U2

This compilation is a rarity because, although it contains a series of great songs, it doesn't work very well. U2 make albums, as opposed to singles. That said, this is a good introduction to the band if you're just now discovering them.

Hit hooks that live off the guitarist's mysterioso lyricism, B sides that fall back on the singer's humanist egotism ("I Will Follow," "Pride [In the Name of Love]") (Grade - *)