![]() The studio version of the song was compiled from several different takes. At one point, Eno had the tapes cued up and ready to be recorded over, but this erasure never took place according to engineer Flood, fellow engineer Pat McCarthy returned to the control room and upon seeing Eno ready to erase the tapes, dropped the tray of tea he was carrying and physically restrained Eno. He said that this was not to force abandonment of the song, but rather that it would be more effective to start again with a fresh performance. His idea was to “stage an accident” and have the song’s tapes erased. So much time had been spent on “screwdriver work” that Eno thought it would be best to start from scratch. Through all of their work, they had gradually replaced each instrument take until nothing remained from the original performance. The band worked on a single take for weeks, but as Eno explained, that particular version had a lot of problems with it and the group continued trying to fix it up. It was ridiculous.”Co-producer Brian Eno estimates that half of the album sessions were spent trying to record a suitable version of “Where the Streets Have No Name”. I was holding a pointer, like a college professor, walking the band through the chord changes like a fucking nerd. I remember having this massive schoolhouse blackboard, as we call them. ![]() According to co-producer Daniel Lanois, “that was the science project song. The arrangement, with two time signature shifts and frequent chord changes, was rehearsed many times, but the group struggled to get a performance they liked. Bassist Adam Clayton said, “At the time it sounded like a foreign language, whereas now we understand how it works”. With no one in the house to share the demo with, The Edge recalls dancing around and punching the air in celebration.Īlthough the band liked the demo, it was difficult for them to record the song. After finishing the rough mix, he felt he had come up with “the most amazing guitar part and song of life”. Realizing that the album sessions were approaching the end and that the band were short on exceptional live songs, The Edge wanted to “conjure up the ultimate U2 live-song”, so he imagined what he would like to hear at a future U2 show if he were a fan. In an upstairs room at Melbeach House-his newly purchased home-The Edge used a four-track tape machine to record an arrangement of keyboards, bass, guitar, and a drum machine. The music for “Where the Streets Have No Name” originated from a demo that guitarist The Edge composed the night before the group resumed The Joshua Tree sessions. The following is a track by track analysis of the making of Joshua Tree In 2014, it was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the US Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry. U2 released a remastered edition of the record in 2007 to commemorate its 20th anniversary. Frequently featured on critics’ lists of the greatest records, The Joshua Tree is one of the world’s best-selling albums, with over 25 million copies sold. ![]() The group supported the record with the Joshua Tree Tour throughout 1987. The album won Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1988. It produced the hit singles “With or Without You”, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, and “Where the Streets Have No Name”, the first two of which became the group’s only number-one singles in the US. Rolling Stone said of the album, catapulted the band “from heroes to superstars”. Upon its release, The Joshua Tree received critical acclaim, topped the charts in over 20 countries, and sold in record-breaking numbers in the UK. Recording was completed in November 1986 additional production continued into January 1987. Several events during the sessions helped shape the conscious tone of the album, including the band’s participation in A Conspiracy of Hope tour, the death of roadie Greg Carroll, and lead vocalist Bono’s travels to Central America. Recording began in January 1986 in Ireland, and to foster a relaxed, creative atmosphere, the group recorded in two houses, in addition to two professional studios. Inspired by American tour experiences, literature, and politics, U2 chose America as a theme for the record. The album is influenced by American and Irish roots music, and illustrates the band’s love–hate relationship with the United States. In relation to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release The Unforgettable Fire, the band aimed for a harder-hitting sound with The Joshua Tree. The fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2, was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno and was released on March 9th, 1987 on Island Records. This summer, U2 will embark on a tour honoring the anniversary of one of their most iconic albums, The Joshua Tree.
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