U2 - The Best of 1980–1990

Greatest Hits collections are basically a sampler of a band’s catalogue.  More snobby music fans think of them as “not proper albums”.  But actually, for most people, they don’t want to hear obscure album tracks. They want hit after hit.  This collection does exactly what you’d expect.  I would argue that it has pretty much every song that you’d want to hear from U2.  Yes, the die-hard fan (guilty, your honour), can point out what is missing.  But that would be churlish.  (although the absence of Gloria from this compilation rankles …)