![]() ![]() The album has since gone on to sell over 25 million copies, becoming one of the world’s best-selling albums of all time, and was inducted for preservation into the US National Recording Registry in 2014 by the Library of Congress. The Joshua Tree Tour helped launch U2, who had previously felt like a disconnected Irish band from space, into the stratosphere and performing at stadiums for the first time in their career. The cinematic quality of “The Joshua Tree” helped garner the band Grammy wins for Best Rock Group Performance and Album of the Year in 1988. The album focuses on themes of reality and illusion, as well as the contrast between the “real America” and mythical America. He felt that this illusive “American dream” could be found anywhere, yet for most people, the concept appeared to be nothing more than a mirage. Bono was both impressed and obsessed with the sheer vastness of the United States. The album’s title comes from the Joshua Tree National Park in southern California where two deserts meet. Throughout all of these various inspirations, the band sought to craft a story with their next record that was partly a romance expressing their infatuation and gratitude with American culture, that also encapsulated a recurring theme that permeated all of these great story tellers from different genres: the idea of living on the outskirts of the American dream. Bono also dived into reading works from American authors like Norman Mailer and Flannery O’Connor. Traveling across the continent to the tune of blues rock and country radio, guitarist Edge discovered the music of folk and southern heroes like Hank Williams and Howlin’ Wolf. It was then Bono realized that U2, as well as most of Europe’s newly formed subgenres of rock, didn’t have any sort of tradition behind it. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. Already an international success and feeling disconnected from the dominant sounds of synthpop and new wave music coming out of the UK, the band fell in love with the sounds of traditional American roots and blues rock while traveling through the country supporting their previous record “The Unforgettable Fire.” While collaborating with Steven Van Zandt on his anti-apartheid project “Sun City” and spending time with the likes of Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Keith Richards, and Mick Jagger following the band’s many humanitarian trips with Live Aid in 1985, Bono was embarrassed by his lack of knowledge surrounding rock’s illustrious North American history and the many contributions from influential American artists. Listen free to U2 The Joshua Tree (Remastered) (Where The Streets Have No Name - Remastered 2007, I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For and more). Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk / Korova 1ġ6.“The Joshua Tree” is the fifth studio album from Irish rockers U2 released on March 9, 1987. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Remix)ġ3. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Single Version)Ħ. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix)Ĥ. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Magic Hour Remix)ġ1. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Trance Mix)ĩ. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Mystery Train Dub)ħ. Mysterious Ways (Apollo 440 Magic Hour Remix)ģ. Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance remix)Ģ. ![]() Can’t Help Falling in Love (Triple Peaks Remix)Ħ. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix)ĥ. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The Worldģ. Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary Edition) Track Listĩ. In further celebration, U2 collaborated with Berlin-based French artist Thierry Noir for a special, one-off installation at Hansa Studios in Berlin, where Achtung Baby was partially recorded.Įveryone’s favorite frontman Bono described Achtung Baby 30 years ago as “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.” The band’s seventh studio record snagged a Best Rock Performance Grammy, and was produced by long-time U2 collaborators Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. A five-song CD known as Excerpts from Rattle and Hum was released in the UK in 1989. The album highlighted live performances from U2s successful 1987-88 Joshua Tree tour as well as additional songs recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis. Both releases are available for pre-order. High quality Joshua Tree Tour-inspired gifts and merchandise. Rattle And Hum was released as a companion 2-LP set to the Phil Joanou-directed film of the same name. The boxset includes Uber Remixes, Unter Remixes, B-Sides with 22 tracks that have never been available digitally. The Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary Edition) is out on special standard and deluxe vinyl on November 19, ahead of the 50-track digital boxset available December 3, via Island Records, Interscope, and UMe. In honor of the 30th anniversary of Achtung Baby, U2 has announced a massive, forthcoming deluxe edition release of the record. ![]()
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