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Using the textured sonics of The Unforgettable Fire as a basis, U2 expanded those innovations by scaling back the songs to a personal setting and adding a grittier attack for its follow-up, The Joshua Tree. It's a move that returns them to the sweeping, anthemic rock of War, but if War was an exploding political bomb, The Joshua Tree is a journey through its aftermath, trying to find sense and hope in the desperation. That means that even the anthems -- the epic opener "Where the Streets Have No Name," the yearning "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" -- have seeds of doubt within their soaring choruses, and those fears take root throughout the album, whether it's in the mournful sliding acoustic guitars of "Running to Stand Still," the surging "One Tree Hill," or the hypnotic elegy "Mothers of the Disappeared." So it might seem a little ironic that U2 became superstars on the back of such a dark record, but their focus has never been clearer, nor has their music been catchier, than on The Joshua Tree. Unexpectedly, U2 have also tempered their textural post-punk with American influences. Not only are Bono's lyrics obsessed with America, but country and blues influences are heard throughout the record, and instead of using these as roots, they're used as ways to add texture to the music. With the uniformly excellent songs -- only the clumsy, heavy rock and portentous lyrics of "Bullet the Blue Sky" fall flat -- the result is a powerful, uncompromising record that became a hit due to its vision and its melody. Never before have U2's big messages sounded so direct and personal.
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PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Steve Lillywhite, MixingEngineer - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Steve Lillywhite, MixingEngineer - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Steve Lillywhite, MixingEngineer - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Guitar, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Paul Barrett, HornArranger - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Steve Lillywhite, MixingEngineer - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio - The Arklow Silver Band, Horn - Red Hill Mining Town, Horn
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Bob Doige, StringArranger - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio - The Armin Family, Strings
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, Other, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Arnie Acosta, MasteringEngineer - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Cheryl Engels, Other, MasteringEngineer - Thomas 'Beno' May, Other - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bob Marley, ComposerLyricist - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
VAN MORRISON, ComposerLyricist - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - Dennis Bell, ChorusConductor - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - George Pendergrass, Vocalist - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio - New Voices Of Freedom, Choir - Dorothy Terrell, Vocalist
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Peter Williams, Studio - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - David Hewitt, RecordingEngineer - Phil Gitomer, RecordingSecondEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Richard Rainey, MixingEngineer - J.B. Matteotti, RecordingSecondEngineer - Fritz Lang, RecordingSecondEngineer - Sam O'Sullivan, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Rab McAllister, Other - Steve Iredale, Studio - Dallas Schoo, Studio - Bob Loney, Studio - Adam Rankin, Studio - Frazer McAlister, Studio - Dragan Kuzmanov, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 3
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Bob Doige, StringArranger - Marc Coleman, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Andrea Lepori, RecordingEngineer - St Francis Hotel, Remixer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio - The Armin Family, Strings
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Jacknife Lee, Programmer, Remixer, AdditionalKeyboard - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Matt Bishop, MixingEngineer - Marc Coleman, Studio - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Guitar, Remixer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Wayne Lorenz, MixingEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, Engineer - Paul Barrett, Conductor, Piano, RecordingArranger - Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Steve Lillywhite, Remixer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - Declan Gaffney, Engineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, Engineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - The Arklow Silver Band, BrassBand - Red Hill Mining Town, BrassBand - Jones Roma, MixingSecondEngineer
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Remixer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Wayne Lorenz, Engineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, Remixer, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - John Catlin, Engineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Rich Kennedy, RecordingSecondEngineer - Scott Sedillo, MasteringEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 4
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Composer, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, MixingEngineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, MixingEngineer - Joe O'Herlihy, RecordingEngineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, MixingEngineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, MixingEngineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar - Marc Coleman, RecordingEngineer
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Paul Barrett, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, Producer, MainArtist, RecordingArranger - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Joe O'Herlihy, RecordingEngineer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, Producer, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Tambourine, Strings, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Programmer, BackgroundVocalist, Keyboard - Steve Lillywhite, Producer, MixingEngineer - Bono, Harmonica, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Marc Coleman, Studio - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
PAT MCCARTHY, RecordingSecondEngineer - Mark Wallace, MixingEngineer - Daniel Lanois, Producer, BackgroundVocalist - Brian Eno, Producer, MixingEngineer, BackgroundVocalist - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Dave Meegan, RecordingSecondEngineer - Tim Buckley, Studio - Joe O'Herlihy, Studio - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar, BackgroundVocalist - Bob Doige, StringArranger - Marc Coleman, Studio - Mary Kettle, MixingSecondEngineer - Des Broadbery, Studio - Tom Mullally, Studio - Marion Smyth, Studio - Mary Gough, Studio - The Armin Family, Strings - The Eno Family, Horn
℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Ron Wood, Guitar, FeaturedArtist - Arthur Baker, Producer - STEVE JORDAN, Percussion, FeaturedArtist, DrumKit - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, FeaturedArtist - Bono, Vocalist, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Adam Clayton, Composer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer - Little Steven, Producer - The Edge, Composer
℗ 2007 The Wicked Cool Record Company
William Blake, Lyricist - Paul Barrett, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - U2, Producer, MainArtist, RecordingArranger - Adam Clayton, Composer - Larry Mullen JR., Composer - The Edge, Composer
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - CARL GLANVILLE, RecordingEngineer, AdditionalMixingEngineer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Daniel Lanois, Producer - Brian Eno, Producer - Bono, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Flood, RecordingEngineer - U2, MainArtist - Adam Clayton, Composer, BassGuitar - Larry Mullen JR., Composer, Percussion, DrumKit - Allen Ginsberg, Lyricist - CARL GLANVILLE, AdditionalMixingEngineer, AdditionalProducer - The Edge, Composer, Guitar
℗ 2007 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
Using the textured sonics of The Unforgettable Fire as a basis, U2 expanded those innovations by scaling back the songs to a personal setting and adding a grittier attack for its follow-up, The Joshua Tree. It's a move that returns them to the sweeping, anthemic rock of War, but if War was an exploding political bomb, The Joshua Tree is a journey through its aftermath, trying to find sense and hope in the desperation. That means that even the anthems -- the epic opener "Where the Streets Have No Name," the yearning "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" -- have seeds of doubt within their soaring choruses, and those fears take root throughout the album, whether it's in the mournful sliding acoustic guitars of "Running to Stand Still," the surging "One Tree Hill," or the hypnotic elegy "Mothers of the Disappeared." So it might seem a little ironic that U2 became superstars on the back of such a dark record, but their focus has never been clearer, nor has their music been catchier, than on The Joshua Tree. Unexpectedly, U2 have also tempered their textural post-punk with American influences. Not only are Bono's lyrics obsessed with America, but country and blues influences are heard throughout the record, and instead of using these as roots, they're used as ways to add texture to the music. With the uniformly excellent songs -- only the clumsy, heavy rock and portentous lyrics of "Bullet the Blue Sky" fall flat -- the result is a powerful, uncompromising record that became a hit due to its vision and its melody. Never before have U2's big messages sounded so direct and personal.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 49 track(s)
- Total length: 03:37:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: U2
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2017 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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