We asked you to choose your top 22 live tracks after listening to 46 the band played on U2360°. Three months later, the result is the first crowd-sourced U2 live collection.
You didn't just cast your votes. You also engaged in impassioned argument on our boards about which tracks should appear, which should not - and why.
In the end the great divide was between those of you who wanted 'U22' to become a collection of the band's 'greatest' live tracks and those who wanted it to capture songs the band rarely perform, tracks hardly ever released live.
The results are fascinating - spanning nine albums and thirty years, excluding some of the most familiar songs and featuring some total surprises.
'This is really going to be a special CD.' said Adam, when we caught up with him this week. 'I wasn't expecting some of these tunes, it's a really fresh collection and it's going to make very interesting listening.'
So here's the 22 tracks. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see what happens next. And then get into the comments to give us your reactions.
1. Bad
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Magnificent
4. One
5. Ultraviolet
6. Even Better than The Real Thing
7. With or Without You
8. Beautiful Day
9. City of Blinding Lights
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
12. All I Want is You/Love Rescue Me
13. Moment of Surrender
14. Until The End of the World
15. The Fly
16. One Tree Hill
17. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
18. Walk On
19. Zooropa
20. Elevation
21. Out of Control
22. Mysterious Ways
The tracks are now being mixed and sequenced while the editorial and design of the accompanying 24-page large format book (see above) is finalised.
More details soon on when 'U22' will be arriving with you... if you've resubscribed to U2.com for 2012.
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