Bono forms overwhelming melodies that change between softness and brilliant power. Listening to "Kite" I can feel that U2 put their whole heart and soul in the music. With The Edge playing such a distinctive and unique guitar riff that only The Edge can deliver that way, it is obvious that U2 decided to include their trademark sounds again. "Beautiful Day" is also one of the most meaningful songs. The track was dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi, but the theme of travelling is also relevant on a more general level. "Walk On" is an extraordinary example of U2 s regained preference to use more traditional song structures to create grand melodies and big emotions. Instead of experimenting with humming electronic sounds they concentrated on the main vocabulary of rock music: bass, drums, guitars and vocals.
This album was released in October 2000, wasn t it? With a new millennium dawning, U2 were working on another reinvention or return to a sort of stripped-down and more classic approach. Most pop music doesn't make you want to get out of bed, I'm sorry to say. There's a defiance in rock music that gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. 'Pop music often tells you everything is OK, while rock music tells you that it's not OK, but you can change it. In our heads we've written 11 singles for this record. 'From the beginning we were excited when music met the real world, and, going into this, we reckoned that people aren't buying rock records any more because of this progressive rock lurgy, which is on the rise, where the single has been forgotten. And I'm sure it addresses the way he feels about the commitment to the band and to his family, to his children and Ali.' I think this record has a great tenderness. To me they're much more about where he's coming from and what he's dealing with. 'Bono's lyrics this time, in a sense, they're less poetic, less romantic and more real.
Danny thought it was interfering with making the record.' We chose to record in Dublin so you have to go home, deal with that leak in your roof as well. Recorded at HQ, Windmill Lane Recording Studios, Westland Studios and Totally Wired in Dublin, and South of France Assisted by Keith McDonell, Stephen Harris. Additional engineering Tim Palmer, Stephen Harris, Ger McDonnell, Mark Howard, Alex Haas. Mixing assisted by Chris Heaney, Alvin Sweeney, Jay Goin. Mixed by Richard Rainey, Tim Palmer, Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Fitzmaurice. Engineered by Richard Rainey, assisted by Chris Heaney. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, additional production Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher.
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A remix of another track, Elevation, featured on the soundtrack to the movie Lara Croft:Tomb Raider. It took three Grammy Awards in 2001 - a year later the album won four more, including Record of the Year for 'Walk On', won the previous year by 'Beautiful Day' - the first time a band had achieved this. Danny thought it was interfering with making the record.'īut the reception for the debut single Beautiful Day, backed with a memorable video shot at Charles de gaulle Airport in Paris, could not have been any warmer. Its beauty is in subtlety rather than extravagance.'ĭaniel Lanois and Brian Eno were again at the helm and, as usual, making the record wasn't always easy. There is no fat on this record, the lines are clean.
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Joshua Tree days to make it seem as though they have come full circle. (It's) modern enough to sound new, but sufficiently evocative of their. 'Back are the chiming guitars, the stratospheric synth and - best of all - the tunes. 'Gone are the experimental ambitions and Big Ideas,' reported the NME. 'All That You Can't Leave Behind, is all about the simple melding of craft and song.' 'U2's tenth studio album and third masterpiece,' judged Rolling Stone. 1 in 32 countries, eventually garnering 12 million sales and with widespread critical praise. The band, said Bono, ahead of release, were 'reapplying for the job of best band in the world'. The band's tenth studio album, All That You Can't leave Behind was released on October 30th 2000 and following the less than overwhelming response to 1997's POP (and that was just from the band) it was instantly judged a triumphant return to form.
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