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U218 Singles
Greatest hits album by U2
Released 17 November 2006
Recorded 1982–2006
Genre Rock
Post-punk
Roots rock
Alternative rock
Length 77:50 (UK and Australia: 80:28)
Label Mercury, Interscope
Producer Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Jacknife Lee, Rick Rubin
U2 chronology
U2.COMmunication
(2005)		 U218 Singles
(2006)		 Zoo TV Live
(2006)
Singles from U218 Singles
  1. "The Saints Are Coming"
    Released: 31 October 2006
  2. "Window in the Skies"
    Released: 1 January 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[2]
Pitchfork Media (7.0/10)[3]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[4]

U218 Singles is a greatest hits-style compilation album by the Irish rock band U2, released in November 2006. It contains 18 songs: 16 of their most successful and popular singles, "The Saints Are Coming" (a cover version in collaboration with Green Day of a song by The Skids) and "Window in the Skies" (a new song). U218 Videos, a DVD featuring music videos from throughout U2's career, was released concurrently.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart on 9 December 2006 at number 12 with sales of 134,000 copies. It spent 45 weeks on the chart. As of 24 January 2008,[dated info] it has sold 847,490 copies in the US. Despite not being released until November 2006, it was the seventh highest-selling album in the world that year.[5]

Contents

[edit] Artwork and packaging

The art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock.[6]

[edit] Track listing

No. Title From the album: Length
1. "I Will Follow" (UK, Australia, and Japan only) Boy 3:38
2. "Beautiful Day"   All That You Can't Leave Behind 4:05
3. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"   The Joshua Tree 4:37
4. "Pride (In the Name of Love)"   The Unforgettable Fire 3:48
5. "With or Without You"   The Joshua Tree 4:56
6. "Vertigo"   How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 3:10
7. "New Year's Day" (Japanese single version) War 4:17
8. "Mysterious Ways"   Achtung Baby 4:02
9. "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"   All That You Can't Leave Behind 4:31
10. "Where the Streets Have No Name" (U218 edit) The Joshua Tree 4:46
11. "Sweetest Thing" (single mix) The Best of 1980-1990 3:00
12. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"   War 4:40
13. "One"   Achtung Baby 4:35
14. "Desire"   Rattle and Hum 2:58
15. "Walk On" (Canadian single version) All That You Can't Leave Behind 4:25
16. "Elevation"   All That You Can't Leave Behind 3:46
17. "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"   How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 5:05
18. "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) New song 3:21
19. "Window in the Skies" (album version) New song 4:07
Total length:
 80:28

No songs from October, Zooropa, Pop, or the 1995 Passengers project Original Soundtracks 1 are included.

[edit] Variations

A limited edition version includes a live DVD featuring ten songs recorded on the Vertigo Tour in Milan. "I Will Follow" appears as a bonus track on UK and Australian editions of the CD.[7] The deluxe version in the UK, Ireland, and Canadian iTunes Stores also contains nine of the live songs from the limited edition bonus disc as audio tracks, as well as a digital booklet and a bonus track, "Smile," for those who pre-ordered the album. The United States deluxe iTunes version does not come with a digital booklet, but instead with "Smile" as a bonus track even if it was not pre-ordered.[8]

[edit] Chart positions and certifications

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Top 50 Albums[9] 1
Austrian Top 75 Albums[10] 2
Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums[11] 2
Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums[12] 6
Canadian Albums Chart[13] 3
French Compilations[14] 1
German Albums Chart[15] 5
Italian Top 20 Albums[16] 4
Japanese Albums Chart[17] 9
Netherlands Top 100 Albums[18] 3
New Zealand Top 40 Albums[19] 1
Polish Top 50 Albums[20] 4
Portuguese Top 30 Albums[21] 2
Spanish Top 100 Albums[22] 2
Swedish Top 60 Albums[23] 4
Swiss Top 100 Albums[24] 1
UK Albums Chart[25] 4
US Billboard 200[13] 12
US Rock Albums[13] 3
US Tastemaker Albums[13] 10
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Danish Top 40 Albums[26] 3
Finnish Top 50 Albums[27] 10
Hungarian Top 40 Albums[28] 4
Irish Top 75 Albums[29] 1
Norwegian Top 40 Albums[30] 5
US Digital Albums[13] 32
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[31] Platinum 40,000x
Australia (ARIA)[32] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Belgium (BEA)[33] Platinum 30,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[34] Platinum 60,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[35] Platinum 100,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[36] Platinum 40,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[37] Platinum 15,000^
Hungary (Mahasz)[38] Platinum 6,000x
Ireland (IRMA)[39] 6× Platinum 90,000x
Italy (FIMI)[40] 3× Platinum 240,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[41] Gold 100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[42] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[43] 4× Platinum 60,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[44] 2× Platinum 40,000*
Portugal (AFP)[45] Platinum 20,000x
Russia (NFPF)[46] Platinum 20,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[47] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[48] Platinum 30,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] 3× Platinum 900,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[50] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Vertigo 05: Live from Milan DVD

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
Video by U2
Released 17 November 2006
Recorded 21 July 2005, San Siro, Milan, Italy
Genre Rock
Length 57:00
Label Mercury, Interscope
Director Hamish Hamilton
Producer Ned O'Hanlon
U2 video chronology
Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
(2006)		 Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
(2006)		 U218 Videos
(2006)

Vertigo 05: Live from Milan is a bonus live DVD included in the deluxe edition of the U218 Singles. The DVD features a highlight of ten songs from the band's 25-song set[51] in Milan, Italy during the Vertigo Tour in 2005. It is the second concert release, preceded by Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago and followed by U2 3D. On the iTunes Store deluxe edition of the album, these songs are featured as bonus audio tracks, except for "Original of the Species", which was later released as an iTunes exclusive single.[52]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Vertigo"
  2. "I Will Follow"
  3. "Elevation"
  4. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
  5. "All I Want Is You"
  6. "City of Blinding Lights"
  7. "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own"
  8. "Miss Sarajevo"
  9. "Original of the Species"
  10. "With or Without You"

[edit] Audio

[edit] References

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