The Best of 1990–2000
| The Best of 1990–2000 | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 5 November 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–2002 | |||
| Genre | Rock, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 71:53 | |||
| Label | Island/Interscope | |||
| Producer | Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, William Orbit, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., Flood, Nellee Hooper, Paul Barrett, Howie B | |||
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| Singles from The Best of 1990–2000 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blender | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− |
| Pitchfork Media | 5.6/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
The Best of 1990–2000 is the second greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 5 November 2002 through Island Records and Interscope Records. The follow-up to The Best of 1980–1990 (1998), it was issued as both a single-disc CD compilation and as a multi-disc compilation called The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides, which included a second disc of 14 B-sides released between 1990 and 2000 and a bonus DVD. A video album of the same name was later released in December 2002.
The Best of 1990–2000 contained two newly recorded tracks: "Electrical Storm" and "The Hands That Built America"; the former was released as a single, while the latter was released on the soundtrack to Gangs of New York. The compilation also includes "new mixes" of several songs, as well the tracks "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (a non-album single from 1995) and "Miss Sarajevo" (which was originally credited to Passengers and also released as a single in 1995).
The album charted at number one in 13 countries and was the twelfth-best-selling album of 2002, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.