Just a quick note for the Oasis point brought up by Habib. Oasis did put up a poll online for the best of but then Noel Gallagher went ahead and picked the songs that he liked and ignored what the fans picked. Talk Tonight, Half the World Away are on there and nothing from Be Here Now and 1 song from Heathen Chemistry (songbird?) The track listing and sequence for that best of disc is HORRIBLE.
Also, what u2 are doing with this best of is exactly what Depeche mode are doing with there disc - double dipping. They are trying to extract every penny from their fans for something that is unnecessary and usless. I long for the days when U2 could enter the studio and put out a quality release in a short period of time (ala Zooropa or Passengers). I don't understand bands that take 2 years in the studio to record 10 songs.
2006 will go down as U2's worst year. U2 released a bad dvd (Chicago), crappy best of (unneccessary), crappy cover song (saints), postponed tour and pointless book (photos were nice but the info provided by the band is nothing new and offered little additional insight).
U2 are quickly losing their integrity. Thank god for the Sydney dvd - the only release worth buying this year