The Best of 1980-1990 by U2

Pros: Fifteen words is just not enough.
Cons: Should've left in the album version of "New Year's Day".

You don't need this album. If you're a music fan, it's likely that you have several U2 albums in your personal catalog. I own most (not all) U2 albums (never bought “Boy” or “October”, and my copies of “Zooropa” and ...

Pros: Nice collection of some of the best of U2's 80s work.
Cons: Eh. Not for die-hard fans who already have all these songs.

U2 was that band who always said they'd never release a "best of" or "greatest hits." Well, obviously, they lied.

That's okay, though. This collection and The Best of 1990-2000 are both more than solid...

Pros: Every song except...
Cons: The Sweetest Thing

I am a big U2 fan, and I had to have all of these songs on one convenient disc that I could take in my car without having to swap out for my favorite songs on all six albums from this era. Here is a track by track analysis for all 14+1 (October is ...

Pros: Good refresher for fans, good for anyone wanting a collection of winners.
Cons: There's so much good material, it's a shame it had to be narrowed down

What else can really be said about such an amazing band? No matter what you think of U2 or its seemingly pretentious singer, there's no denying the masterful knack the band has to touch the soul. And has been for over two decades now. For all we know,...

Pros: Some fine rock songs.
Cons: Could be considered a little samey in paces. Bono's voice.

Few rock bands have divided critical and popular opinion as much during the course of their careers as U2 have done. Some see them as one of the most important, influential and gifted bands of the last twenty-five years if not of all time. Others see...

Pros: An Essential Album, contains all the memorable U2 hits
Cons: Only a couple not-so-memorable hits towards the end of the CD (if you are not very familiar with 80s music)

Highly satisfying, whether you are a novice pop fan, or a hardcore U2 fan. Personally, I never went out for U2 albums, although I do have their recent album, Pop (with Staring at the Sun).
This album obviously features the best of U2 from 1980 to...

Pros: The best of the best U2
Cons: You'll listen to it so much that you never want to hear it again

I have listened to this album to the point where I have wanted to vomit at the idea of putting it back in the CD player. IT IS SOOOOO GOOD, but you can't stop listening to it. It's like chocolate! This album compiles all of U2's best stuff including:...

Pros: Great variation, wonderful music
Cons: You can only get the B Sides at certain locations.

This is a great cd to start out any U2 collection. I bought the album for it's single "Sweetest Thing" but quickly became attached to the rest of the songs. The next thing I new I had 6 U2 CD's and am now totally obsessed with this wonderfully...

Pros: The remixed version of "The Sweetest Thing". All the big hits are included in this one. Great for the beginner U2 fan and a wonderful addition to an accomplished U2 fan's collection.
Cons: Fans who have all U2's albums will already have all these songs except "The Sweetest Thing" remix.

U2's The Best Of 1980 - 1990 is one of the greatest and most comprehensive best of albums to date. It is, like most best of albums, a collection of all the big hits that U2 has had over the first ten years of their career. It flows mostly in a...

Pros: Lots of great, timeless music from a great, timeless band.
Cons: A few songs are missing, and a few more on the CD wouldn't have hurt.

I bought The Best of 1980-1990 right when it came out, and I was very glad to, as at the time, U2 hadn't released a compilation and I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy four or five albums to get all the songs I liked by them. First of all, a ...

Pros: a great collection of great songs by a great band
Cons: No Bullet the Blue Sky

Most bands if they are at all successful for 3 or 4 albums eventually release a "greatest hits" set. Some of those same bands take all the b-sides and rarities and release a cd of those. U2 decided to do something a bit different. They...

Pros: "With or Without You"; one great song after another
Cons: It ends

There are a few albums in my collection where I rarely get beyond a certain number of tracks because of a personal favorite, or deeply inspirational, or just darn good track - U2's Best of 80-90 is one of those.

However, while I rarely make...

Pros: Get all of the best U2 music videos in one place
Cons: Production could have been a little more professional

For a U2 fan/collector - it was important to have this video just to complete my video collection. What it contains is simply a set of videos of songs on the Best Of album. In between each video there is a short still telling you what the song is, who...

Pros: This album has no omissions and is a great introduction to musical style
Cons: A few questionable "hits"

"Where The Streets Have No Name." "Pride (In The Name of Love)." "I Will Follow." "Sunday Bloody Sunday." All of these are unquestionably some of the best songs of the 1980s. U2 has done groundbreaking work while releasing strong album after strong...

Pros: A decade's worth of some of the best music around
Cons: It doesn't include the 90's Achtung, Baby

I'm going to go with the cliched but timely premise of being stranded on a desert island. In that situation, separated from any form of music other than any that I myself could make (which would probably be scary), narrowing the wide field of CDs down to...