14 of their finest from this decade in notes and tab: All I Want Is You * Angel of Harlem * Bad * Desire * I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For * I Will Follow * New Year's Day * Pride (In the Name of Love) * Sunday Bloody Sunday * Sweetest Thing * Unforgettable Fire * When Love Comes to Town * Where the Streets Have No Name * With or Without You. Includes photos of the band.
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Two versions, be careful what you buy!,
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This review is from: The Best of U2 - 1980-1990 (Paperback)
As with the companion tab book, 'The Best of 1990-2000' (ISBN: 0634086391) this book contains some of the very best U2 songs for Guitar players to feast upon. The 80's was arguably when U2 really broke ground in terms of defining their sound with War and the Joshua Tree, and again in 1991 with Achtung Baby (songs from which are not in this volume, but the companion).
One must be careful, however, to purchase the right version of the book as Amazon does not really make a clear distinction between the Piano/Vocal/Guitar version (ISBN: 0634086375 - only has VERY limited guitar tab, essentially chords really, therefore is of not much use to the serious player) and the Guitar-only version (ISBN: 0711973091), which has comprehensive tab to nail these songs. You'll find all of the notable classics like 'With or Without You', 'Where the streets have no name', 'I will follow', 'Pride', 'The unforgettable fire', 'All I want is you' and so on all accurately tabbed in this volume, and before you know it you will be rattling off the riff for Pride and think you will be a guest on tour with the boys from Dublin. Grab this and the Best of 1990-2000 book (ISBN: 0634086391, Guitar-only version) and you will have a collection of some of the most seminal songs of the mid eighties and nineties. Trust me, they work a treat if you have a gig/party at a mate's place...the crowd will love them, and they are a pleasure to play. Do yourself a favor, and don't bother with half of the tabs on the Internet for U2 songs. Most are wrong or incomplete, and since this tab book is $15 (a little more for me since I'm an Aussie, but still very cheap) you will have all you need and no need to bother with renditions by 14 year olds that think they are Eddie Van Halen or The Edge. One last thing: there is no indication of what effects you need to use to get the 'sound' of the Edge. I can tell you that it is primarily a Delay effect, but some excellent Internet 'Edge-wannabe' resources (try Google) will tell you the specifics for each song. U2 Purists looking for 'An Cat Dubh', 'The Electric Co.' (which is great) and some of their other REALLY early stuff ought to look elsewhere too, as this is simply a collection of their (many) hits of the 80's and nothing too left-of-field.
3.0 out of 5 stars
May be nice for other instruments but not for the guitarist,
By Marty Mcfly (Hill Valley) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Best of U2 - 1980-1990 (Paperback)
This really has the best of U2 but it's not the best when it comes to the tablature. Sure the songs sound the same but I've personally found that they don't match. I've seen videos and watched Edge's finger placement and it was completely different than some of these tabs. If you're looking to play what the Edge plays.. look elsewhere..
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Solid, sheet music,
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This review is from: The Best of U2 - 1980-1990 (Paperback)
I am a humble basement player who plays for myself and two kids, so I'm no professional although I have been playing for 10 years and know my way around "campfirey" sheet music. This book is good for the amateur -- songs both easy and difficult. As someone who usually rips TAB from various internet sources, this book was not beyond my musical reading ability. Clear chord changes and tabbed notes that didn't require a magnifying glass to read. Sometimes there are cheat chord diagrams before each song, and sometimes there are not. You can figure out fingerings from the tabbed music tough.
I don't expect I'll ever nail these songs in a note-for-note fashion; but for basic strumming I've got "All I Want Is You" and "Desire" already down. Better musicians will get more out of this book. It is not an Easy Chord format. My grade is more reflective of my ability to use this book than it's value to someone else. I
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