The big addition is the entirety of a concert the band gave at Madison Square Garden in 1987, one where they played almost all of the record.
[The 20th Anniversary reissue of The Joshua Tree cleared the vaults of the B-sides, outtakes, and stray songs U2 released in the wake of the album's 1987 release, so the 30th Anniversary Edition doesn't pack the same kind of revelation as its predecessor. Never before have U2's big messages sounded so direct and personal. With the uniformly excellent songs - only the clumsy, heavy rock and portentous lyrics of "Bullet the Blue Sky" fall flat - the result is a powerful, uncompromising record that became a hit due to its vision and its melody. Not only are Bono's lyrics obsessed with America, but country and blues influences are heard throughout the record, and instead of using these as roots, they're used as ways to add texture to the music. Unexpectedly, U2 have also tempered their textural post-punk with American influences. That means that even the anthems - the epic opener "Where the Streets Have No Name," the yearning "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - have seeds of doubt within their soaring choruses, and those fears take root throughout the album, whether it's in the mournful, sliding acoustic guitars of "Running to Stand Still," the surging "One Tree Hill," or the hypnotic elegy "Mothers of the Disappeared." So it might seem a little ironic that U2 became superstars on the back of such a dark record, but their focus has never been clearer, nor has their music been catchier, than on The Joshua Tree. It's a move that returns them to the sweeping, anthemic rock of War, but if War was an exploding political bomb, The Joshua Tree is a journey through its aftermath, trying to find sense and hope in the desperation. Using the textured sonics of The Unforgettable Fire as its basis, U2 expanded those innovations by scaling back the songs to a personal setting and adding a grittier attack for its follow-up, The Joshua Tree. Photographers: René Castro Armando Gallo Colm Henry Debra Netski Anton Corbijn. Recording information: Danesmoate (2017) Remote Recording Services (The Black Truck) (2017). Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. Additional personnel includes: Daniel Lanois (guitar, keyboards, tambourine, background vocals) Brian Eno (keyboards, programming, background vocals). U2: Bono (vocals, harmonica) The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals) Adam Clayton (bass) Larry Mullen Jr. THE JOSHUA TREE won the 1987 Grammy award for album of the year. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk / Korova 1ġ6.U2: Bono (vocals, harmonica) The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals) Adam Clayton (bass) Larry Mullen, Jr. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Remix)ġ3. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Single Version)Ħ. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix)Ĥ. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Magic Hour Remix)ġ1. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Trance Mix)ĩ. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Mystery Train Dub)ħ.
Mysterious Ways (Apollo 440 Magic Hour Remix)ģ. Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance remix)Ģ. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Triple Peaks Remix)Ħ. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix)ĥ. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The Worldģ. Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary Edition) Track Listĩ. In further celebration, U2 collaborated with Berlin-based French artist Thierry Noir for a special, one-off installation at Hansa Studios in Berlin, where Achtung Baby was partially recorded.Įveryone’s favorite frontman Bono described Achtung Baby 30 years ago as “the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree.” The band’s seventh studio record snagged a Best Rock Performance Grammy, and was produced by long-time U2 collaborators Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite. Both releases are available for pre-order. The boxset includes Uber Remixes, Unter Remixes, B-Sides with 22 tracks that have never been available digitally. The Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary Edition) is out on special standard and deluxe vinyl on November 19, ahead of the 50-track digital boxset available December 3, via Island Records, Interscope, and UMe. In honor of the 30th anniversary of Achtung Baby, U2 has announced a massive, forthcoming deluxe edition release of the record.