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...need at least a Pentium-level PC running at 166 megahertz, plus a sound card, a CD-ROM drive and 2 gigabytes of free space. Storage is especially critical because the Marvel chews up 90 megabytes for each minute of video. Another hurdle: to install the Marvel card, you have to open the computer case, an experience I relish as much as home brain surgery. Truthfully, though, setup was pretty painless. I was in and out in less than 10 minutes...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but singers need more than one "hit" to justify a CD called "the greatest hits," with emphasis on the plurality in the word "hits." Albums like these lose their luster when one or two hit singles are surrounded by dance remixes and drivel from albums that weren't very good to begin with. A true "greatest hits" CD is a rare gem indeed these days...
...jewel of an album does come along every so often, though. The latest one is, not surprisingly, from one band that has done more than their fair share to warrant a greatest hits CD: U2. Twenty-two years in the making, The Best Of 1980-1990 is a tour de force that briefly touches on U2's humble beginnings before hurtling straight into every song from the 1980s that catapulted them into the pop music stratosphere...
...added bonus, for one week only, a CD with U2's B-sides is included with the greatest hits CD. Though other bands have throwaways as B-sides, any songs on this album could have been included on a regular U2 album (in fact, one, "Silver and Gold," was on Rattle and Hum). Worth the extra money alone are U2's haunting, dark version of Patti Smith's "Dancing Barefoot" and the U2 originals "Spanish Eyes" and "Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)." Other songs are brooding ("Love Comes Tumbling," "Endless Deep") or simply happy ("Hallelujah Here She Comes"). Only...
...telling that U2's B-sides are almost as good as their originals. Few bands can proudly say that their B-sides could comprise another greatest hits CD in their own right. With the release of The Best Of 1980-1990, U2 has only cemented its place as one of the best rock and roll bands of all time...