U2 - The Best of 1980–1990 (1998)

U2 - The Best of 1980–1990 (1998)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Disc one

1. "Pride (In the Name of Love)"   3:48

2. "New Year's Day" (Japanese single version)   4:17

3. "With or Without You"   4:55

4. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"   4:38

5. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"   4:40

6. "Bad" (Edited version)   5:50

7. "Where the Streets Have No Name" (Edited version)   4:35

8. "I Will Follow"   3:36

9. "The Unforgettable Fire"   4:53

10. "Sweetest Thing" (Single mix)   3:00

11. "Desire"   2:59

12. "When Love Comes to Town"   4:17

13. "Angel of Harlem"   3:49

14. "All I Want Is You" /

"October" (Hidden track)   6:30 / 2:21

Total length:   65:35

Japan bonus track

15. "One Tree Hill" /

"October" (Hidden track)   5:24 / 2:21

Total length:   69:32

Disc two (Limited Edition B-Sides)

1. "The Three Sunrises"   3:52

2. "Spanish Eyes"   3:14

3. "Sweetest Thing"   3:03

4. "Love Comes Tumbling"   4:40

5. "Bass Trap" (Best Of edit)   3:31

6. "Dancing Barefoot" (extended version; Patti Smith, Ivan Kral)   4:45

7. "Everlasting Love"   3:20

8. "Unchained Melody"   4:52

9. "Walk to the Water"   4:49

10. "Luminous Times (Hold on to Love)"   4:35

11. "Hallelujah Here She Comes"   4:00

12. "Silver and Gold"   4:37

13. "Endless Deep"   2:57

14. "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel"   4:32

15. "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl"   2:33

Total length:   59:53

Note: The version of "Bass Trap" found on this compilation is a shortened edit from the original 5:14 version found on "The Unforgettable Fire" 12" single EP from 1985. Same goes for the version of "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel", which is an edit from the original version (5:29) on the "Angel of Harlem" single from 1989.

U2 Band Members / Musicians

Bono – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica

The Edge – guitar, keyboards, vocals

Adam Clayton – bass guitar

Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion

The Best of 1980–1990 is the first greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released in November 1998. It mostly contains the group's hit singles from the 1980s, but also mixes in some live staples, as well as one new recording, "Sweetest Thing". In April 1999, a companion video (featuring music videos and live footage) was released. The album was followed by another compilation, The Best of 1990–2000, in 2002.

A limited edition version of the album that included a second disc of B-sides was released a week earlier than the standard 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 stores. While this edict never materialized, it did result in the two-disc version being in very high demand. Both versions charted in the Billboard 200, with the two-disc version debuting at number two and setting a new first-week sales record in the United States for a greatest hits album by a group, with 237,500 copies sold.

The boy on the album's cover is Peter Rowen, brother of Bono's friend Guggi (real name Derek Rowen) of the Virgin Prunes. Peter also appears on the covers of U2's early EP Three, two of their first three albums (Boy and War), and Early Demos.