mysterious Ways
8. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
9. North And South Of The River
10. Slug
11. Please
12. Wake Up Dead Man
13. The Wanderer
14. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
15. Acrobat
16. Love Is Blindness

U218 Singles

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Pride
3. A Day Without Me
4. Gloria
5. New Year's Day
6. Last Night On Earth
7. Even Better Than The Real Thing
8. Desire
9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
10. The Fly
11. Mofo
12. Lemon
13. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
14. The Unforgettable Fire
15. Beautiful Day
16. City Of Blinding Lights
17. All I Want Is You

Plus Window In The Skies, which I won't place in the tracklisting as I don't know what it sounds like and thus am not sure where it would fit in.

 

[phillyfan26]

Best of 1980-1990

I Will Follow
The Electric Co.
Out of Control
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
Pride
The Unforgettable Fire
Bad
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
One Tree Hill
Desire
Angel of Harlem
All I Want is You

Best of 1990-2000

The Fly
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
One
Until the End of the World
Zooropa
Lemon
Numb
Stay
The First Time
Discotheque
Last Night on Earth
Gone
Please
Wake Up Dead Man

U218

I Will Follow
Fire
New Year's Day
Pride
Where the Streets Have No Name
With or Without You
Desire
All I Want is You
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
One
Stay
Discotheque
Beautiful Day
Walk On
Vertigo
Original of the Species
City of Blinding Lights

Window in the Skies released as single only, same with Saints.

 

[1stepcloser]

U218

Beautiful Day
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
New Years Day
One
Stay
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Desire
The Fly
Mysterious Ways
Discotheque
Vertigo
Elevation
City Of Blinding Lights
Where The Streets Have No Name
Sunday Bloody Sunday
With Or Without You
Original Of The Species
All I Want Is You

 

[Snowlock]

1980-1990

1. Streets
2. IWF
3. Gloria
4. ISHFWILF
5. Desire
6. Pride
7. TUF
8. Bad (Live Birmingham '84)
9. WOWY (Live Tempe '87)
10. The Sweetest Thing (Single Version)
11. Angel Of Harlem
12. Sunday Blood Sunday (Live St. Goarshausen '83)
13. When Love Comes To Town
14. Out Of Control (Single Version)
15. New Years Day
16. All I Want Is You
17. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
18. 40

Best of 1990-2000

1. The Fly
2. EBTTRT
3. One
4. Dirty Day (Better Kiss)
5. HMTMKMKM
6. Miss S
7. Please (Single Version)
8. Gone (New Mix)
9. Staring At The Sun (Live Rotterdam '97)
10. UTEOTW
11. Stay
12. Zooropa
13. Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)
14. Last Night On Earth (Single Version)
15. WGRYWH
16. Mofo (Live Mexico City '97)
17. Mysterious Ways
18. Your Blue Room

U2: 18

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Beautiful Day
3. New Years Day
4. ISHFWILF
5. Desire
6. COBL
7. The Fly
8. Sunday Blood Sunday
9. Vertigo
10. The Sweetest Thing (Single Mix)
11. Mysterious Ways
12. Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
13. WOWY
14. Pride
15. EBTTRT
16. OOTS
17. One

 

[An Cat Gav]

80-90
Where The Streets Have No Name Desire
Gloria
Pride (In The Name of Love)
I Still Haven't Found
Angel Of Harlem
11 O'Clock Tick Tock
October
New Years Day
Out Of Control
A Celebration
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Unforgettable Fire
With or Without You
Bad
One Tree Hill
All I want is You

1990-2000

Even Better Than The Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
Electrical Storm
One
Miss Sarajevo
Stay
Your Blue Room
Gone
Until The End Of The World
Mofo
Hold Me Thrill Me…
Discotheque
Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
Numb
Staring At the Sun
Please
The Fly
Night and Day
The Wanderer


U2 Singles
Where The Streets Have No Name
Pride
Beautiful Day
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Vertigo
New Years Day
Desire
Elevation
Discotheque
With or Without You
One
Stay
Stuck In a Moment
The Unforgettable Fire
City Of Blinding Lights
HMTMKMKM
Angel Of Harlem
I Still Havent Found
Sometimes you cant..
Gloria
Window in the sky(depending on how good it is of course)

 

[jimmmm]

1980 - 2006

1. I Will Follow
2. An Cat Dubh
3. Into The Heart
4. Gloria
5. Tomorrow
6. October
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. New Years Day
9. 2 Hearts...
10.40.
11.A Sort Of...
12.Pride
13.The Unforgettable Fire
14.Bad
15.WTSHNN
16.ISHFWILF
17.WOWY
18.Exit
19.Running ...
20.Van Diemens Land
21.Angel...
22.Heartland
23.God Pt.2
24.All I Want...
25.Zoostation
26.Even Better...
27.One
28.The Fly
29.Ultraviolet
30.Love Is Blindness
31.Zooropa
32.Lemon
33.Numb
34.Babyface
35.Do You Feel Loved
36.Mofo
37.Gone
38.Please
39.Beautiful Day
40.Elevation
41.Walk On
42.In A Little While
43.Kite
44.The Ground Beneath...
45.Electrical Storm
46.THTBA
47.Vertigo
48.SYCMIOYO
49.ABOY
50.A Man & A Woman
51.OOTS
52.The Saints Are Coming
53.Window In The Sky


Now thats what I call a BEST OF!!!!

 

[jimmmm]

Bollix, forgot,

HMTMKMKM
Your Blue Room
Slug
Miss Sarajevo
COBL
Mysterious Ways
WGRYWH
2 Shots Of Happy...
Staring At The Sun
Last Night On Earth
WLCTT
In Gods Country
Mothers Of The Disappeared

Yeah thats about it, that would be real value for money, don't ya think!

 

[coach]

U218 should be IMHO

Out of Control
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Pride
Bad
Where the streets have no name
Still Haven't Found
All I want is you
The Fly
Ultraviolet
Stay
Mofo
Beautiful Day
Kite
Original of the Species
With or without you
One


(All albums covered, still space for two throw away tracks).

If there were no throwaway tracks:

I will follow
Pride

 

[POP-ROMANCER]

u2 18:


1. New year's day
2. Sunday bloody sunday
3. Pride
4. Where the streets have no name
5. With or without you
6. Desire
7. The fly
8. Mysterious ways
9. One
10. Miss Sarajevo
11. Discotheque
12. Please
13. Beautiful day
14. Elevation
15. Vertigo
16. City of blinding lights
17. The saints are coming
18. Window in the sky

 

[JCOSTER]

My 18 would be:

1. I Will Follow
2. Beautiful Day
3. Gloria
4. Vertigo
5. SBS
6. New Years Day
7. City of Blinding Lights
8. Bad
9. ISHFWILF
10. Running to Standstill
11. Desire
12. All I Want Is You
13. The Fly
14. Mysterious Ways
15. Stay
16. Discoteque
17. Gone
18. WITS

 

[Tombola]

The Best of 1980-1990

1.) 11 O’Clock Tick Tock (live)
2.) I Will Follow
3.) Out Of Control
4.) Gloria
5.) A Celebration
6.) Sunday Bloody Sunday
7.) New Year’s Day
8.) Pride (In The Name Of Love)
9.) The Unforgettable Fire
10.) Bad
11.) Where The Streets Have No Name
12.) I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Not Looking For
13.) With Or Without You
14.) Sweetest Thing (Re-recorded)
15.) Desire
16.) Angel Of Harlem
17.) All I Want Is You

The Best of 1990-2000

1.) Where Did It All Go Wrong (Re-recorded)
2.) The Fly
3.) Even Better Than The Real Thing
4.) Mysterious Ways
5.) One
6.) Until The End Of The World
7.) Numb
8.) Lemon
9.) Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
10.) Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
11.) Miss Sarajevo
12.) Discotheque
13.) Mofo
14.) Staring At The Sun
15.) Please
16.) The Ground Beneath Her Feet

The Best of 2000-2010

1.) Beautiful Day
2.) Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)
3.) Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
4.) Walk On
5.) Electrical Storm
6.) The Hands That Built America
7.) City Of Blinding Lights
8.) Vertigo
9.) Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
10.) Original Of The Species
11.) One (with Mary J. Blige)
12.) The Saints Are Coming (with Green Day)
13.) Window In The Skies
..........

 

[the tourist]

1980-1990

Pride
New Year's Day
With Or Without You
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Two Hearts Beat As One
Desire
I Will Follow
Where The Streets Have No Name
Heartland
Bad
October
The Unforgettable Fire
Running To Stand Still
Angel Of Harlem
All I Want Is You

B-Sides

Beautiful Ghost
Spanish Eyes
Luminous Times
Walk To The Water
Deep In The Heart
Love Comes Tumbling
The Three Sunrises
Hallelujah Here She Comes
A Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
The Sweetest Thing
Treasure
Party Girl
Endless Deep
Race Against Time
Dancing Barefoot
Everlasting Love

1990-2000

Zooropa
Mysterious Ways
Last Night On Earth
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Stay
One
Miss Sarajevo
Staring At The Sun
Gone
Until The End Of The World
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Lemon
Discotheque
Please
The Fly
Wake Up Dead Man

B-Sides

Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk
Lady With The Spinning Head (Extended)
Salome
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Holy Joe
I've Got You Under My Skin
Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
Your Blue Room
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Stateless
Night And Day
Satellite Of Love
I'm Not Your Baby
North And South Of The River
Can't Help Falling In Love

 

[Salome]

it would probably sort of look like the U2:18 album
since it is sort of the point of the album to reach as many as possible

I wouldn't include Elevation though, but Bad, The Fly or Lemon

 

[The Slow Loris]

The Best Of 1980-90

Exactly the same except I'd replace 'I Will Follow' with 'Out of Control', and 'When Loves Comes To Town' with 'Running To Stand Still'.


The Best Of 1990-2000

Replace 'Stuck' with 'Kite', and 'Discotheque' with 'Zooropa'. Oh, and get rid of the revisionism (remixes)...except for the 'Numb' remix....I actually like that one.


U218 Singles

1. Out of Control
2. Vertigo
3. Desire
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. New Year's Day
6. All I Want Is You
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Pride (In the Name of Love)
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. One
11. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
12. Angel of Harlem
13. Mysterious Ways
14. With or Without You
15. Sweetest Thing
16. Beautiful Day
17. The Saints Are Coming (new song)
18. Window in the Skies (new song)


Wow, take a look at that track order....sometimes I out do even myself!

 

[namkcuR]

Burning Desire: The Best Of U2 1980-1990

1.I Will Follow
2.11 O'Clock Tick Tock
3.New Year's Day
4.Gloria
5.Drowning Man
6.The Unforgettable Fire
7.All I Want Is You
8.Where The Streets Have No Name(Single)
9.Pride(In The Name Of Love)
10.Sunday Bloody Sunday
11.Bullet The Blue Sky
12.Desire
13.I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
14.Angel Of Harlem(Single)
15.Running To Stand Still
16.With Or Without You
17.Bad
18."40"

Dream Out Loud: The Best Of U2 1990-2000

1.Zooropa
2.Mysterious Ways
3.Staring At The Sun
4.Until The End Of The World
5.Numb
6.Lemon
7.Discotheque
8.Mofo
9.The Fly
10.Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
11.Even Better Than The Real Thing
12.Gone
13.Dirty Day(Bitter Kiss Mix)
14.Sweetest Thing(Single Mix)
15.Stay(Faraway, So Close)
16.Your Blue Room
17.Please(Single)
18.Ultraviolet(Light My Way)
19.One
20.Wake Up Dead Man
21.Love Is Blindness

Down Your Darkened Way: The Best Of U2 2000-2006

1.Love And Peace Or Else
2.New York
3.Elevation(Single/Tomb Raider Mix)
4.Vertigo
5.Electrical Storm(BBC Leak Version)
6.Fast Cars
7.Stuck In A Moment
8.Kite
9.Original Of The Species(Single)
10.Levitate
11.Beautiful Day
12.When I Look At The World
13.The Ground Beneath Her Feet
14.Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
15.Walk On(Hallelujah Mix)
16.Flower Child
17.Stateless