The Joshua Tree [VINYL]

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Additionally, there will be a two-CD edition of the 30th anniversary which will feature a colour version of the famous cover shot set on a white background. It contain a double page info sheet with lyrics on one side and a pic like a poster to the other side. Sure, the album cemented U2 as the biggest band in the world featuring the massively played 'With Or Without You', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name' but the rest of the album is worth uncovering.

Every soul stirring stadium singalong is culturally momentous, capturing the very essence of the era whilst sounding conversely caustic and canorous. I have a Joshua Tree vinyl with the matrix run out side b as U26 B //4 (upside down triangle) 420 H. Its savage beauty and ominous disposition, courtesy of Bono's superb songwriting, is pervasive, but not to the extent that it becomes overwhelming. In spite of a significant leap forward in terms of realising their true potential, none of the albums they produced during this time would be a definite contender for "classic album" status. Quite simply, all involved, including the recording personnel, are operating at the peak of their powers, and the results are not merely an extension of "The Unforgettable Fire".Back cover has 9 lines of “Thanks to” notes, and the insert has the Additional Rhythm Guitar credit. Indeed, the Americanization of their aesthetic may not have impressed their staid fanhood, but these cavernous, thought-provoking, moody and evocative compositions collectively exposed the masses to alternative music and its ideologies, which is what the group always sought to do. If you're as big a U2 fan as I and are looking to own one of the best pressings, consider yourself lucky to possess a clean copy of this one. After a period of experimentation to prime their artistic muscle, the band consolidated and refined the unfinished elements from all of their previous records, developing said textures and attributes into an anthemic, expressive and hard-hitting set of songs linked by an artistic objective that would fully separate them from the post-punk scene they were once so closley associated with.

The VINYL of my copy is exactly the same as this BUT the sleeve has 9 (nine) lines of text incl additional credit and asterisk after Red Hill Mining Town. The Joshua Tree", released in 1987, was their most focused album yet, heavily influenced by spiritual imagery, Irish roots music and mythical America. Thanks to critical and public excitement generated by successive hit singles, popular MTV videos and exuberant live performances, U2 were on the cusp of international stardom. Where The Streets Have No Name" and "In God's Country" were made to be sequenced together, IGC takes the momentum built by WTSHNN to the next level.

Running To Stand Still" and "Mothers Of The Disappeared" are also particularly well suited to be sequenced together as they are almost a two part track from the get go IMO.

I've owned a US pressing, two separate Canadian pressings and currently the 2019 German 2 x Vinyl, Reissue, Remastered 30th Anniversary Edition and none is better than this UK early version I now proudly own.Contradictorily, as the desire to play bigger venues and broaden their audience took effect, their music became increasingly distinctive and melodic, not to mention commercially successful, thus alienating those who had invested in them primarily due to their political and social consciousness.