Tracks
Side A
- 11991Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 29 of 1992, 8 weeks in the chartEven Better Than The Real Thing3:41E major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 51 of 1991, 7 weeks in the chartMysterious Ways4:04D♯ minor
- 32000Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 43 of 2000, 17 weeks in the chartBeautiful Day4:08A major
- 42002Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 44 of 2002, 8 weeks in the chartElectrical Storm4:37C♯ minor
Side B
- 11991Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 13 of 1992, 6 weeks in the chartOne4:36C major
- 21995Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 2 of 1996, 14 weeks in the chartMiss SarajevoPassengers, Luciano Pavarotti5:40D♯ major
- 31993Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 52 of 1993, 8 weeks in the chartStay (Faraway, So Close!)4:58D♯ minor
- 42000Dutch Top 40: peak position 7 in week 6 of 2001, 10 weeks in the chartStuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of4:33E major
Side C
- 12002Gone4:33G♯ minor
- 21991Until The End Of The World4:38E major
- 32002The Hands That Built America4:57E major
- 41997Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 8 of 1997, 4 weeks in the chartDiscotheque5:19B major
Side D
- 11995Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 27 of 1995, 8 weeks in the chartHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me4:45A♯ minor
- 21997Dutch Top 40: peak position 22 in week 19 of 1997, 3 weeks in the chartStaring At The Sun4:37A major
- 31993Numb4:19G major
- 41993The First Time3:46G♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides
The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 132 bpm.
Quietest track: The First Time · most energetic: Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Across 16 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All six members of U2 over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Bono
The Edge
Adam Clayton
Larry Mullen, Jr.
Dik EvansMember of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides by U2 released?
The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides came out in 2002.
How many tracks are on The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides?
The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides has 16 tracks, 74 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides made the Dutch Top 40?
Eleven tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Even Better Than The Real Thing, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day, Electrical Storm, One, Miss Sarajevo and five others. The highest was Beautiful Day, at number 1 in week 43 of 2000.
Which category is The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides in?
The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by U2.
Which other albums by U2 are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by U2: The Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), Pop (1997) and The Best of 1980 - 1990 (1998).
Who was in U2 when The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides came out?
In 1991–2002, U2 consisted of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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