ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND

Cover

Cassette

12" Vinyl
Commercial Release October 30 / 31, 2000
Record Label Island / Interscope Records
Top Chart Position US: 3, Canada: 1, UK: 1
Singles Released
TRACKLISTING 

  • Beautiful Day (4:06)

  • Stuck in a Moment (4:33)

  • Elevation (3:48)

  • Walk On (4:57)

  • Kite (4:25)

  • In A Little While (3:40)

  • Wild Honey (3:47)

  • Peace on Earth (4:49)

  • When I Look at the World (4:14)

  • New York (5:31)

  • Grace (5:45)

Alternate Tracks:

  • The Ground Beneath Her Feet (3:44) (UK/Japan/Australia Only)

  • Always (3:46) (US Limited Edition 2CD Only)

  • Summer Rain (4:06) (US Limited Edition 2CD Only)

  • Big Girls Are Best (3:37)
LINER NOTES

Music:U2. Lyrics: Bono and the Edge except trk 12 Lyrics by Salman Rushdie. Produced by: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Additional production: Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher, Engineered by: Richard Rainey. Assisted by: Chris Heaney, Mixed by: Richard Rainey, Tim Palmer, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Fitzmaurice, Mixing Assited by: Chris Heaney, Alvin Sweeney Jay Goin. Additional Enginneering: Tim Palmer, Stephen Harris, Ger McDonnell, Mark Howard, Alex Haas, Additional Enginneering,   Assisted by:Keith McDonnel, Stephen Harris. Recorded at HQ, Windmill Lane Recording Studios, Westland Studios and Totally Wired in Dublin, and South of France. Studio Crew: Studio Manager/Drum Tech: Sam O'Sullivan.  Studio tech: Rab McAllister.  Guitar tech: Fraser McAlister. Mastered by Annie Acosta at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles.  Audio Post Production Manager and Technical Guru: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions Inc.Catering by: Nude, Sandy Jameson, Shiela Steward, Cathy Addis, Gerry Quinn, The Tea Room. Sleeve designed at Four 5 One Design, Dublin by: Shaughn McGarth, Art Direction: Steve Averill. Color and interior photography by Anton Corbijn. Photography at Roissy Hall 2F, Charles de Gaulle Airport - Paris - Architect Payul Andreu/ADP. Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of publishers. All titles written by U2 and published by PolyGram international Music Publishing B.V. except Blue Mountain Music Ltd (UK), Mother Music (IRL.), except track 12 published by PolyGram International Music Publishing B.V. except Blue Mountain Music Ltd (UK), Mother Music (IRL.)/Universal Music Publshing Ltd. Album Production managers: Sheila Roche and Candida Bottaci.  Album production Assistant: Sam O'Sullivan.

 
OTHER NOTES
Released in the Fall of 2000, All That You Can't Leave Behind was heralded by the critics as U2's third great masterpiece after The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.  The album was released at the end of October in the midst of a strong promotional campaign which saw U2 making stops at several radio and TV appearances.  The album was released in mp3 format on the internet two weeks prior to the actual release of the album. These mp3s were taken from a promotional copy of the CD circulated by Island Records.

In Japan, Australia and the UK, CD prices for domestic CDs are much more expensive than the price of imports from other countries.  In an attempt to get buyers to buy CDs made in their own countries, The Ground Beneath Her Feet was pressed onto the CD as the last track of the CD.  In the US consumers also had a choice of which copy to buy the night of release, one with a "Summer Rain" bonus disc, or one with an "Always" bonus disc. Interscope was not releasing singles in the US, so this was the only commercially available source for these songs at that time in the US.
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