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The Best of 1990–2000 is the second greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2.It was released on 5 November 2002 through Island Records and Interscope Records.The follow-up to The Best of 1980–1990 (1998), it was issued as both a single-disc CD compilation and as a multi-disc compilation called The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides, which included a second disc of 14 B-sides released between ...
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023.
The Best of 1980–1990 is the first greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released on 2 November 1998.It mostly contains the group's hit singles from the 1980s, but also mixes in some live staples, as well as a re-recording of the 1987 B-side "Sweetest Thing".
The group's fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international superstars and was a critical and commercial success, reaching number one in over 20 countries; it is one of the best-selling albums in the US (10 million copies shipped) and worldwide (25 million copies sold).
The reason for selecting “Rattle and Hum” songs on opening night might have been down to that album’s producer, Jimmy Iovine, being in the audience, Bono noted, alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
In 2023, U2 released Songs of Surrender, an album of re-recorded songs, and began the U2:UV Achtung Baby Live concert residency to inaugurate Sphere in the Las Vegas Valley. U2 have released 15 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. [1]
In 2019, Rolling Stone ranked the song number seven on their list of the 50 greatest U2 songs, [50] and in 2020, The Guardian ranked the song number four on their list of the 40 greatest U2 songs. [51] U2 included the song on their compilation albums The Best of 1980–1990 (1998) and U218 Singles (2006) and reworked and re-recorded it for ...
Rattle and Hum is a hybrid live/studio album by Irish rock band U2, and a companion rockumentary film directed by Phil Joanou.The album was produced by Jimmy Iovine and was released on 10 October 1988, while the film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was released on 27 October 1988.