U2 are to release a second ‘Best Of’ compilation this year, according to reports. Daniel Lanois, co-producer of five previous U2 albums, has said that he recently met-up with guitarist The Edge in order to discuss the forthcoming anthology.

“To my knowledge, there’s a ‘Best Of The ’90s’ that’s going to come out before their next official record,” Lanois told The Toronto Sun.”

“They’re probably looking to pepper that with a new track or two. I have a vested interest here. We’ve already done the work for this ‘Best Of’. I want as good a record as it can be.”

As previously reported on dotmusic, U2’s manager Paul McGuinness recently said the band were hoping to release new material before the end of 2002. Lanois explained: “They came off the road and decided to go straight in and get some recording done.

“I believe they set-up in the south of France and just shacked-up in an old nightclub there and knocked out a couple of weeks of recording.”

According to launch.com, Island Records have told distribution offices to expect the new ‘Best Of’ compilation sometime this autumn.

-Dotmusic, 2002

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