U2
The Joshua Tree
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 | Where The Streets Have No Name | 5:37 | 320,319 | |||
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 4:40 | 344,310 | ||
| 3 | With Or Without You | 4:58 | 469,782 | |||
| 4 | Bullet The Blue Sky | 4:32 | 138,301 | |||
| 5 | Running To Stand Still | 4:17 | 121,966 | |||
| 6 | Red Hill Mining Town | 4:53 | 107,994 | |||
| 7 | In God's Country | 2:57 | 114,099 | |||
| 8 | Trip Through Your Wires | 3:32 | 100,952 | |||
| 9 | One Tree Hill | 5:23 | 109,785 | |||
| 10 | Exit | 4:13 | 92,477 | |||
| 11 | Mothers Of The Disappeared | 5:11 | 92,507 |
About this album
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released March 9, 1987 on Island Records. Recording sessions took place from July to November of 1986 at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. The album features the band’s exploration of roots rock, with their music exhibiting influences from blues-rock, folk rock, Southern rock, and gospel music. Lyrically, The Joshua Tree depicts the band’s fascination with America and many of the ideas it stands for. The album was produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
The album increased the band’s stature “from heroes to superstars,” according to Rolling Stone. The album produced several hit singles, including “Where the Streets Have No Name”, “With or Without You”, and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, all of which remain radio staples. The Joshua Tree won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Album of the Year in Grammy Awards of 1988. In 2003, the album was ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album is one of the world’s best-selling albums of all-time, having sold over 28 million copies. In 2007, a remastered version of the album was released to mark the 20th anniversary of its original release.
Following The Unforgettable Fire album, U2 realised that they “had no tradition, we were from outer space”, and they explored American blues, country and gospel music. Since that album, they had spent time with fellow Irish bands The Waterboys and Hothouse Flowers, and felt a sense of indigenous Irish music being blended with American folk music.
The album increased the band’s stature “from heroes to superstars,” according to Rolling Stone. The album produced several hit singles, including “Where the Streets Have No Name”, “With or Without You”, and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, all of which remain radio staples. The Joshua Tree won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Album of the Year in Grammy Awards of 1988. In 2003, the album was ranked number 26 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. The album is one of the world’s best-selling albums of all-time, having sold over 28 million copies. In 2007, a remastered version of the album was released to mark the 20th anniversary of its original release.
Following The Unforgettable Fire album, U2 realised that they “had no tradition, we were from outer space”, and they explored American blues, country and gospel music. Since that album, they had spent time with fellow Irish bands The Waterboys and Hothouse Flowers, and felt a sense of indigenous Irish music being blended with American folk music.
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Shouts
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ProzacForRichie wrote:
Firstlovesoundtracking
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booba92 wrote:
Just Album. This record doesn't need words like magnificent, magic, beautiful, great and so and so.... This is The Album!
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InlagdGurka wrote:
A very good album. I understand why it is so popular on 'The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time'.
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heaventree22 wrote:
silaczka: agreed
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IRSARGE wrote:
a " SUPER GROUP " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Braveshell wrote:
Awesome album... superb!
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mclitten wrote:
LOVE IT
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silaczka wrote:
Life-saver.
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big_wave wrote:
This album is a legend.
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Jane-Margaret wrote:
Epic....
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labvakar wrote:
Masterpiece.
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adamb1026 wrote:
Please do not buy the re-mastered version. The dynamics will be destroyed and not show this album in its true light
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Oneiota wrote:
The Joshua Tree is an amazing work, but it does tend to overshadow their earlier efforts. Boy, War, and The Unforgettable Fire are all equally amazing too!
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Blues2000uk wrote:
The Joshua Tree is still their best work ever!
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sufjanatic_93 wrote:
Perfection.
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Terrasidius wrote:
Awesome. But I prefer their 90's stuff generally.
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manuelvanhalen wrote:
Terrific album
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ballroom4 wrote:
this album is perfect!
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silaczka wrote:
CLASSIC in every meaning of this word.
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Willp693 wrote:
The best. Brilliant.
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