Produced by : Brian Eno & Daniel
Lanois.
* Mixed by : Steve Lillywhite
Recorded by : Flood
Additional Engineering : Dave Meegan
with Pat McCarthy
* Mixed by : Steve Lillywhite
Mix Engineered by : Mark Wallace
Assisted by : Mary Kettle
Words: Bono. Backing vocals: The Edge, Brian
Eno, Daniel Lanois. DX7 Programmes and Keyboards: Brian Eno.
Tambourine / Omnichord / Additional Rhythm Guitar: Daniel Lanois.
Harmonica: Bono. One Tree Hill - Radd Strings: Recorded by Bob
Doidge. Played by the Armin Family. Red Hill Mining Town -
the Arklow Silver Band. Red Hill Mining Town - Brass Arranged
and Conducted by Paul Barrett.
Studio Crew: Joe O'Herlihy, Des Broadberry,
Tom Mullally, Tim Buckley, Marc Coleman, Mary Gough, Marion
Smyth. Manager: Paul McGuinness. Principle Management, Dublin:
Anne-Louise Kelly. Principle Management, New York: Ellen Darst.
Thanks to: Dennis Sheehan, Steve Iredale,
Peter Williams, Cillian Guidera, Barbara Galavan, Brigid Mooney,
Caroline Ashe, Cecilia Coffey and Frank Coffey, Keryn Kaplan,
Pat Murphy, Gavin Friday, Guggi, Charlie Whisker, Osmond J.
Kilkenny III, Brian Murphy, Robbie Wootton, Little Steven and
Jimmy Iovine (Grazie) T-Bone Burnett, Irene Keogh, Aislinn,
Pearse and Karina, Paddy Dunne, David Badstone, Merle Wheeler,
Owen Epstein, Ron McGilvray, John Clark, (Irish) Bill Graham,
Bob Lanois, Terry and Joy Stewart, Pete Gray, Paul Barrett and
Sound Track Services, Chris Parkes
Drums, Keyboards, Outboard Equipment: Yamaha.
Cymbals: Paiste. Sticks: Pro Mark. Strings: Superwound,
Rotosound - James Howe Industries. Infinite Guitar invented by:
Michael Brook. (Part of this album was recorded on Edge's Amek
Mixing Console).
Recorded and Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios,
Dublin. Photography by: Anton Corbijn. Design and Layout by:
Steve Averill. Artwork by: The Creative Dept. Ltd, Dublin.
To The Memory of Greg Carroll 1960-1986.
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| This album has gone down in history
as one of the most important albums of the 80s. The follow
up to The Unforgetable Fire,
saw Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois returning to the producers
chairs, and the album was recorded throughout the fall of 1986.
The appearance at Live Aid, and the following Amnesty
International tour had brought a lot of attention to U2 in the
years since The
Unforgettable Fire. When The Joshua Tree was finally
released it was very anticipated, and went to the top of the
charts around the world.
The album was released in three formats
initially, vinyl, cassette and CD. Each format had a
unique photo used for the front cover. The cassette has
the land in the background above the level of the boys heads,
whereas the LP and CD would have the background lower. If
you look at the CD vs. the vinyl you can tell that Bono and the
Edge overlap more on the vinyl. All looked similar, but if you
look closely you can see the difference between the three.
Later releases on DCC and 8-Track would reuse the artwork from
the initial releases. In 2000, the CD was re-released with
the original cover for the vinyl. In 1987 it was never
expected that the CD would become such a popular format, and the
image from the vinyl was always the image that the designers had
seen for the album, so once CD put vinyl to rest the cover was
switched to the CD release in the UK.
The Joshua Tree spawned five singles, several
promotional items, and a world tour. It remains U2's best
selling album at this time.
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