U2 - (3 CD Set)

U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 1976, U2 have consistently been one of the most popular acts in the world since the mid-1980s. The band has sold upwards of 175 million albums worldwide. With six #1 albums in the U.S. and nine #1 albums in the UK, U2 are one of the most successful bands of all time. They have won 22 Grammy awards, the most of any rock artist.



Under a Blood Red Sky

Is the name of both a live album and concert video recorded by the rock band U2, released in 1983. Both helped establish U2's reputation as a remarkable live band, and both were produced by Jimmy Iovine. It is the best-selling live recording ever in the UK.



Track listing

"Gloria" ? 4:45 recorded in Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado on June 5, 1983

"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" ? 4:43 recorded in Boston, Massachusetts on May 6, 1983

"I Will Follow" ? 3:47 recorded in St. Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983

"Party Girl" ? 3:08 recorded in Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado on June 5, 1983

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" ? 5:17 recorded in St. Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983

"The Electric Co." ? 5:23 recorded in St. Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983

"New Year's Day" ? 4:36 recorded in St. Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983

""40"" ? 3:43 recorded in St. Goarshausen, Germany on August 20, 1983



Released November 1983

Recorded May 6 - August 20, 1983

Genre Rock

Length 33:25

Label Island Records

Producer(s) Jimmy Iovine



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The Joshua Tree

Is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. The album was massively successful, and is considered to have been U2's worldwide commercial breakthrough. In addition, it has often been praised by music critics as the band's best album and one of the best rock albums of all time. The album earned number 26 on Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums of all time list. The Joshua Tree won the Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards of 1988.



Track listing

"Where the Streets Have No Name" ? 5:37

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" ? 4:37

"With or Without You" ? 4:56

"Bullet the Blue Sky" ? 4:32

"Running to Stand Still" ? 4:18

"Red Hill Mining Town" ? 4:52

"In God's Country" ? 2:57

"Trip Through Your Wires" ? 3:32

"One Tree Hill" ? 5:23

"Exit" ? 4:13

"Mothers of the Disappeared" ? 5:14



Released March 9, 1987

Recorded Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin July - November 1986

Genre Rock

Length 50:11

Label Island Records

Producer(s) Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois



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Achtung Baby

Is the seventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on November 19, 1991. The album arrived nearly two years after lead vocalist Bono announced the band would have to "go away and dream it all up again", following the mixed response to 1988's Rattle and Hum. The album marks a dramatic change in the band's sound, taking on alternative and dance influences in the rhythms, denser, more detailed production, and more guitar effects, as well as darker and more personal lyrical content. The effect reflecting the textures of then-emergent techno and electronic music as well as the innovations of younger post-punk and noise-rock groups such as Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine and the trippy dance-rock fusions of then-contemporary Madchester groups. The results were considerably more adventurous and less traditionally rock-based as their previous efforts, and opinion seems generally divided between this and The Joshua Tree album as U2's defining record.



Track listing

The music was credited to U2, with words written specifically by Bono and the Edge.



"Zoo Station" ? 4:36

"Even Better Than the Real Thing" ? 3:41

"One" ? 4:36

"Until the End of the World" ? 4:39

"Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" ? 5:16

"So Cruel" ? 5:49

"The Fly" ? 4:29

"Mysterious Ways" ? 4:04

"Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" ? 3:53

"Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" ? 5:31

"Acrobat" ? 4:30

"Love Is Blindness" ? 4:23

"The Fly", "Mysterious Ways", "One", "Even Better Than the Real Thing", and "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" were released as singles.



Released November 19, 1991

Recorded Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin 1990

Genre Rock

Alternative

Length 55:23

Label Island

Producer(s) Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno



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