Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0042284229821 Label: Island Manufacturer: Island Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Island Release Date: June 15, 1990 Sales Rank: 795 Studio: Island
Amazon.com essential recording: Having nearly exhausted their capacity for pop-song politics on War and The Unforgettable Fire, U2 turned toward themes of personal identity and complex relationships on The Joshua Tree. Not that the group was willing to come down off the barricades entirely: 'Mothers of the Disappeared' and 'Bullet the Blue Sky' turned a jaundiced eye toward Central America and the United States' role there. But the predominant mood here is one of self-discovery and the hunger for something more on tracks like the pulsating 'Where the Streets Have No Name' and the gospel-ish 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.' The album's masterstroke, however, is 'With or Without You,' a nasty love song dressed up as an ode of devotion and care. It ranks with the Police's 'Every Breath You Take' as the most misread smash hit of the '80s. --Daniel Durchholz
Amazon.com: U2's most successful album (their first No. 1 album and the 1987 Grammy award-winner for Album of the Year) is also their most dour. From the stark, black and white cover photography, with U2 looking like missionaries (or at least M*A*S*H extras), to the existential angst at the heart of each track, The Joshua Tree is one long, atmospheric wail at the abyss. Producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois turn in an austere production that heightens the drama substantially. --Rob O'Connor
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Rating: - Excelent album
I've been avoiding U2 for a long time, thinking I didn't like them...
But then I gave this album an honest listen, and it completely blew me away. This album is just as good as you've always heard. Check it out.
Rating: - 'the Curse of the Colonies'
There are two glaringly obvious affectations to blame for the artistic failure of U2's 'the Joshua Tree'. One is the record company, who MUST for the sake of their shareholders, send young provincial bands to the colonies, and the huge rewards from the eager masses there. The other is the Clash.
'London Calling' sent U2, and any number of other groups from the UK and beyond, scuttling for their cowboy boots and neckerchiefs in the mistaken belief that they-could-take-on-American-influences-and-still-be-interesting....not so.
If you give young people in their 20's, lots of cash and put them on a plane to the heart of consumerism, they're gonna imbibe...and how. Within weeks they're adopting that ridiculous gait all rock groups must adopt when they're 'conquering' America, wearing leather vests, riding the subway, and plundering the not insubstantial culture to arrive at the (paid minions encouraged) conclusion ... Read More
Rating: - March 9th, 1987 ...
To say that this was probably a red-letter day in the history of music ... is an understatement.
When this first album came out, I missed it completely. I just wasn't listening to anything this mainstream at the time and was caught up in the beginning of absorbing myself with classical music. I was young once and couldn't possibly be that hip to catch everything on the early adoption tip. I view this album probably as important as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, as that may be what they were going for, or Vivaldi's Stabat Mater. These albums are all equally important and affected both music ever after and the listeners as well.
To date, April 2008, The Joshua Tree has several different releases now.
The Original Studio Release - c. 1989
The Superbit `Gold CD' Release - c. 1990
The Remastered Release - c. 2007
Amazon also has a combined 460 reviews on this ... Read More
Rating: - Their best album!
This album contains many of people's favorite U2 songs - this is my favoite album (and I have all of them). Highly recommended!
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