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Passengers...Brian Eno: strategies,
sequencers, synthesizer, treatments, mixing, chorus voices.
Vocal on "A Different Kind of Blue". Bono: Vocal,
guitar, piano on "Beach Sequence". Adam Clayton: Bass,
narration on "Your Blue Room". The Edge: Guitars,
chorus voices, vocal on "Corpse", organ on "Your
Blue Room". Larry Mullen Jnr: Drums, percussion, rhythm
sequence on "One Minute Warning", rhythm synthesizer
on "United Colours". Luciano Pavarotti: Tenor
voice on "Miss Sarajevo". Holi: Vocals / co-writer on
"Ito Okashi". Voice on "One Minute Warning".
Howie B: Mixing, treatments, scratching, call vocal / rhythm
track / co-writer on "Elvis Ate America". Craig
Armstrong: String arrangment on "Miss Sarajevo". Paul
Barrett: String arrangment on "Always Forever Now".
Des Broadbery: Sequencer on "Always Forever Now".
David Herbert: Saxophone on "United Colours" and
"Corpse". Holger Zschnderlein: Additional
synthesizer on "One Minute Warning".
All tracks engineered by Danton Supple except
"Elvis Ate America" engineered by Howie B. Project
assistant: Rob Kirwan. Assistant on original recording
sessions: Lee Philips. Assistant at Metropolis: Ruadhri Cushnan.
Assistant to Howie B: Fiach Cooling. Editing: Brian Eno
& Rob Kirwan. Studio Crew: Dennis Sheehan, Des
Broadbery, Sam O'Sullivan, Fraser McAllister, Dallas Schoo,
Stuart Morgan, Rob Kirwan, Rab McAllister. Studio
Co-Ordinator: David Herbert. Recorded and Mixed at Westside
Studios (London) and Hanover, Dublin. Thanks to Robbie Adams, Marius De Vries, Nick
Angel, Gavin Friday, Candice Hanson, Osmond J. Kilkenny III.
Paul McGuinness: Manager of U2.
Anne-Louise Kelly: Album production Manager. Assisted by
Candida Bottaci. Brian Eno's company is Opal Ltd, London.
Thank you to Anthea Norman-Taylor and James Topham. Front
cover Illustration: Theodor Rotreki c/o Aura-Pont, Prague.
Apple Mapping: Rob Crane. Cutting Floor: Richard Baker. Sleeve
and concept by Brian Eno and Cally.
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| Original Soundtracks No. 1 was a 1995
release by U2. Since the album featured Brian Eno heavily
throughout the album in instrumentation, vocals etc., it was
decided not to release the album as a U2 album, but to release
it under the name Passengers. Once decided, other
Passengers were brought into the project to contribute vocals,
most notably Luciano Pavarotti and Holi. However, because
of the change in name, the release got a lot less notice than a
U2 album would have.
For those who would argue that this should not
fit under the banner of a U2 album, I point towards U2's
Best of 1990 - 2000 & B Sides album which features
"Miss Sarajevo" and "Your Blue Room".
Obviously U2 consider this an album from their catalog, sowe
shall do the same.
The album is a different, more "artistic"
album than anything U2 had done before. It was very
experimental and failed to find a large audience. It was
U2's least selling album of the 1990s. And the lead
single, "Miss Sarajevo" failed to chart in North
America, causing a second planned single, "Your Blue
Room" to be cancelled. Larry Mullen has gone on
record as exclaiming that it was his least favorite U2 project
ever. Rumours circulated for some time that a follow up
album was in the works, but now, many years later, it looks like
the Passengers project has been put to rest.
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