The Best of 1980-1990 is a greatest hits compilation released in November 1998. It mostly contains the group's hit singles from the eighties but also mixes in some live staples as well as one new recording. It was preceded a week in advance by a limited edition containing a special B-sides disc.  The set's one new recording, "Sweetest Thing", is a reworked version of the B-side to 1987's "Where the Streets Have No Name" single.

Best Of

   1. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (3:48)

   2. "New Year's Day" (edit) (4:17)

   3. "With or Without You" (4:55)

   4. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (4:38)

   5. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (4:40)

   6. "Bad" (edit) (5:50)

   7. "Where the Streets Have No Name" (edit) (4:35)

   8. "I Will Follow" (3:36)

   9. "The Unforgettable Fire" (4:53)

  10. "Sweetest Thing" (1998 version) (3:00)

  11. "Desire" (2:59)

  12. "When Love Comes To Town" (4:17)

  13. "Angel of Harlem" (3:49)

  14. "All I Want Is You" (6:31)

  15. "October" (2:20)

B-sides

   1. "The Three Sunrises" (3:52)

   2. "Spanish Eyes" (3:14)

   3. "Sweetest Thing" (3:03)

   4. "Love Comes Tumbling" (4:40)

   5. "Bass Trap" (edit) (3:31)

   6. "Dancing Barefoot" (extended version) (4:45)

   7. "Everlasting Love" (3:20)

   8. "Unchained Melody" (4:52)

   9. "Walk to the Water" (4:49)

  10. "Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)" (4:35)

  11. "Hallelujah, Here She Comes" (edit) (4:00)

  12. "Silver and Gold" (4:37)

  13. "Endless Deep" (2:57)

  14. "A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel" (edit) (4:32)

  15. "Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl" (2:33)