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| Date Reviewed: 10/16/2000 |
- Lorin R.
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Summary: 2000-10-16 00:00:00 To me, U2 represents what a great band should be. Not only do they write incredibly good songs, but they also deal with the issues that are important to them. Too often bands care so much about their image that they lose touch with the important matters surrounding them. U2 has not forgotten their heritage, not to mention all the great bands that influenced them, and it shows in all of their great music.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/22/2001 |
- Wiggum
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 If you have most of the great U2 CDs from the 80s ... Strengths: NA
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Summary: 2001-03-22 00:00:00 If you have most of the great U2 CDs from the 80s (Unforgettable Fire, War, Joshua Tree), don’t waste your money on this CD (either the single CD with the “Greatest Hits” or the double CD that also has the B-sides). If you have the three U2 albums listed above, you already have the Greatest Hits, and the B-sides aren’t worth the $15 or so. I like U2 a lot, but I never find myself listening to anything on this “Best of” CD anymore.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/12/2008 |
- Dishwallafied
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Summary: 2008-04-12 11:38:00 It's the best of U2. Enough said. It's a great album. Too bad it was stolen from me, along with most of my other CDs.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/16/2006 |
- disgust4PCness
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I do think U2 is overrated, particularly when comp ...
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Summary: 2006-11-16 07:28:00 I do think U2 is overrated, particularly when compared to others from the same period...someone mentioned Echo and the Bunnymen...or perhaps The Smiths, etc. However, I will take their 80's stuff ANYDAY over the drivel they put out in the 90's. At least they were raw and sounded passionate in the 80's...once the 90's hit, they sounded bored with their own music. In recent years, they have released some decent stuff, but the 90's for U2 was pathetic. Sure, maybe they collected a lot of awards, but if I only knew of 90's U2 stuff, I never would have listened to them.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/16/2006 |
- Limpin' Trenchfoot
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 While I quite like some of U2's 1990 -2000 stuff, ... Strengths: NA
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Summary: 2006-11-16 07:00:00 While I quite like some of U2's 1990 -2000 stuff, the same cant be said of this period. Words that come to mind that describe U2's 1980 -1990 output include pretentious, pompous, po-faced, humourless, anthemic (a bad word in my books), bombastic, Christian (no apologies here as I abhor all organised religion)and unfortunately successful. At least other critically overrated yet sh*te bands of this era like Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division etc never made it beyond cult status
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| Date Reviewed: 12/08/2003 |
- angelabichel
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Summary: 2003-12-08 00:00:00 Bloody good!! So what happened?
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| Date Reviewed: 06/09/2003 |
- sktmps
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Summary: 2003-06-09 00:00:00 better than the next batch
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| Date Reviewed: 04/29/2003 |
- slayguy20032002
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Summary: 2003-04-29 00:00:00 As brilliant a best of album as you`ll ever hear.The best songs on it,for me anyway,are:" PRIDE(IN THE NAME OF LOVE)" " WITH OR WITHOUT YOU " " SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY " and the beautiful " ALL I WANT IS YOU "In short- i love this album!
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| Date Reviewed: 04/29/2003 |
- smgellarfan2003
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Summary: 2003-04-29 00:00:00 As brilliant a best of album as you`ll ever hear.The best songs on it,for me anyway,are:" PRIDE(IN THE NAME OF LOVE)" " WITH OR WITHOUT YOU " " SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY " and the beautiful " ALL I WANT IS YOU "In short- i love this album!
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| Date Reviewed: 11/23/2002 |
- U2fan31483
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Summary: 2002-11-23 00:00:00 Great collection of songs from the most popular band of the eighties. The Limited Edition 2CD set gives an added bonus of some great B-Sides that were hard to come by before this. You can hear Bono's vocals and Edge's guitar mature from the older tracks like I Will Follow to later tracks like Where The Streets Have No Name. A must have for anyone that appreciates U2 or just likes Best Of or Greatest Hits compilations.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/08/2001 |
- Filmgirl
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Summary: 2001-07-08 00:00:00 So great to finally get "The Three Sunrises" and "Love Comes Tumbling" on something other than the beat up old 12" single that I have been toting around all these years. When many of these songs were first released I was in highschool and my friends and I used to climb up in the hills around the town where we lived with our boom box and we would look down at the city below and blast U2(long before it was cool to do so). I tell you, some summer nights right at sunset with "Three Sunrises" playing I can remember feeling alive and young and the world seemed full of endless possibilities. Hearing these old songs again brings back those feelings and I tell you friends, there's nothing better than that.
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| Date Reviewed: 05/28/2001 |
- Roblark
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The three most overrated bands in music today are ...
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Summary: 2001-05-28 00:00:00 The three most overrated bands in music today are Limp Bizkit,Aerosmith, and these guys. Pass!
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| Date Reviewed: 05/23/2001 |
- The Minx
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Summary: 2001-05-23 00:00:00 This album shows all sides to their music.It deals with issues that are important to them. They also write their own music and what they write is fantastic, and it means something. U2 are probably one of the best bands ever.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/02/2001 |
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Summary: 2001-02-02 00:00:00 U2 is one of the most solid, talented, long lasting bands around at the moment. They've covered political issues (Sunday Bloody Sunday) and mesmerising hits like 'With Or Without You' and 'Beautiful Day'. This band, like David Bowie have learnt how to successfully adapt to the times and manage it wonderfully.I doubt if there is one person in the Western hemisphere who doesn't know any of their songs. That shows brilliance.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/02/2001 |
- Teaseress
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Summary: 2001-02-02 00:00:00 U2 is one of the most solid, talented, long lasting bands around at the moment. They've covered political issues (Sunday Bloody Sunday) and mesmerising hits like 'With Or Without You' and 'Beautiful Day'. This band, like David Bowie have learnt how to successfully adapt to the times and manage it wonderfully. I doubt if there is one person in the Western hemisphere who doesn't know any of their songs. That shows brilliance.
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