The Best Of: 1980-1990
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One need hear only the first notes of this collection--the Edge's ringing guitar notes ushering in "Pride "--to be taken back to 1984: Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher rule the Western world, the L.A. Olympics is the top sports story, and Ms. Pac-Man reigns at arcades. In rock & roll, there's U2 growing in stature with each new tour and title. Even doubters of the Irish lads have to concede that together they formed the one '80s band with the skill and sense of scale to take over the airwaves and concert stages in a decade of diminished expectations. This 15-song '80s best-of assortment spans the decade, reaching back to 1980's "I Will Follow," when Bono and company were peach-fuzzy and...