U2 Exit | by SPun2U | Fri, Mar 20
Fri, Mar 20
“He started taking notes as I talked,” Sugimoto recalled. Those notes became the foundation for the new album’s title track. Last year, during a visit to Dublin, Sugimoto heard the first demo tape, and a few months later was told by Bono that U2 wanted to use the Boden Sea image on the album jac...
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source: U2blog
In the November 6, 2009 edition of Entertainment Weekly, “The Unforgettable Fire” boxed set is ranked #6 on “The Must List: The Top 10 Things We Love This Week.” The article states: Bono and the band will set your ears ablaze with this deluxe reissue of the 1984 album that ignited the foursom...
Published Sat, Oct 31
U2 took 'unforgettable' trip to castle for '84 album 
source: U2
The album, which will be re-released on Tuesday in a remastered 25th anniversary edition, marked the first time U2 worked with Brian Eno and Lanois, two producers who would collaborate with the band several times more, and not always in a conventional studio setting.
Published Mon, Oct 26
U2 gewinnen mit 'Unforgettable Fire' einen Q-Award 
source: U2 Tour
Die jährlichen Preise des Musikmagazins Q sind für U2 immer wieder eine wahre Goldgrube. Auch dieses Jahr konnten sie einen Preis gewinnen und zwar in der Kategorie 'Classic Album' mit ihrem 1984er Album 'The Unforgettable Fire'. Aus verständlichen Gründen konnten U2 heute nicht persö...
Published Mon, Oct 26
Q honors The Unforgettable Fire 
source: U2
Q Magazine has given U2's The Unforgettable Fire a Classic Album Award at the Q Awards tonight in London. We're not sure this award even existed before this year, and you can't help but notice the perfect timing - what with the release this week of the remastered version of The Unforgettable...
Published Mon, Oct 26
Album Review : The Unforgettable Fire (Deluxe Reissue) 
source: Rolling Stone
Artist: U2 Album: The Unforgettable Fire (Deluxe Reissue) Review: This transitional, hit-or-miss set, U2's first collaboration with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, followed 1983's breakthrough, War. When things click, it bridges that record's fight-the-power arena rock w...
Published Mon, Oct 26
U2 Disappointed by 'No Line' Only Going Platinum Once 
source: U2
Any band these days would love to sell a million records, but for U2, that high number is not enough. The multi-platinum rockers told the Associated Press that they're displeased with the sales of their latest album, 'No Line on the Horizon.' Recent U2 albums have been selling in the three to...
Published Fri, Oct 23
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois Remember the Making of U2's Unforgettable Fire 
source: U2
It all makes sense now, what with 25 years of history behind us, but at the time U2's decision to tap Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce the pivotal follow-up to their breakthrough album War was far from the most obvious course of action. Eno, after all, was a cerebral sounding board and pr...
Published Fri, Oct 23
U2 'album didn't pull off hits' 
source: U2
U2's Bono has said the band were disappointed about the lack of chart success for singles from their latest album. No Line On The Horizon made it to the top of the albums chart but single Get On Your Boots only managed No 12, while subsequent single I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy only reached N...
Published Fri, Oct 23