Editorial Reviews
The Best of 1980-1990
Music Review:
Music Review
Discover the Classics: Concert Favoirtes
Janácek:String Quartet No.2/Novák:String Quartet No.2
Folk Music from Georgia Today [Import]
Franz Ferdinand [Limited Edition] [Special Edition]
Germ Free Adolescents [Original recording remastered]
Greatest Holiday Classics [Import]
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One need hear only the first notes of this collection--the Edge's ringing guitar notes ushering in "Pride (In the Name of Love)"-to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world, the L.A. Olympics is the top sports story, and Ms. Pac-Man reigns at arcades. In rock & roll, there's U2 growing in stature with each new title. Even doubters of the Irish lads have to concede that together they formed the one '80s band with the skill and sense of scale to take over the airwaves and concert stages in a decade of diminished expectations. This 15-song '80s best-of assortment (stick around for the hidden track) spans the decade, reaching back to 1980's "I Will Follow," when Bono and company were peach-fuzzy and earnest as choirboys, and tracking their path through their most glaring misstep, 1988's overblown Rattle and Hum. --Steven Stolder --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
New Musical Express
Rolling merrily from 1980 to 1989, this particular Best Of ... is an unsurprisingly scattershot experience. People who once happily walked around in sleeveless denim jackets and pointy boots will no doubt be dismayed by the absence of embryonic treats such as "Fire," "Gloria" and "A Celebration."... --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.