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Track Listings

1	Please (Single Version)
2	Please (Live From Rotterdam)
3	Where The Streets Have No Name (Live From Rotterdam)
4	With Or Without You (Live From Edmonton)
5	Staring At The Sun (Live From Rotterdam)

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 5 x 0.25 inches; 2.88 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Island
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 23, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Island
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000005HS5
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Robert Dean Elliott

Don't think I've heard the first song before

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

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Liked that it had both studio and live versions of the first song the other cuts were good songs that I've heard before but nice live versions

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Cristian

Must Have !!

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2014

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This is what gets created when U2 says they absolutely need more time to finish a song : the hammering beat, the smooth bass, the tender voice and The Edge's out of this world solo prove that U2 will not come back on Earth until hey have the Moon in their collection !!!

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Puneet Sharma

Best u2 live tracks

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2013

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I love all the music on this album especially. U2 live tracks are the best on this album. I also have all of u2's albums. They rock.

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Robert Blake

Lush Remix And Some Impressive Live Takes.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2005

Many artists make the wrong decision of taking a song that's already good and chop it up and put it back together again into something unrecognizable and eventually inferior to the original. U2 however, are one of those surprising few bands who can re-do a song and come out with something impressive if not better. By now it is well known that their 1997 album "Pop" is considered their weakest, it was their too weird for some trip into the world of techno and dance club music. If "Achtung Baby" and "Zooropa" played around with these chemicals then "Pop" snorted, smoked and inhailed all of them. Some hate the album, some like it, but mostly all agree it is not their best. With the "Please" single the band gives you a single worth the money but also a surprisingly good example of how a song doesn't need a definitive version. The single version of the track is superior to the album version, it feels less like a ghostly electronic ballad and more like a real one, The Edge's guitar is more clear and present and Bono's vocals are graced by Craig Armstrong's lush string arrangement that gives the song a power and impact that wasn't there before. The single comes with four live cuts (live tracks are common but fun to have in U2 singles), the first happens to be a live version of "Please" which really brings the song to life with great emotion, Bono's vocals go into beautiful passages and the Edge paints the song with wonderful touches and real skill. The PopMart tour had a futuristic feel to it and this is evident in "Where The Streets Have No Name" which keeps the original guitar licks and drum parts, but this time the song is furnished with some added techno flourishes that give it a strange, almost spacey feel, but it's still the classic arrangement. "With Or Without You" shines live just as much as in "The Joshua Tree," the version here is full of atmosphere and style. "Staring At The Sun" will interest some because this is not the original album arrangement, here we get an acoustic rendition that shows off the song's almost folk feel to nice effect. Now the band is re-igniting the world with their Vertigo Tour to promote "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb," it's good to go back and find small releases like this. Maybe now that almost a decade has passed since "Pop" was released we can look back and realize it wasn't so bad, this single proves the material had muscle and compared to some of the new bands on radio today, "Pop" sounds pretty darn good.

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alushe

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014

excelent condition, just how they said, love it

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Jimok580

Please no, but Streets soars

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014

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The problem with this little tidbit is it based on the song "Please", which isn't the most pleasing of songs. You get two versions here, neither of which deserve a second listen. The only reason to buy this cd is the third song, a live version of "Where the Streets Have No Name", recorded in Rotterdam. They take a song you've heard a thousand times and make it new again. Well worth the price of admission.

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N. P. Stathoulopoulos

Piece of the past

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2003

Nice to see this US U2 single still in print. This is what the maxi-CD format is meant for: extra material that the fans want plus a single version of a song (Please).
The sound quality on the live tracks is excellent as expected, and it doesn't sound like they doctored the sound too much, either.
It's a crying shame that the US singles market has all but disappeared save for the trendiest R&B and/or pop songs out there. The material on this single was available as an import titled Pop Heart, and there was a second single available for Please as well. (Funny how the European market is still able to maintain a singles scene where every song gets 2 discs that are both short and overpriced.)
The songs here are a very good representation of the POP live sound. It appears that U2 has abandoned any pattern of releasing new singles in America, leaving us to hunt down expensive imports that often split material into separate discs or even repeat material we already have. U2 has always been a solid singles band and there are plenty of oddities out there from these releases: b-sides, live tracks, and remixes. The Please single here represents one of the best jobs they did when it came to culling material from separate import release for the American market. Highly recommended for even the casual U2 fan.

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Matthew

Buy this for "Where the Streets Have No Name"

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2006

If you love "Where the Streets Have No Name" then you must have this CD. This is THE album for this song. It starts about one minute before "Please" ends so fast forward to that point and you've got an oh so awesome seven minute version of this emotional song. I LOVE the build up when you start it as the end of "Please" and I love the extended end. The other tracks are good as well, but if you're looking for live cuts, you're buying this for "Where the Streets Have No Name" and that's it. "With or Without You" is pretty good as well, but if you want the best verison of that one you need the one from "Rattle and Hum" the MOVIE. I wish there was a full album version of that!

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HTM

Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2020

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Alles Bestens!

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stamoan

Good quality, excellent service

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2019

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As suggested in the description; good condition, excellent service, very good price. Highly recommended.

oli p

Please single version + 4 titres live

Reviewed in France on December 24, 2015

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Excellent EP, bonne qualité sonore et belle présentation du boitier
Un grand moment live du PopMart Tour de Rotterdam et de Edmonton

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熱いシングルヴァージョン！

Reviewed in Japan on March 26, 2005

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ハイパーサウンド3部昨完結編にして、大ヒットとなった『POP』（1997年）
からの第4弾シングル。
アルバムの中ではまったりとした地味な曲という印象が強いが、
ここに納められているシングルヴァージョンは、後半に行くにつれて、
ストリングスや、EDGEの力強いギターソロが聴ける。
そこからはもう鳥肌もの！
寂寥感の中にも、強い願いが込められた1曲！
この他にも「POP MART TOUR」からのライブテイクが4曲も聴けるという、
超強力シングル！

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