Sweetest Thing [Single, Import]

U2 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B00000GAKV
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,209 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweetest Thing [The Single Mix]

2. Twilight [Live at Red Rocks]

3. An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart [Live]

Editorial Reviews

The 'new' song on their greatest hits collection, a reworkedversion of this B-side from the single for the hit 'WhereThe Streets Have No Name'. Pt.1 is backed with previouslyunreleased live versions from Red Rocks in 1983 of two cutsfrom their debut album 'Boy', 'Twilight' and 'An Cat Dubh'(including 'Into The Heart'). Slimline jewelcase. 1998Island Records release.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for fans of 'Under a Blood Red Sky', October 23, 2000

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S. Baker "sdbaker70" (Phoenix, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweetest Thing (Audio CD)

If all you want is "Sweetest Thing," then at this price, you might as well buy the whole 'Best of 1980-1990' compilation. (The version here is no different.) But for those who are serious fans of the live 'Under a Blood Red Sky' (1983), there are two additional Red Rocks performances not originally included on that record - "Twilight" and "An Cat Dubh".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Sweetest Thing" - the sweetest thing they ever recorded!, April 22, 2003

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Steven A. Cronen "Waterface" (Boise, ID, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweetest Thing (Audio CD)

I've been a long-time "semi"-fan of U2 for as long as I can remember. I never really put much real thought into their music until a year or so ago. While I am sure the live tracks on here are great (I enjoy the Boy versions), I must voice my opinion on "The Sweetest Thing." I first saw the video for this song way back in the day, when MTV was actually still playing good stuff. I was enthralled - here was Bono... on a bus... with flowers... singing this pretty little song! Absolutely brilliant!

When I finally picked up this "single mix" on the 1980-1990 best of set, I was amazed. Here was a band that had, so far, built their eputation as this big, pompous band with "something to say." And they did a good job at that. But what I heard in this track was a group finally stepping back from this legacy they'd built up over the last 9 or 10 years, and putting out one of the prettiest and most emotionally pleasing tracks of their collective career. Bono's lyrics are sweeter than sweet, even if they do illustrate a love gone wrong. "Baby's got blue skies up ahead, but in this, I'm a raincloud/Ours is a stormy kind of love." The vocals are incredible. Edge's guitar is nothing short of perfect - every lick he throws in is tasteful and flawless. Even those introductory piano stabs are enthralling. At only three minutes long, the track feels entirely too short - it could easily stretch into "With Or Without You" length and be just as great.

I actually prefer this single mix to the original version that was released in 1987. Anyway, pick up this tune as soon as possible, especially if you want to hear something "different" from one of the best bands around.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the 'Boy' Live Tracks, March 14, 2003

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Erik J. Malvick "Erik Malvick" (Davis, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweetest Thing (Audio CD)

The song itself, is nothing spectacular. U2 rerecorded or remastered this song for their Greatest Hits 1980-1990 compilation, and in my own opinion have made a song that is worse than the original. However, it takes a diehard fan to probably notice the difference. Never-the-less, if "The Sweetest Thing" is all you are interested in, go for the BEst of disc and if you can get the 2 disc version which includes the original B-Sides version and this reworking.

My reason for giving this disc 4 stars is in the live tracks. Here are two tracks from the Red Rocks concert that did not make the Under a Blood Red Sky CD. Yet, these two songs are wonderful U2 songs, and they sound really great live. LIstening to these songs makes me wish they would rework the whole Under a Blood Red Sky album into a full concert CD. That would be awesome. As it is, if you like that concert CD and the U2 studio work before that, especially Boy, these B-Sides should make you happy.