Desire (track) by U2
Desire appears on the following album(s) by U2:
- Rattle And Hum (track #3) (this album) (1988)
- U218 Singles (track #13) (compilation) (2006)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 (track #11) (compilation) (1998)
- U2 Go Home: Live From Slane Castle, Ireland (track #11) (2007)
- Camelot Poems (track #20) (1994)
- Songs Of Surrender (track #26) (2023)
- The Best Of 1980-1990 & B-Sides (track #11) (compilation) (1998)
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80/100 ![]() | 08/25/2024 22:41 | BurndenAce | ![]() | 79/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.1/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.4.
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More like a Springsteen song.
Great guitar song

Nice to hear U2 just play a rock & roll song without getting all serious and weird about it.

One of the few U2 songs I like.
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