If, then this version!

U2 from its beginnings until the big break in style: With this best of the first decade of the Irish band to Bono and The Edge is illuminated. Especially up to and including the "The Unforgettagble Fire" plate you could feel the Irish Catholic background, could feel in the songs sometimes moody landscape and mood.

The best bits? Perhaps because sellers were especially at the beginning of the career (LPs "Boy", "October" and "War") is not - at least not outside Ireland. The "Unforgettable Fire" the breakthrough, with the "Joshua Tree" the absolute success came - with the "Rattle and Hum" the megalomania and the burglary. The first CD offers consistently great Irish rock. After that - for me personally - the air out. U2 were about to ambitious art product.

But if you already At length, the CD, but then please this double CD version: Because on CD 2 can be found here many B-sides of singles from the 1980s, which is also called as a U2 fan not necessarily all have at home. Sure, the quality is not quite as high as on the first CD, but with songs like "The Three sunrises", "Walk to the water" or "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" there is to discover some really good songs , The cover versions "Everlasting Love" and especially "Dancing Barefoot" are mediocre - in both the original better.

Too bad the U2 - or rather the record company - this version has quite quickly replaced by a single CD, but what you have to almost understand, because the hit-buyers were not willing to get involved for a lot of money on B-sides.