Cover |
Cassette |
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Commercial Release |
October 1 / 2,
1984 |
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Record Label |
Island Records |
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Top Chart Position |
US: 12, Canada:
6, UK: 1 |
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Singles Released |
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TRACKLISTING |
- A
Sort Of Homecoming (5:29)
- Pride
(In The Name Of Love)
(3:49)
- Wire
(4:19)
- The
Unforgettable Fire (4:55)
- Promenade
(2:32)
- 4th
Of July (2:15)
- Bad
(6:09)
- Indian
Summer Sky (4:18)
- Elvis
Presley and America
(6:22)
- MLK
(2:32)
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| LINER NOTES |
Published by Blue Mountain Music Ltd.
Produced and Engineered by: Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois.
Additional Engineering: Kevin Killen. Assistant Engineer: Randy
Ezratty.
All tracks recorded in Ireland at Slane Castle, Co. Meath and
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin.
Bono: vocals. The Edge: guitar, keyboards,
vocals. Adam Clayton: bass. Larry Mullen Junior: drums.
Additional vocals, instruments and treatments: Eno / Lanois.
Music U2, Words Bono. String Arrangement: Noel Kelehan.
Fairlight: Paul Barret.
Managment: Paul McGuinness. Anne-Louise Kelly
- Principle Management - Dublin. Ellen Darst - Principle
Management - New York
U2 Crew: Dennis Sheehan, Joe O'Herlihy, Steve
Iredale, Tom Mullally, Steve Rainford, Peter Williams, Tim
Buckley, Lord Henry Moutcharles. Sleeve - Conception by Anton
Corbijn / Steve Averill. Realisation: Anton Corbijn / The
Creative Dept Ltd. Thanks to Mrs Christine Kerr. Drums: Yamaha.
Strings: James Howe Industries
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| OTHER NOTES |
| The first trilogy of albums were done,
and people wondered what was coming next. What arrived was
U2 working with Eno and Lanois for the first time ever, and an
album which was still obviously U2 but was different from
anything that had come before. There was more playing with
sound, a more ambient sound at that. A pending tour caused
the album recording to be wrapped up earlier than would have
been liked, and this has added to the overall feel of the album,
a slightly unfinished quality to some of the songs.
The first single off of the album, Pride,
became U2's biggest hit to date. However, the follow up
single did not do as well, and releases from the album stopped
after the two. However, interest in the album would be
reborn with 1985's appearance at Live Aid where a version of
"Bad" lasting over ten minutes was performed and left
a lot of people wondering just who these guys were.
The album was partially recorded in Slane
Castle (not the one pictured on the front) and finished up at
Windmill Lane studios in Dublin. The production team of
Lanois and Eno would become a re-occuring force in U2's albums,
and they have produced many of the albums since this time.
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