You've got to wonder what's going to be on the cover of U2 The Best of 2000-2010 haven't you. On U2 The best of 1980-1990 we had a boy wearing a steel army helmet. On U2 The Best of 1990-2000 we've got a couple of bison butting heads.

I wonder who chooses the covers anyway. It wouldn't be an easy job either. Imagine being the cover guy. Bono has just had lunch with the President and has saved Lesotho from debt, and you're sitting there at your computer fiddling away with some ideas you've had and he walks in and asks you to show him what you're got. And all you've got is a picture of some big furry cows having a bit of a play. And Bono goes, "cows hey?" And you go, "Bison." And he goes "Bison?" And you go "yeah". And he goes "I like it." And then it's on the cover of something that's going to sell 10 trillion copies and everyone's going to go, what's that about then?

But after the initial Bison shock you realise just what it is you've got in your hand, or on your desk, or your CD player, or wherever it is, and it's 16 of the best songs that U2 have released over the whole of the last decade in the last millennium (14 if you buy the limited edition and get the crappy re-mixes). And that's pretty important.

Imagine being the guy who gave U2 their first gig in like 1980 or something and he's gone to them "Ok so what's your band name then lads?" And they've gone "U2". And he's started writing the name 'You too', and they've all gone, no, 'U2' and he's written 'You Two' and they've all just gone no, 'u' the letter, but in capitals, and the number 2 - U2. And the guy would have looked at them and just laughed so hard because it's the stupidest band name in the world.

But you never think of U2 as the stupidest band name in the world because they've written some of the best songs in the world ever and if you think about it, this album covers a period that is less than half of their whole career, which has continued for a hell of a lot longer than The Beatles and almost, almost as long as the Rolling Stones.

I remember on the ZOO TV tour the radio did a replay of the concert in Sydney and I was only about 14 or something but it just blew me away and I taped the whole thing and it took up two tapes to get the whole thing in, but it was amazing. And they had the big TV screens and they made phone calls and it was about the biggest, bestest thing I'd ever seen. And that was U2 in the 90's and that's what this album is about.

The biggest bestest thing you've ever seen.