Music : The Joshua Tree
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0042284229821
Label: Island
Manufacturer: Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island
Release Date: June 15, 1990
Sales Rank: 542
Studio: Island
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Album Description:
The CD format features remastered audio, liner notes by Bill Flanagan (author of "U2 At The End Of The World") and previously unseen Anton Corbijn photos.
Amazon.com essential recording:
Having nearly exhausted their capacity for pop-song politics on War and The Unforgettable Fire, U2 turned toward themes of personal identity and complex relationships on The Joshua Tree. Not that the group was willing to come down off the barricades entirely: "Mothers of the Disappeared" and "Bullet the Blue Sky" turned a jaundiced eye toward Central America and the United States' role there. But the predominant mood here is one of self-discovery and the hunger for something more on tracks like the pulsating "Where the Streets Have No Name" and the gospel-ish "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." The album's masterstroke, however, is "With or Without You," a nasty love song dressed up as an ode of devotion and care. It ranks with the Police's "Every Breath You Take" as the most misread smash hit of the '80s. --Daniel Durchholz
Amazon.com:
U2's most successful album (their first No. 1 album and the 1987 Grammy award-winner for Album of the Year) is also their most dour. From the stark, black and white cover photography, with U2 looking like missionaries (or at least M*A*S*H extras), to the existential angst at the heart of each track, The Joshua Tree is one long, atmospheric wail at the abyss. Producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois turn in an austere production that heightens the drama substantially. --Rob O'Connor
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I feel this is the definitive U2 release, that showcases their songwriting ability, their musicianship and the chemistry with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. The orchestration and soaring quality of Bono's voice on "Where the Streets Have No Name" are the highlights for me. There is the obvious list of hits, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "With or Without You", "Bullet the Blue Sky", "Running to Stand Still", and an obvious statement to America at the time. I wish they could somehow come near the intensity of this with any of their current releases.
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It was a gift and the person it was given to fully enjoyed it. They loved the entire cd.
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This is one of my favorites. It's a little old school, but it rocks just as much today as it did in the 80's. You can't get better than classic U2.
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I've been avoiding U2 for a long time, thinking I didn't like them...
But then I gave this album an honest listen, and it completely blew me away. This album is just as good as you've always heard. Check it out.
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There are two glaringly obvious affectations to blame for the artistic failure of U2's 'the Joshua Tree'. One is the record company, who MUST for the sake of their shareholders, send young provincial bands to the colonies, and the huge rewards from the eager masses there. The other is the Clash.
'London Calling' sent U2, and any number of other groups from the UK and beyond, scuttling for their cowboy boots and neckerchiefs in the mistaken belief that they-could-take-on-American-influences-and-still-be-interesting....not so.
If you give young people in their 20's, lots of cash and put them on a plane to the heart of consumerism, they're gonna imbibe...and how. Within weeks they're adopting that ridiculous gait all rock groups must adopt when they're 'conquering' America, wearing leather vests, riding the subway, and plundering the not insubstantial culture to arrive at the (paid minions encouraged) conclusion that they are Guthrie, Kerouac and Dylan rolled into one.
This can only result in one thing - the recording of the `American' rock album.
In the case of a group like U2, the American Rock Album is a laughable betrayal. A suspicious dirge of such ropiness and lack of character that it becomes a danger to itself and others. A concept so crass and the results so boring that one must wonder if it's all part of the record companies (I suspect) anti-young agenda anyway. "We hate the young, let's go out of our way to not understand them, and pointedly send ... Read More
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