| The Best of 1990–2000 |
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 | | Greatest hits by U2 |
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| Released | 12 November 2002 |
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| Recorded | 1990–2002 |
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| Genre | Rock |
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| Length | 72:46 |
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| Label | Island (UK) Interscope (U.S.) |
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| Professional reviews |
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- All Music Guide
link - Pitchfork Media (5.6/10) link
- Rolling Stone
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| | U2 chronology |
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7 (2002) | The Best of 1990–2000 (2002) | Exclusive (2003) |
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The Best of 1990–2000 is the second greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2002. Among the 16 tracks are four remixed or re-recorded tracks and two entirely new songs. In December of the same year, a companion DVD (featuring music videos and live footage) was released. A limited edition version containing a special B-sides disc and a bonus DVD was released on the same date as the single-disc version. At the time of release, the official word was that the two-disc album would be available the first week the album went on sale, then pulled from the stores. As with The Best of 1980–1990, this threat did not materialize. It includes two new songs. "Electrical Storm" was released as a single. "The Hands That Built America" appeared on the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York film (with a different, more traditional arrangement than the one here). For some reason, despite the title of the album, these two tracks fall outside the dates specified ("'Electrical Storm" did not exist in any form until 2002). It is also the first full U2 release to include "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", a 1995 single originally contributed to the Batman Forever soundtrack, and "Miss Sarajevo", another 1995 single originally released on Original Soundtracks No. 1 and credited to "Passengers," a pseudonym used for the side project by U2, Brian Eno, and various guests. The DVD edition is remarkably extensive and often includes multiple videos of each song, director's commentary, several songs completely unavailable on the CD editions, and three short documentary pieces.
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