POPHEART EP (PLEASE)

Cover
Commercial Release September 8/9, 1997
Record Label Island Records
Top Chart Position US: --, Canada: 4, UK: 7
Album Pop (1997)
TRACKLISTING 
  • Please (Live from Rotterdam, July 18, 1997) (7:11)
  • Where the Streets Have No Name (Live from Rotterdam, July 18, 1997) (6:33) 
  • With or Without You (Live from Edmonton, June 14, 1997) (4:38)
  • Staring at the Sun (Live from Rotterdam, , July 18, 1997) (7:11)
LINER NOTES
Please (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded live at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam on July 18th, 1997. Recorded by Andy Rose. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent.
Where the Streets Have No Name (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Recorded live at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam on July 18th, 1997. Recorded by Andy Rose. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent.
With or Without You (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Recorded live at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton on June 14th, 1997. Recorded by Andy Rose. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent.
Staring at the Sun (Live): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono and the Edge. Recorded live at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam on July 18th, 1997. Recorded by Andy Rose. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent.

Photography by Willie Williams. Excerpt from Keith Haring. Video animation courtesy of the estate of Keith Haring. Video artwork courtesy of Run Wrake. Design by ABA, Dublin. Reproduced by Sonicon, London.

OTHER NOTES
Released in September of 1997, Popheart came out a month before the Please single. It carried the "Please" title, however, also carried the subtitle "Popheart EP" making it look like it was something more than a single. As time has gone on this has become rarer, and it is obvious it is not being kept in print by the record label, so indeed it could be considered the second part of the Please single as many have suggested it should be. 

Released as U2 was heading back to North America for the third leg of the worldwide Popmart tour, this EP presented four songs recorded live during earlier legs of the tour.  Three tracks were recorded in Rotterdam in July of 1997, and a single track, "With or Without You" was recorded live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in June of 1997.

In the US, the Popheart tracks were released as part of the US single for Please. Only in other areas was it released with the Popheart cover.


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