The Best of 1980–1990
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The Best of 1980–1990 is a greatest hits compilation album by Irish rock band U2, featuring their most notable songs from the 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Best of 1980–1990 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5861534 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Best of 1980–1990 Context triple: [I Will Follow, includedInCompilation, The Best of 1980–1990]
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A.
Their Greatest Hits: The Record
Their Greatest Hits: The Record is a compilation album by the Bee Gees that collects many of their most popular and influential songs across their career.
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B.
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits is a greatest hits album by Christina Aguilera that compiles her most popular songs from the first decade of her career along with new material.
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C.
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a 1970 studio album by American protest singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that satirically presents itself as a compilation while showcasing his shift toward more rock-influenced, theatrical music.
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D.
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Bruce Springsteen featuring many of his most popular songs from earlier in his career.
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E.
Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band
Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band is a 2017 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring many of their most popular songs along with a few new tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Best of 1980–1990 Target entity description: The Best of 1980–1990 is a greatest hits compilation album by Irish rock band U2, featuring their most notable songs from the 1980s.
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A.
Their Greatest Hits: The Record
Their Greatest Hits: The Record is a compilation album by the Bee Gees that collects many of their most popular and influential songs across their career.
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B.
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits
Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits is a greatest hits album by Christina Aguilera that compiles her most popular songs from the first decade of her career along with new material.
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C.
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a 1970 studio album by American protest singer-songwriter Phil Ochs that satirically presents itself as a compilation while showcasing his shift toward more rock-influenced, theatrical music.
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D.
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Bruce Springsteen featuring many of his most popular songs from earlier in his career.
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E.
Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band
Greatest Hits: God’s Favorite Band is a 2017 compilation album by American punk rock band Green Day, featuring many of their most popular songs along with a few new tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
compilation album
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greatest hits album ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| chronology | U2 compilation albums ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| decadeCovered | 1980s ⓘ |
| follows | U2 album Pop ⓘ |
| format |
CD
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cassette ⓘ vinyl LP ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
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rock ⓘ |
| hasEdition | The Best of 1980–1990 & B-Sides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | retrospective collection ⓘ |
| includesWork |
A Celebration
NERFINISHED
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All I Want Is You NERFINISHED ⓘ Angel of Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ Bad NERFINISHED ⓘ Desire NERFINISHED ⓘ Drowning Man NERFINISHED ⓘ I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For NERFINISHED ⓘ I Will Follow NERFINISHED ⓘ New Year’s Day ⓘ October NERFINISHED ⓘ Pride (In the Name of Love) NERFINISHED ⓘ Silver and Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunday Bloody Sunday NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweetest Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Sunrises NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unforgettable Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ When Love Comes to Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Where the Streets Have No Name NERFINISHED ⓘ With or Without You NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | U2 songs from the 1980s ⓘ |
| notableFor | collecting U2’s most popular 1980s singles ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| precedes | The Best of 1990–2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Eno
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Daniel Lanois ⓘ Jacknife Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Iovine NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Lillywhite ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Island Records
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PolyGram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1998-11-02 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Best of 1980–1990 Description of subject: The Best of 1980–1990 is a greatest hits compilation album by Irish rock band U2, featuring their most notable songs from the 1980s.
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