Tracklist for a U2 Best Ever album

[WithOrWithoutYo]

I have just made a u2 best ever album ... here was my tracklist:

1) Where The Streets Have No Name
2) I Will Follow
3) God Pt.2
4) Stay
5) The Hands That Built America
6) Bad
7) Stuck In A Moment
8) One
9) Electrical Storm
10) New Years Day
11) Discotheque
12) 40
13) Numb
14) Pride
15) Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
16) Staring At The Sun
17) With Or Without You

The question I put to you is ... what would be on your list? Your allowed up to 20 tracks, but try and make it a little shorter. It was danm hard to do it, but i got there in the end.

Feel free to dismember my list, or praise it, whichever you feel is more appropriate.

 

[popacrobat]

1- Pride
2- Until the End of the World
3- Mysterious Ways
4- I Will Follow
5- Elevation
6- Staring at the Sun
7- Discotheque
8- Even Better Than The Real Thing
9- Sunday Bloody Sunday
10- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11- Exit
12- Bad
13- One
14- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
15- With or Without You
16- Please
17- Where The Streets Have No Name

 

[madonna's child]

These aren't really the "best ever" but they are some of my faves.

I Will Follow
Out of Control
Bad
A Sort of Homecoming
Pride
Streets
WOWY
ISHFWILF
Heartland
Mysterious Ways
One
The Fly
The First Time
Lemon
Mofo
Beautiful Day
Running to Stand Still

 

[~*Buffalo*~]

1. Staring at the Sun
2. Gloria
3. Angel of Harlem
4. One
5. The Sweetest Thing
6. Pride
7. Mysterious Ways
8. Walk On
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. All I Want is You
11. Please
12. With or Without You
13. Zooropa
14. Electrical Storm
15. I Still Haven't Found what I'm Looking For
16. Beautiful Day
17. The Unforgettable Fire
18. Numb
19. New Year's Day
20. October

 

[celia]

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Walk On
3. I Will Follow
4. The Fly
5. Staring At The Sun
6. With Or Without You
7. Bad
8. Beautiful Day
9. Discot?que
10. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
11. New Years Day
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Electrical Storm
14. Lemon
15. Sweetest Thing
16. Until The End Of The World
17. Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
18. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
19. October
20. All I Want Is You

That's hard...

 

[U2Soar]

A 1 CD of U2?s best. I think 17 tracks is a good number since that the number U2 used - 16 tracks on the first Best Of and 17 tracks on the second Best Of (including the bonus tracks for both). Also I think it?s a good idea to include at least 1 track from each of their 10 albums. I tried but it very difficult! I ended up with this.

TWO DECADES OF U2: A TWO CD COLLECTION

Out Of Control (Live) ? 4:25
11 O?clock Tick Tock (Live) ? 4:34
Sunday Bloody Sunday ? 4:40
Follow ? 3:36
Gloria ? 4:13
Still Haven?t Found ? 4:38
Bad (Live) ? 7:59
Please (Live) ? 7:11
Streets (Full Version) ? 5:37
Pride ? 3:48
New Year?s Day (Full Version) ? 4:55
Beautiful Day ? 4:05
WOWY ? 4:55
One - 4:35
Stay ? 4:58
All I Want Is You ? 6:31

80:40
seconds could be shaved from the end of All I Want Is You

Desire ? 2:59
The Fly ? 4:29
Hold Me Thrill Me?. ? 4:44
Until The End Of The World ? 4:38
The Unforgettable Fire ? 4:53
One Tree Hill ? 5:23
Heartland ? 5:02
Zooropa (Promo Edit) ? 4:42
Mofo ? 5:46
Lemon ? 6:56
Discotheque ? 4:40
Running To Stand Still ? 4:18
Stuck In A Moment (Acoustic) ? 3:42
Gone ? 4:32
Mysterious Ways (Live Dublin 1993) ? 6:16
Walk On (Single Version) ? 4:11
Scarlet - 2:53

80:04
seconds could be shaved from the end of Hold Me / Mofo / Lemon

13 new songs from the standard North American releases of the 2 Best Ofs
5 live versions
2 full versions
4 new versions of songs

 

[jick]

U2 Best Ever Album

1. where the streets have no name
2. i still haven't found what i'm looking for
3. with or without you
4. bullet the blue sky
5. running to stand still
6. red hill mining town
7. in god's country
8. trip through your wires
9. one tree hill
10. exit
11. mothers of the disappeared

 

[FelipeVox]

Very difficult!

1-One
2-Sunday Bloody Sunday
3-With Or Without You
4-I Still Haven?t Found What I?m Looking For
5-Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
6-Where The Streets Have No Name
7-Until The End Of The World
8-New Year?s Day
9-The Hands That Built America
10-Walk On
11-Pride (In The Name Of Love)
12-Bullet The Blue Sky
13-Who?s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
14-Please
15-Desire
16-I Will Follow
17-Running To Stand Stil

 

[Jack In The Box]

chronological order

CD 1

1. 11 o' Clock tick tock
2. I Will Follow
3. Fire
4. Rejoice
5. Tomorrow
6. Endless Deep
7. Sunday Bloody Sunday
8. New Year's Day
9. Two Hearts Beat As One
10. Pride
11. Bad
12. Wire
13. Where The Streets Have No Name
14. Exit
15. Deep In The Heart
16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
17. Desire
18. Heartland
19. God Part II
Bonus: Things To Make And Do

CD2

1. The Fly
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. Acrobat
4. Mysterious Ways
5. One
6. Lady With The Spinning Head
7. Lemon
8. Numb
9. Stay
10. Miss Sarajevo
11. Staring At The Sun
12. Gone
13. Mofo
14. Beautiful Day
15. Walk On
16. Kite
17. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
18. The Hands That Built America
Bonus: Slug

 

[david]

1:. I Will Follow
2:. Gloria
3:. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4:. Pride (In The Name of Love)
5:. With Or Without You
6:. Desire
7:. Mysterious Ways
8:. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
9:. Discotheque
10:. Kite

 

[JOFO]

1. where the streets have no name
2. I will follow
3. pride
4. sunday bloody sunday
5. one
6. walk on
7. all I want is you
8. gone
9. beutiful day
10. bad
11. I still haven't found
12. desire
13. stay
14. until the end of the world
15. a sort of homcoming
16. the fly
17. lemon
18. mysterious ways
19. please
20. 40

thats a heavy bunch o' tunes

 

[DaveC]

Hmm...do we want a Best Ever that's going to sell to a mass market, or our personal favorites?

 

[Nate Dogg]

1.I Will Follow
2.Out Of Control
3.New Year's Day
4.Sunday Bloody Sunday(live,UABRS)
5.Pride
6.Bad(live,Wide Awake In America)
7.Where The Streets Have No Name
8.Still Haven't Found...
9.With Or Without You
10.In God's Country
11.All I Want Is You
12.One
13.Until The End Of The World
14.Ultraviolet
15.Stay(soundtrack version)
16.Gone
17.Please
18.Beautiful Day
19.Walk On
20.Electrical Storm


for today, anyways...

 

[SamanthaPuff]

I Will Follow
Gloria
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Year's Day
A Sort Of Homecoming
The Unforgettable Fire
Pride
Streets
WOWY
RTSS
One
EBTTRT
UTEOTW
Mysterious Ways
Who's Gonna Ride
Ultraviolet
Stay
Gone
Beautiful Day
Walk On

They don't have to be singles to they?

 

[U2Fan101]

1. Elevation
2. Until the End of the World
3. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
4. Gone
5. The Fly
6. New Year's Day
7. Another Time, Another Place
8. Out of Control
9. Acrobat
10. God Part II
11. October
12. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
13. Bad
14. Running To Stand Still
15. Please
16. Where The Streets Have No Name
17. UltraViolet (Light My Way)
18. Love Is Blindness
19. 40 (Live Version(Hidden Track))

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

where the streets have no name
i will follow
beautiful day
running to stand still
stay
bad
until the end of the world
discoteque
mofo
please
the wanderer
trying to throw your arms around the world
slug
your blue room
all i want is you

 

[U2Soar]

Picking personal favourites would completely change my collection track list. Great pick of Slug - Red Ships! It would be on mine. Would do you think of Love Comes Tumbling being the 80s version of Slug?

 

[A Maaaaaaan]

1. Beautiful day
2. Until the end of the world
3. Stuck
4. Gone
5. MoFo
6. I will follow
7. Stay
8. Bad
9. Where the streets have no name
10. Pride
11. With or without you
12. I still haven`t found ...
13. Sunday bloody sunday
14. Please
15. One
16. Walk on
17. Wake up dead man
18. 40

 

[Red Ships of Scalla-Festa]

Picking personal favourites would completely change my collection track list. Great pick of Slug - Red Ships! It would be on mine. Would do you think of Love Comes Tumbling being the 80s version of Slug?

that could very well be, but i havent heard that song in ages.

 

[Mister]

1. One
2. Lemon
3. The Hands That build America
4. Electrical Storm
5. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
6. Out of Control
7. With Or Without You
8. Red Hill Mining Town
9. Where the Streets Have No Name
10.Stateless
11.Exit
12.One Tree Hill
13.Bullet the Blue Sky
14. Running to Stand Still
15. Please (album version!)
16. Gone (album version!)
17. the Unforgetable Fire
18. Lady With The Spinning Head
19. Your Blue Room
20. New Years Day

 

[Strato Edge]

Where The Streets Have No Name
An Cat's Dubh/Into the Heart
Out of Control
Beautiful Day
Do You Feel Loved?
One
Stay
Red Hill Mining Town
Bad
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Like A Song...
Gloria
I Will Follow
Walk On
"'40'"

 

[bono_man2002]

Where The Streets Have No Name
The Fly
I Will Follow
11 0'Clock Tick Tock
Sunday Bloody Sunday
New Years Day
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Beautiful Day
Kite
Stay (Faraway So Close!)
Exit
Gone
Out Of Control
One
Bullet The Blue Sky
With Or Without You
Walk On
"40"

 

[SkeeK]

I was very proud of the "Best Of" I finally managed to make.. it's personal favourites though..

1. Please (single version)
2. Wake Up Dead Man
3. Walk To The Water
4. In A Little While
5. Stay (live from Toronto)
6. So Cruel
7. Mysterious Ways
8. One Tree Hill
9. Bad (Zoo Europa)
10. Bullet the Blue Sky (Zoo Europa)
11. Running to Stand Still (Zoo Europa)
12. Where the Streets Have No Name (Zoo Europa)
13. Ultraviolet
14. With or Without You (Rattle n' Hum)
15. One (Warchild Concert)

Then I figured I'd make a 2nd CD... I was really proud of it because as well as having my next favourite U2 songs on it, it flowed really well and if you pay attention generally to the subject matter of the songs sort of tells a story that thematically goes along with what seems to often be the spirit of U2's music (not hard, since it is U2's music!!) it went like this:
1. Zooropa
2. Mofo (MTV Europe Awards)
3. Gone (Boston DVD)
4. Miss Sarajevo
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Love Comes Tumbling
7. All I Want Is You (live Dublin 1989)
8. Night and Day
9. Lemon
10. Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Rattle and Hum)
12. Love is Blindness (live from Stay single)
13. A Sort of Homecoming
14. Walk On (Boston DVD)
15. [hidden] Promenade

Both these CDs were about as full as they could be.

I might make another at some point.. it will probably include:
-Until The End of the World
-Kite
-The Fly
-Dirty Day
-New years Day
-Lady With The Spinning Head
-The Ground Beneath Her Feet
-Staring At The Sun
-North and South of the River (Omagh tribute version)
-Heartland
-11 O'Clock Tick Tock

and I'm not sure what else

 

[Axver]

Alright, my Best Of for today would go something like ...

1. Gloria
2. The Electric Co. (UABRS CD version)
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. New Years Day
5. 11 O'clock Tick Tock (UABRS video version)
6. With Or Without You
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Bullet The Blue Sky (Rattle And Hum version)
9. Exit (Rattle And Hum video version)
10. Heartland
11. The Fly
12. Mysterious Ways
13. Love Is Blindness
14. Zooropa
15. Some Days Are Better Than Others
16. Last Night On Earth
17. Gone (preferably the Best Of 1990-2000 New Mix)
18. If God Will Send His Angels OR Please
19. Beautiful Day
20. Walk On
21. Bad
22. A Sort Of Homecoming
23. 40

Alright, I went too far, but I simply couldn't cut some stuff. And I've omitted some truly great stuff that I really want to add, like Stories For Boys, Surrender, Pride (In The Name Of Love), and One. Geez, if I were doing a U2 Best Of, it would run to about 4 CDs at best!

By the way, that above list isn't in the order I'd actually put them on a CD. It's pretty much in chronological order, because I was running the CDs through my mind as I made the list. Heh, tomorrow if I were to make another list it'd be quite different!

 

[WithOrWithoutYo]

See! How good of me to start this thread eh? Now you all have your own personal "Best Of U2 Ever" CD's!

I chose mine as a mix of favourites and Smash Hits ... and it worked pretty well ... although I'm sick of it already, I've listened to it about 5 times a day since I started this htread a week ago.

 

[Jarvio]

1 where the streets have no name
2 beautiful day
3 one
4 new years day
5 stuck in a moment you can't get out of
6 the unforgettable fire
7 hold me. thrill me, kiss me, kill me
8 who's gonna ride your wild horses
9 if god will send his angels
10 kite
11 sunday bloody sunday
12 red hill mining town
13 when i look at the world
14 lemon
15 in god's country
16 ultra violet (light my way)
17 angel of harlem
18 staring at the sun
19 walk on
20 all i want is you

bonus track - the fly

 

[U2Kitten]

1. I Will Follow
2. Out of Control
3. Gloria
4. SBS
5. NYD
6. Seconds
7. Pride in the name of Love
8. The Unforgettable Fire
9. A Sort of Homecoming
10. With or Without You
11. WTSHNN
12. Red Hill Mining Town
13. In God's Country
14. Heartland
15. One
16. UTEOTW
17. Acrobat
18. Stay
19. Beautiful Day
20. Electrical Storm

This was so hard. I have to make an honorable mention B sides:

Stories for Boys
Fire
Party Girl
The Three Sunrises
Indian Summer Sky
Bad
RTSS
ISHFWILF
Angel of Harlem
Desire
Ultraviolet
Love is Blindness
Zoo Station
HMTMKMKM
SATS
Kite
Walk On
Hands that Built America