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U2: Bono (vocals, harmonica); The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums).Additional personnel includes: Daniel Lanois (gui...Read more
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"Joshua Tree" -- The best ever
1987 (not '90 as stated above) -- "Joshua Tree" was the best to date, and in the opinion of many, the best U2 album ever. Political awareness is brought through incr...Read more
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A brilliant album from a great rock band--
Although a few of the songs on The Joshua Tree are about other places (REd Hill Town, for instance), I think of the album as strikingly American. The album is about the Ameri...Read more

The Joshua Tree by U2 (CD, Mar-1987, Island)

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Album Features
UPC:042284229821
Artist:U2
Format:CD
Release Year:1987
Record Label:Island
Genre:Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With or Without You
4. Bullet the Blue Sky
5. Running to Stand Still
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In God's Country
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Exit
11. Mothers of the Disappeared

Details
Playing Time:50 min.
Contributing Artists:Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Producer:Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:ADD

Album Notes
U2: Bono (vocals, harmonica); The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums).Additional personnel includes: Daniel Lanois (guitar, keyboards, tambourine, background vocals); Brian Eno (keyboards, programming, background vocals).Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.THE JOSHUA TREE won the 1987 Grammy award for album of the year.U2: Bono (vocals, harmonica); The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen Jr. (drums).Additional personnel includes: Daniel Lanois (guitar, keyboards, tambourine, background vocals); Brian Eno (keyboards, programming, background vocals).Engineers include: Flood.Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.Personnel: Bono (vocals, harmonica, background vocals); The Edge (guitar, background vocals); Armin Family (strings); Daniel Lanois (omnichord, tambourine, background vocals); Brian Eno (keyboards, programming, background vocals).Audio Mixers: Mark Wallis; Steve Lillywhite.Audio Remasterer: Arnie Acosta.Liner Note Author: Bill Flanagan.Recording information: Windmill Lane Recording Studio, Dublin, Ireland.Photographer: Anton Corbijn.Unknown Contributor Roles: Daniel Lanois ; Armin Family; The Edge; U2; Bono .Arranger: Paul Barrett.

Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 -- Their reinvention of stadium rock sounds as impassioned as ever....A finely balanced mix of intimacy and power...
Q

Billboard Ranked as the #14 hit album of the 80s.

Ranked #1 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1987
CMJ (20040105)

Included in CMJ's list of Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time
CMJ (20030106)

5 stars out of 5 -- It still bristles with the bravado of a band shaping up for a shot at the title, daring to believe that they could make their idols their peers.
Uncut

Ranked #12 in Q's Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime - ...This collection of downbeat rock made U2 superstars...
Q (20011001)

Ranked #3 in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums Of The 80s survey.
Rolling Stone (19891101)

5 stars out of 5 -- [T]he best moments connect on a physical level -- the glistening bass groove of 'With or Without You' and the Hendrix-worship guitar storm of 'Bullet the Blue Sky.'
Rolling Stone

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"Joshua Tree" -- The best ever

Created: 24/11/05
1987 (not '90 as stated above) -- "Joshua Tree" was the best to date, and in the opinion of many, the best U2 album ever. Political awareness is brought through incredible music. This album has very high emotion and heart-pounding rock and roll from the very first note. "Where the Streets Have No Name" demands that you listen intently with great anticipation. Before this album, U2 was a well-kept secret. However, this not-so-well-known band seemed to get the attention of everyone once "Joshua Tree" hit the stores and airwaves. Suddenly, they were on the covers of "Time", "Rolling Stone", etc., then an awesome tour that spread the nation (and the world). The terrific masterpiece deserved the attention -- a CD that must be cherished.
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A brilliant album from a great rock band--

Created: 30/09/06
Although a few of the songs on The Joshua Tree are about other places (REd Hill Town, for instance), I think of the album as strikingly American. The album is about the American experience in some ways, and it is about the American landscape in others. The lyrics and music both paint a beautiful, bittersweet picture--and songs like Exit are dark and deep. The first few songs on side B are arguably the best sequence in rock music history--the transitions are perfectly blended, and the result is a great listening experience. Love this great album!
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U2 : Joshua Tree

Created: 21/08/06
A Christian Rock group from Ireland. Where Christianity, is the main theme, for U2. They are also rock n roll. I love the first 2 songs on this CD. Where the streets have no names. If one listens to the song very carefully he is decribing the streets of Heaven, to everyone who listens. (This is a known fact from several interviews with U2). The second song, is: I STill Haven't Found What I Am Looking for. We all feel like this, once in a while, at my second job as a Security Officer, when this song comes on the radio, you can hear it reverberate through out a Construction site. Because in a sense, we all have been there...we are all looking for something that does not exist here.
And we haven't figured it out yet? Listen too these two songs, and you can pretty much figure out, what U2 is telling you about yourself.
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A great recording

Created: 04/06/09
This is U2 at it's best. This CD is one of the 5 best rock albums from that decade. Rolling Stone has it at #26 on the list of best albums of all time. How "Thriller" and "The Plastic Ono Band" got ahead of "Joshua Tree" is beyond me. Everything about this album is great.
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The Joshua Tree

Created: 06/03/08
U2 is a classic rock band. I love the way Edge plays his guitar and I think Bono puts a lot of emotion into many of his songs. Also, they spread an anti war message in much of their music which is a positive thought.
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