U2 discography albums all that you cant leave behind. The photographer, hugo mcguiness, and the sleeve designer, steve averill a friend of bassist adam clayton, went on to work on several more u2 album covers. What makes this cover so powerful is that they have blended it with a traditional hawaiian chant, a recitation of a. The original sleeve featured the boy peter rowan but warner bros, fearing controversy, released a different album cover in north america, featuring a stretched. The official u2 website with all the latest news, video, audio, lyrics, photos, tour dates and ticket information. Jan 29, 2011 as an aside, i always have trouble searching for anything u2 related, especially their albums with singleword titles e.
The cover for jimi hendrixs third and final studio album, electric ladyland, featured a menagerie of naked women holding the record before hendrixs. Sep 26, 2014 the freedownload phase of u2s new album songs of innocence is drawing to a close. Bootleg recording of u2s boy tour in hilversum, holland on october 14, 1980. The u2 album discography features a number of catagories, traditional full length albums are listed first, followed by notable ep releases. Theres andy warhol, hipgnosis and not just pink floyd covers either, rick griffin, robert crumb, peter blake, and roger dean. Mysterious u2 album cover boy, now 37, gives interview. Music cds play it again whether youre a music fan or a musician, your music collection is no doubt one of your most prized possessions. This list shows cover versions of songs originally by the irish rock band u2 that have been recorded and released. The joshua tree remaster by u2 cd, nov2007, island label. Sep 09, 2014 u2 just pulled a beyonce plus a jay z. All the cd and dvd covers are uploaded, approved and ranked by our users. The discography of the irish rock band u2 consists of 14 studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, 67 singles, and nine extended plays eps. A standard cd and a bonus cd which includes bsides, live tracks and rarities.
Boy was the first of three albums to be produced by steve lillywhite and was released in october 1980. Boy is the debut studio album by irish rock band u2. The band formed at mount temple comprehensive school in 1976 as teenagers. The joshua tree remaster by u2 cd, nov2007, island. Lillywhite does a great job of capturing what made u2 unique the edges remastering work is also vastly superior to the original cd transfer, and it makes sense that the band rehired him for. U2 reveal intimate album cover for songs of innocence. It has the same chilly, haunting atmosphere of the bands earliest material, when they were more. A russian legislator has accused apple and the band u2 of violating the russian law against gay propaganda among minors by uploading u2 s latest album, songs of innocence, to itunes customers. Best of u2 the best of u2 collection u2 rock songs. U2 youre the best thing about me official video youtube. We run down the best u2 albums, ranked from worst to best, from how to dismantle an. The third song on u2s debut irelandonly release, boygirl is. It was an inspired combination of large, stadiumrock beats and postpunk textures.
Theres little in u2 s 1980 debut to suggest that this was a band bent on world domination. Both featured the face of a child, peter rowen, the younger brother of guggi, bonos childhood friend growing up on cedarwood road. The song was recorded right at the end of the recording sessions. U2 discography 320kbpsmp3 blowa tls torrent download. Sep 27, 2017 the official video for youre the best thing about me, the first single from u2s forthcoming new studio album songs of experience. The model boy on the cover is peter rowen, the younger brother of guggi, bonos friend and. Tracklisting reflects 11 tracks on back and in booklet, but disc only contains 10 tracks. As of a few minutes ago, the bands new album songs of innocence was delivered for free to all itunes customers, just after u2 performed new single the. The freedownload phase of u2s new album songs of innocence is drawing to a close. On the occasion of the release of u2s 14th studio album, songs of experience, it is worth. Want to add to our directory of cd and dvd movie cover sites. If you like video please subscribe like share comment subsc. War became the first u2 album to crack the top 40 it made it to no.
From there are reissues and remastered albums, albums which have been reissued since the 2007 anniversary of the joshua tree. To use our free service simply enter the name of the cd or artist youre looking for. The european edition cover art is different than the us edition and features a boy who also appeared on the cover of the war album and its accompanying singles. The whipcrack of larry mullens drum set snaps listeners to attention from the first.
In honor of the release of the new u2 album, songs of experience, heres a tour of my complete collection of u2 on cd, including albums, singles, box sets, u2 greatest hits full album. Dec 27, 2006 the boy on the cover is peter rowan actor brother of bonos friend, guggi. U2s second album is the pensive, nerdy brother to their debut, boy. Anyway, i am wondering if anybody has had a chance to compare the 2008 remaster with the original 1990 cd ive owned the latter for a while. Weve always been about community in u2, about family and friends, explained bono. Allcdcovers is a community driven website offering free high quality album art for non commercial use. In the last verse, bonos voice soars with just the tiniest crack of. Bootleg recording of u2 s boy tour in hilversum, holland on october 14, 1980. Also includes a 32page booklet with previously unseen photos, full lyrics, new liner notes by paul morley. Thanks to its wide selection, ebay is a top destination for music lovers to find new and used cds, records and cassettes at competitive prices.
Oct 14, 2011 mysterious u2 album cover boy, now 37, gives interview. On october, the same day that the band plans to roll out the album on physical formats, songs of innocence. There is nothing on the cover to list the name of the album, and the only mention of u2 is hidden in the boys hair. Back are the chiming guitars, the stratospheric synth and best of all the tunes.
U2 reveal new album artwork and tracklisting for songs of. Boy contains many songs from the bands 40song catalogue at the time, including two tracks that were rerecorded from their original versions on their debut release, the ep three. All 218 u2 songs, ranked from worst to best vulture. U2 share four different remixes of summer of love in a new ep. From the outset, u2 went for the big message every song on their debut album boy sounds huge, with oceans of processed guitars cascading around bonos impassioned wail. May 21, 2016 its no accident that footage of bono parading with a white flag with sunday bloody sunday blaring in the background became the defining moment of u2s early career there rarely was a band that believed so deeply in rocks potential for revolution as u2, and there rarely was a band whose members didnt care if they appeared. U2songs has expanded to cover the latest band news, tour updates and trivia, indepth reporting, interviews, information on collectibles, and enhanced u2 discography and. U2 had been building toward war since their first album, boy, was.
But war in 1983 also featured two distinct images on. Best of u2 the best of u2 collection u2 rock songs playlist. Best of u2 the best of u2 collection u2 rock songs playlist thanks for watching. All that you cant leave behind, is all about the simple melding of craft and song. It is the final single from the album, released solely in germany in 1983. U2 have revealed the cover artwork and the tracklisting for their hotlyanticipated new album, songs of experience, which will be released 1 december 2017 on cd, vinyl, digital download and across. The original sleeve featured the boy peter rowan but warner bros, fearing controversy, released a different album cover in north america, featuring a stretched and distorted picture of the band. Gone are the experimental ambitions and big ideas, reported the nme. Boy was voted best album, best debut album, and best album sleeve in the hot press irish national poll results. Appearing on the cover of u2 albums boy and war before he was even 10. Download u2 discography 320kbpsmp3 blowa tls torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. Shop 150 records for sale for album boy by u2 on cdandlp in vinyl and cd format. Media in category u2 album covers the following 119 files are in this category, out of 119 total. The image resonated with the bands iconic 1980 debut album boy and, three years later, the war album.
A russian legislator has accused apple and the band u2 of violating the russian law against gay propaganda among minors by uploading u2s latest album, songs of innocence, to itunes customers. This is the midlate 80s cd release while island was still distributed by atcoatlantic. U2 s tenth studio album and third masterpiece, judged rolling stone. On october, the same day that the band plans to roll out the album on. On the heels of the uk and ireland release of boy, in sweden they released a limited blue vinyl pressing, with identical sleeves and catalog number to the uk edition. U2 share four different remixes of summer of love in a.
As of a few minutes ago, the bands new album songs of innocence was delivered for free to all itunes customers, just. U2 discography albums boy remastered deluxe edition. Aug 10, 2018 u2s summer of love remixes ep is out now and you can listen here. It was released on 20 october 1980 by island records and was produced by steve lillywhite. U2 reveal songs of innocence physical album cover pitchfork. Jul 24, 2008 lillywhite does a great job of capturing what made u2 unique the edges remastering work is also vastly superior to the original cd transfer, and it makes sense that the band rehired him for. The official video for youre the best thing about me, the first single from u2s forthcoming new studio album songs of experience. A couple of affecting laments the cascading all i want is you and heartland, which sounds like a joshua tree outtake do slip out underneath the posturing, but rattle and hum is by far the leastfocused record u2 ever made, and its little wonder that they retreated for three years after its release to rethink their whole approach.
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