U2ography

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight

2009-08-11T00:00:46Z

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Front Sleeve

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
iTunes Version | Front Sleeve

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Promo Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: September 7, 2009

Highest Chart Position: UK: 32 USA: 8

Track List (7" Single):

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version) (4:14)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Dirty South Radio Mix) (4:27)

Track List (12" Single):

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version) (4:14)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Fish Out Of Water Mix) (4:37)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Dirty South Full Mix) (7:10)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka's Kick The Darkness Vocal Version) (7:30)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka's Sparks Of Light Dub Version) (7:28)

Track List (CD Single):

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version) (4:14)
Magnificent (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston) (5:08)

Track List (CD Maxi Single):

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version) (4:14)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Fish Out Of Water Mix) (4:37)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Dirty South Full Mix) (7:10)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka's Kick The Darkness Vocal Version) (7:30)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka's Sparks Of Light Dub Version) (7:28)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka's Kick The Darkness Instrumental Version) (7:28)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (David O'Reilly Video) (4:15)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Alex Courtes Video) (3:50)
Digital Booklet (Available only on iTunes digital EP/e-single)

Track List (CD Promo Single):

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Radio edit) (3:50)
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single version) (4:14)

Catalog:

Europe:
- 7": Island / Universal 2716223 (Gatefold Sleeve with Inner Sleeve / Sticker on Outer Plastic)
- CD: Island / Universal 2716226 (Slimline Jewel Case), Island / Universal 2716225 (Gatefold Jewel Case / Six Panel Digipack)
Germany:
- CD: Island 2716226 (Slimline Jewel Case), Island 2717700 (Cardboard Sleeve with Inner Sleeve)
UK:
- CD: Island / Mercury GOCRAZYCJ1 (Promo / Unique PS)
USA:
- 12": Interscope B0013377-11
- CD: Interscope B0013376-22

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Music Video:

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - David O'Reilly @ Yahoo! Video

Magnificent

2009-05-04T13:55:23Z

Magnificent
Front Sleeve

Magnificent
Promo Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: May 4, 2009

Highest Chart Position: UK: 42 USA: 79

Liner Notes:

Magnificent (UK Edit): Music by U2, Brian Eno, and Danny Lanois. Lyrics by Bono and The Edge. Produced by Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Additional production by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Additional engineering by Carl Glanville, Declan Gaffney and Dave Emery. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by Neil Comber. Additional keyboards by Terry Lawless, Bono and will.i.am. Magnificent (Edit): Music by U2, Brian Eno, and Danny Lanois. Lyrics by Bono and The Edge. Produced by Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Additional production by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Additional engineering by Carl Glanville, Declan Gaffney and Dave Emery. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by Neil Comber. Additional keyboards by Terry Lawless, Bono and will.i.am. Breathe (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston): Recorded in March 2009 by Jay Vicari and Declan Gaffney. Assisted by Joel Singer. Recorded in Music Mix Mobile Truck. Mixed by Declan Gaffney. Vertigo (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston): Recorded in March 2009 by Jay Vicari and Declan Gaffney. Assisted by Joel Singer. Recorded in Music Mix Mobile Truck. Mixed by Declan Gaffney. Get on Your Boots (Justice Remix): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Remix and additional production by Justice. Magnificent (Dave Audé Club Remix): (Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Dave Audé. Magnificent (Dave Audé Club Dub Remix): Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Dave Audé. Magnificent (Fred Falke Full Club Mix): Keyboards - Fred Falke. Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Fred Falke. Magnificent (Adam K And Soha Club Mix): Keyboards - Adam K & Soha. Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Adam K & Soha. Magnificent (Adam K And Soha Dub Mix): Keyboards - Adam K & Soha. Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Adam K & Soha. Magnificent (Wonderland Remix): Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Paul Rogers, Pete Tong. Magnificent (Wonderland Dub Remix): Remix, Producer [Additional Production] - Paul Rogers, Pete Tong. Magnificent (Redanka's 360 Version): Remix - Redanka. Remix [Credited To], Producer [Additional Production], Engineer - Andy Holt. Magnificent (Redanka's 180 Version): Remix - Redanka. Remix [Credited To], Producer [Additional Production], Engineer - Andy Holt.

Track List (7" Single):

Magnificent (4:21)
Breathe (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston) (4:45)

Track List (CD Single):

Magnificent (4:21)
Breathe (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston) (4:45)

Track List (CD Maxi Single):

Magnificent (4:21)
Vertigo (Live from Somerville Theatre, Boston) (3:48)
Get On Your Boots (Justice Remix) (3:26)

Track List ("Remixes" CD Single):

Magnificent (Edit) (4:21)
Magnificent (Dave Audé Club Remix) (7:34)
Magnificent (Dave Audé Club Dub Remix) (7:47)
Magnificent (Fred Falke Full Club Mix) (7:20)
Magnificent (Adam K and Soha Club Mix) (6:15)
Magnificent (Adam K and Soha Dub Mix) (6:15)
Magnificent (Wonderland Remix) (9:55)
Magnificent (Wonderland Dub Remix) (6:52)
Magnificent (Redanka's 360 Version) (7:23)
Magnificent (Redanka's 180 Version) (8:19)

Catalog:

Europe:
- 7": Island / Universal 2701248
- CD: Island / Universal 2701245, Island / Universal 2701249
UK:
- CD: Island / Universal U2MAGN1 (Promo)
USA:
- CD: Interscope B0013081-22 ("Remixes" CD), INTR-12571-2 (Promo)

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Music Video:

Magnificent @ Yahoo! Video

No Line On The Horizon

2009-02-27T14:11:20Z

No Line On The Horizon
Front Sleeve | Purchase Album

Release Date: February 27, 2009

Highest Chart Position: UK: 1 USA: 1

Liner Notes:

Music: U2 with Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Lyrics: Bono et al, especially The Edge. Produced by: Brian Eno, Danny Lanois and Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by: Richard Rainey, Declan Gaffney, CJ Eiriksson, Carl Glanville, Tony Mangurian and Dave Emery. Additional engineering by: Florian Ammon and Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by: Chris Heaney, Tom Hough, Kevin "Kevo" Wilson and Dave Clauss. Mixed by: Steve Lillywhite, Declan Gaffney, Danny Lanois, CJ Eiriksson, Cenzo Townshend, Carl Glanville and Richard Rainey. Recorded at HQ, Riad El Yacout in Fez, Platinum Sound Recording Studios in New York, and Olympic Studios in London. Studio Crew: Studio Manager/Drum Tech: Sam O'Sullivan. Studio Tech: Rab McAllister. Guitar Tech: Dallas Schoo. Catering: Sandy Hylton. Mastering: John Davis at Metropolis Mastering, London. Audio Post Production Co-ordination and Quality Control: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions. Cover photograph: Hiroshi Sugimoto - Boden Sea, Uttwil. Photography by Anton Corbijn. Additional photography: Satellite image of Paris © Aerodata International Surveys. Satellite image of Cadiz © DigitalGlobe. Electronic sign © Morgan Noguellou. Designed by: Shaughn McGrath at Four5One Creative Dublin. Consultant: Steve Averill. Tracks written by U2/Brian Eno/Danny Lanois and published by Universal Music Publishing B.V./Opal Music, except in North America by Upala Music Inc/BMI. Album Production Managers: Steve Matthews and Candida Bottaci. Dedicated to the memory of Rob Partridge, who believed in us, almost before we did... almost. 1948-2008.

Track List:

No Line On The Horizon
Magnificent
Moment Of Surrender
Unknown Caller
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Get On Your Boots
Stand Up Comedy
Fez - Being Born
White As Snow
Breathe
Cedars Of Lebanon

Track List (Bonus DVD):

Linear: Anton Corbijn Film (Documentary)

Catalog:

Argentina:
Australia:
Canada:
Chile:
Europe:
Japan:
Korea:
Mexico:
Taiwan:
Thailand:
UK:
USA: Interscope B0012630-01 (Limited Edition 2LP), Interscope B0012630-02 (CD), Interscope B0012635-02 (Limited Edition Digi-pack), Interscope B0012637-02 (Limited Edition Magazine Version), Interscope B0012638-00 (Limited Edition Box Set / DVD)

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Media Review:

Review: No Line On The Horizon

3 stars (out of 5)

By Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

A rock & roll open secret: U2 care very much about what other people say about them. Ever since they hit the big time in 1987 with The Joshua Tree, every album is a response to the last -- rather, a response to the response, a way to correct the mistakes of the last album: Achtung Baby erased the roots rock experiment Rattle and Hum, All That You Can't Leave Behind straightened out the fumbling Pop, and 2009's No Line on the Horizon is a riposte to the suggestion they played it too safe on 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. After recording two new cuts with Rick Rubin for the '06 compilation U218 and flirting with will.i.am, U2 reunited with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (here billed as "Danny" for some reason), who not only produced The Joshua Tree but pointed the group toward aural architecture on The Unforgettable Fire. Much like All That You Can't and Atomic Bomb, which were largely recorded with their first producer, Steve Lillywhite, this is a return to the familiar for U2, but where their Lillywhite LPs are characterized by muscle, the Eno/Lanois records are where the band take risks, and so it is here that U2 attempts to recapture that spacy, mysterious atmosphere of The Unforgettable Fire and then take it further. Contrary to the suggestion of the clanking, sputtering first single "Get on Your Boots" -- its riffs and "Pump It Up" chant sounding like a cheap mashup stitched together in GarageBand -- this isn't a garish, gaudy electro-dalliance in the vein of Pop. Apart from a stilted middle section -- "Boots," the hamfisted white-boy funk "Stand Up Comedy," and the not-nearly-as-bad-as-its-title anthem "I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"; tellingly, the only three songs here to not bear co-writing credits from Eno and Lanois -- No Line on the Horizon is all austere grey tones and midtempo meditation. It's a record that yearns to be intimate but U2 don't do intimate, they only do majestic, or as Bono sings on one of the albums best tracks, they do "Magnificent." Here, as on "No Line on the Horizon" and "Breathe," U2 strike that unmistakable blend of soaring, widescreen sonics and unflinching openhearted emotion that's been their trademark, turning the intimate into something hauntingly universal. These songs resonate deeper and longer than anything on Atomic Bomb, their grandeur almost seeming effortless. It's the rest of the record that illustrates how difficult it is to sound so magnificent. With the exception of that strained middle triptych, the rest of the album is in the vein of "No Line on the Horizon", "Magnificent" and "Breathe," only quieter and unfocused, with its ideas drifting instead of gelling. Too often, the album whispers in a murmur so quiet it's quite easy to ignore -- "White as Snow," an adaptation of a traditional folk tune, and "Cedars of Lebanon," its verses not much more than a recitation, simmer so slowly they seem to evaporate -- but at least these poorly defined subtleties sustain the hazily melancholy mood of No Line on the Horizon. When U2, Eno, and Lanois push too hard -- the ill-begotten techno-speak overload of "Unknown Caller," the sound sculpture of "Fez-Being Born" -- the ideas collapse like a pyramid of cards, the confusion amplifying the aimless stretches of the album, turning it into a murky muddle. Upon first listen, No Line on the Horizon seems as if it would be a classic grower, an album that makes sense with repeated spins, but that repetition only makes the album more elusive, revealing not that U2 went into the studio with a dense, complicated blueprint, but rather, they had no plan at all.

Linear

2009-02-27T11:16:59Z

Linear
Front Sleeve & DVD

Release Date: February 27, 2009

Duration: 60 Minutes

Liner Notes:

Linear: An ANTON CORBIJN moving image/SEE-SAW FILMS PRODUCTION. Said Taghmaoui. Music by U2 with Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Line Producer: Rosa Romero. Editor: James Rose. Art Director: Mark Digby. Make-Up & Hair: Aaf Corbijn. Cinematographer: Martin Ruhe. Executive Producers: Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. Story by Anton Corbijn/Bono. Produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman. Directed by Anton Corbijn. Titles written by U2/Brian Eno/Danny Lanois and published by Universal Music Publishing BV/Opal Music, except in North America by Upala Music Inc/BMI. * "Cedars of Lebanon" includes a sample of the recording "Against The Sky" performed by Harold Budd and Brian Eno from the album "The Pearl" (Virgin/EMI 1984 - ENOCD13). Licensed courtesy of Virgin Records Limited. The composition "Cedars of Lebanon" contains elements from "Against the Sky" written Harold Budd and Brian Eno and published by Universal Songs of Polygram International Inc / Toyon Music / Opal Music London. Used by permission. All rights reserved. © 2009 U2 Limited. The copyright in this film and artwork is owned by U2 Limited and is under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited in the UK, Interscope Records in the US, and Universal Music Group for the rest of the world.

Track List:

Unknown Caller (6:18)
Breathe (4:37)
Winter (6:17)
White As Snow (4:46)
No Line On The Horizon (4:11)
Fez - Being Born (5:15)
Magnificent (5:23)
Stand Up Comedy (3:50)
Get On Your Boots (3:28)
Moment Of Surrender (7:24)
Cedars Of Lebanon (4:14)
Credits (2:29)

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Commentary:

"Late May 2008 - at a band meeting I was introduced to the new songs. The reason for letting me in so early on this sonically and lyrically different U2 record is that the band have this idea for me to make some kind of moving imagery to go with the record. The thinking is that as a lot of people buy music from the internet and are likely to hear this on a computer or mp3 player, their listening pleasure could be heightened by visuals. Instead of just seeing a pack shot of the record sleeve, or a still photograph of the band for 45 plus minutes, as is often the case now, why not have a moving image for the duration of the record? It is not essential to the record, you can either watch it or ignore it. Brilliant! As always, U2 are thinking ahead, not so much having one foot in tomorrow's door, as having built the house to which that door is the entrance."

Bono talked me through the songs and the record as a whole. For the first time he had created characters for this record, and wrote lyrics about their lives or from their perspectives. The record had an essence of time to it, most songs had a number or time references connected to them, as if going through a 24 hour period. Although I didn't want to translate the lyrics visually, I felt that making use of one the characters Bono wrote about would be interesting. It became the Parisian motorcycle cop of northern African descent, who threw it all in to go back to see his girlfriend in Tripoli. I was going to make a silent movie, with a touch of a story to it. We prepped late June-early July, shot late July, edited in August and were ready for the record's November release. Fantastic! However, it was at this point that the band decided to go back into the studio and work on the record a bit more. As U2 never do anything in half measures, the record that emerged from the studio in late December 2008 was a very different one than the one I'd made images for. Not only had the running order changed, now there were completely new songs on the record while another song had gone, new lyrics without the characters had emerged, and different sounds dominated the songs I had worked on. Disaster! Thankfully, we worked on a solution that saw LINEAR keeping its own running order and songs, whilst only changing edits for the 10 songs, those that are also on the new U2 record, to their newly created identities. Thus LINEAR is a very interesting hybrid version of No Line On The Horizon, partly how it was in May 2008 and partly how it is now. Tomorrow is always partly yesterday. Apparently."

Anton Corbijn
January 2009

Get On Your Boots

2009-02-16T14:00:32Z

Get On Your Boots
Front Sleeve

Get On Your Boots
Maxi Single Version | Front Sleeve

Get On Your Boots
Promo Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: February 16, 2009

Highest Chart Position: UK: 12 USA: 37

Liner Notes:

Get On Your Boots: Music and lyrics by U2. Produced by Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Additional production by Declan Gaffney. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Additional engineering by Declan Gaffney and Carl Glanville. Mixed by Declan Gaffney. Keyboards by Terry Lawless. Additional percussion by Sam O'Sullivan. No Line on the Horizon 2: Music by U2, Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by U2. Additional production by will.i.am, Cenzo Townshend and Brian Eno. Engineered by Declan Gaffney. Assisted by Tom Hough. Mixed by Cenzo Townshend. Assisted by Neil Comber. Additional vocals by will.i.am. Synthesizers by Brian Eno. Get On Your Boots (Video Download): Directed by Alex Courtes. Go to www.nolineonthehorizon.com/bootsvideo with your CD in your computer to download the video. Cover photography by Deirdre O'Callaghan. Designed by Four5One Creative, Dublin.

Track List (CD Single):

Get On Your Boots (3:24)
No Line On The Horizon 2 (4:05)

Track List (CD Maxi Single):

Get On Your Boots (3:24)
No Line On The Horizon 2 (4:05)
Get On Your Boots (Video Download)

Catalog:

Australia:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1798676
Canada:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1798676
Europe:
- 7": Island / Mercury 1798673
- CD: Island / Mercury 0602527002293. Island / Mercury 1798676, Island / Mercury 1798675
UK:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1798676, Island / Mercury U2BOOTS1 (Promo)
USA:
- CD: INTR-12550-2 (Promo)

The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew

2008-02-29T14:20:14Z

The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew
Front Sleeve

Release Date: February 29, 2008

Highest Chart Position: UK: n/a USA: n/a

Liner Notes:

The Ballad of Ronnie Drew: Song written by Robert Hunter, Bono, The Edge, Carmody. Produced by John Reynolds. Music by U2, The Dubliners, Kila. A Band of Bowsies: Christy Moore, Shane MacGowan, Damien Dempsey, Andrewa Corr, Sinead O'Connor, Moya Brennan, Glen Hansard. And in Alphabetical Order: Billy McGuinness, Brian Kennedy, Bronagh Gallagher, Chris De Burgh, Christy Dignam, Duke Special, Eleanor McEvoy, Eleanor Shanley, Gavin Friday, Iona Green, Jack L, Jerry Fish, Joe Elliott, Mary Black, Mary Coughlan, Mik Pyro, Mundy, Paddy Casey, Paul Brady, Ronan Keating. Engineer / Additional Production: Alastair McMillan. Production Assistants: Anna Ralph, Nicky Dempsey, Enda Walsh. Executive Producers: Simon Carmody and Suzanne Doyle. Instrument Technicians for U2: Sam O'Sullivan. Film Director: John Carney. Camera: Enda O'Looney. Mastered by Kevin Metcalf at Soundmasters, London. A tribute - recorded at Windmill Lane, January 14th and 15th, 2008. Musicians: U2 (Adam Clayton, Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jnr) The Dubliners (Barney McKenna, Eamonn Campbell, John Sheahan, Patsy Watchorn) Kila (Dee Armstrong, Eoin Dillon, Brian Hogan, Lance Hogan, Colm Snodaigh, Rnn Snodaigh, Rossa Snodaigh). Sleeve Design: Gary Kelly, Four5One Creative, Dublin. All Profits from this Record go to the Irish Cancer Society, The National Cancer Care Charity dedicated to eliminating cancer and Improving the lives of those living with cancer. www.cancer.ie.

Track List:

The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew (U2, Dubliners, Kila, Band of Bowsies) (4:52)
Easy And Slow (Ronnie Drew) (3:06)

Catalog:

Ireland:
- CD: Universal Ireland 1764794

U2 3D

2008-01-23T09:29:11Z

U2 3D
Poster

Release Date: January 23, 2008

Duration: 85 Minutes

Official Press Release:

Revolver Entertainment and National Geographic Entertainment present a groundbreaking cinematic event from 3ality Digital. U23D. For over a quarter-century, U2 has been recognised not only for their musical invention, but for their incomparable gift for reaching millions of fans through new technologies. Their live shows immerse concert-goers in multisensory experiences: whether through their groundbreaking use of video screens or, more recently, the use of dimensional, lighted-bead video curtains.

U2 3D - the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production - reflects the band's long-standing embrace of technology, its recognition that digital 3D isn't a developing platform - it's fully here - and its belief that "U2 3D" has the potential to be as revolutionary for 3D as "The Jazz Singer" was for talkies. Marrying advanced digital 3D imagery and 5.1 Surround Sound with the unique excitement of a live U2 concert, U2 3D takes viewers on an extraordinary cinematic journey, a quantum leap beyond traditional concert films.

Filmed during the South American leg of the band's 'Vertigo' tour, 'U2 3D' captures the exceptional performances onstage during the band's concert in Buenos Aires. The film portrays the passionate reactions of 80,000 fans from nine digital 3D camera systems as well as the exuberant onstage dynamic between U2's Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jnr, as they incite and inspire their massive audience.

Over 100 hours of 3D footage was shot, documenting a set list that during two weeks included such seminal U2 songs as "Pride (In the Name of Love)," "New Year's Day," "Sunday Bloody Sunday," " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," "Where the Streets Have No Name," "With or Without You," "Mysterious Ways" and "One," as well as more recent tracks such as "Beautiful Day," "Vertigo," "City of Blinding Lights," "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own," "Love and Peace or Else" and "Original of the Species."

A 3ality Digital production, directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, "U2 3D" takes a performance by the band U2, winner of 22 Grammy Awards and 8 Brits, into a totally new film dimension.

To see this great band in 3D is to get swept up in the adrenalin rush of their explosive performance. U2 3D is a record of this great rock band during one of its most phenomenal concerts. 3-D is a new cinema medium that truly allows moviegoers to viscerally experience not only the music but also the energy and electricity of what it is like to be in one of the front rows at a U2 concert.

Certificate: tbc. Running Time: 84 mins.

Track List:

Vertigo
Beautiful Day
New Year's Day
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Love And Peace Or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo / U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Where The Streets Have No Name
One
The Fly
With Or Without You
Yahweh

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Media Review:

Review: U2 3D

4 stars (out of 5)

By Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

Hollywood A-list director Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies, Arlington Road) and newcomer Catherine Owens team up to break new cinematic ground by co-helming U2 3D -- the first three-dimensional concert film in movie history. The effort intercuts footage culled from several U2 shows on their 2005-2006 Vertigo tour in Mexico City and Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. performing before rapt audiences. The picture opens with several thematically light rock songs, such as "Beautiful Day" and "Vertigo," but soon segues into more politically conscious material at the hands of social-change advocate Bono and his bandmates, such as the numbers "Bullet the Blue Sky," "Love and Peace or Else," and "Sunday Bloody Sunday"; at one critical point, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is projected high above the audience. Pellington, Owens, and cinematographers Tom Krueger and Peter Anderson make frequent use of a roving camera and multi-layered 3-D effects; they also step away from the approach utilized in the band's previous concert film U2: Rattle and Hum by omitting interviews and focusing exclusively on concert footage. The full version of U2 3D runs 80 minutes; a 56-minute "preview" version ran out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Window In The Skies

2007-01-01T13:08:22Z

Window In The Skies
Front Sleeve

Window In The Skies
Maxi Single Version | Front Sleeve

Window In The Skies
DVD Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: January 1, 2007

Highest Chart Position: UK: 4 USA: n/a

Liner Notes:

Window in the Skies (Single Version): Produced by Rick Rubin. Engineered by Greg Fidelman. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Assisted by Keith Armstrong. Mixed at Resonate Music Studios, Burbank, CA. String Arrangement by Dawn Kenny. Keyboards by Terry Lawless. Zoo Station (Live from River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires): Produced and mixed by Richard Rainey. Additional engineering by Drew Griffiths. Recorded at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2006. Kite (Live from Telstra Stadium, Sydney): Recorded by Robbie Adams. Mixed by Carl Glanville. Didgeridoo player: Tim Moriarty. Recorded at Telstra Stadium, Sydney, Australia, 11th November, 2006. The Saints are Coming (Video): Directed by Chris Milk. Produced by Barbara Benson for @Radical Media. Performed by U2 and Green Day. Written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson. Audio produced by Rick Rubin. Recorded by Greg Fidelman. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Wurlitzer by Terry Lawless. Tower of Song (From the Film 'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man') (Video): Performed by U2 and Leonard Cohen. Written by Leonard Cohen. Produced by The Edge and Lian Lunson. Recorded and mixed by Robbie Adams. A clip taken from the feature film "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man", a film by Lian Lunson. Provided through the courtesy of Lions Gate Films. Audio Post Production: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions Inc. Mastering: Arnie Acosta at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood. Designed by Four5One Creative, Dublin.

Track List (CD Single):

Window In The Skies (Single Version) (4:00)
Tower Of Song - U2 and Leonard Cohen (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man") (5:43)

Track List (CD Maxi Single):

Window In The Skies (Single Version) (4:00)
Zoo Station (Live from River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires) (4:33)
Kite (Live from Telstra Stadium, Sydney) (8:05)

Track List (DVD Single):

Window In The Skies (Single Version) (4:00)
The Saints Are Coming (Video) (Directed by Chris Milk) (3:21)
Tower Of Song (Video) (From the film "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man") (6:01)

Catalog:

Australia:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1718122, Island / Mercury 1718124
- DVD: Island / Mercury 1718125
Canada:
- CD: Island / Mercury 0251718124
Europe:
- CD: Island / Mercury U2WINDOW1 (Promo)
- DVD: Island / Mercury 1718125
Japan:
- CD: Island / Mercury UICI 5024
- DVD: Island / Mercury UIBI 5007
Mexico:
- CD: Island / Mercury CDP 201901 (Promo)
UK:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1718124, Island / Mercury 1718122, Island / Mercury U2WINDOW1 (Promo)
- DVD: Island / Mercury 1718125
USA:
- CD-R: Interscope (Promo / No PS)

U218 Videos

2006-11-17T14:12:03Z

U218 Videos
Front Sleeve | Purchase DVD

Release Date: November 17, 2006

Duration: 149 Minutes

Liner Notes:

Artwork By (Consultant): Steve Averill, (Design): Shaughn McGrath. Compiled By: Paul Bussey. Dvd Producer: Ned O'Hanlon. Production Manager: Tara Mullen. Project Managers: Candida Bottaci, Steve Matthews. Photography (Booklet): Phil Sheehy. Photography (Front Cover): David Corio. Audio Restoration & Conform: Ted Hall, Jason Talton. Boss Of Audio: Cheryl Engels. Written by: U2 (tracks: 1 to 18, 20 to 28). A Solo Too Production for U2 Limited. Compiled at The Joint, London. DVD Authoring, Design and Compression: Abbey Road Interactive, London. Audio Restauration & Conform at Pop Sound. Designed at Four5One°Creative, Dublin. Aspect: 16:9 and 4:3. Sound: PCM Stereo. Duration: 2 hrs 29 mins. Language: English. DVD: 1xDVD-9. All tracks published by Universal Music Publishing B.V. except Blue Mountain Music (UK), Mother Music (IRL), except "The Saints Are Coming" published by EMI Virgin Music Ltd. This compilation (p)+(c) 2006 Universal Island Records Limited under exclusive licence to Mercury Records Limited in the UK.

Track List:

Beautiful Day (Video Director: Jonas Åkerlund. Video Producer: Nicola Doring) (4:14)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Video Director: Barry Devlin. Video Producer: Anne-Louise Kelly) (4:42)
Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Video Director: Donald Cammell. Video Producer: James Morris, Michael Hamlyn) (4:13)
With Or Without You (Video Director: Meiert Avis. Video Producer: Michael Hamlyn, Paul Spencer) (5:02)
Vertigo (Video Director: Alex And Martin. Video Producer: Grace Bodie) (3:20)
New Year's Day (Video Director: Meiert Avis. Video Producer: James Morris) (4:26)
Mysterious Ways (Video Director: Stéphane Sednaoui. Video Producer: Phillippe Dupuis-Mendel) (4:12)
Stuck In Moment You Can't Get Out Of (US Version) (Video Director: Joseph Kahn. Video Producer: Greg Tharp) (4:36)
Stuck In Moment You Can't Get Out Of (International Version) (Video Director: Kevin Godley. Video Producer: Richard Holling) (4:41)
Where The Streets Have No Name (Video Director: Meiert Avis. Video Producer: Ben Dossett, Michael Hamlyn) (7:21)
Sweetest Thing (Video Director: Kevin Godley. Video Producer: Ned O'Hanlon, Richard Holling) (3:25)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live At Red Rocks, June 1983) (Video Director: Gavin Taylor. Video Producer: Malcom Gerrie, Paul McGuinness, Rick Wurpel) (6:00)
One (Video Director: Anton Corbijn. Video Producer: Richard Bell) (4:50)
Desire (Video Director: Richard Lowenstein. Video Producer: Juliet Naylor, Michael Hamlyn) (3:36)
Walk On (International Version) (Video Director: Jonas Åkerlund. Video Producer: Nicola Doring) (4:55)
Walk On (US Version) (Video Director: Liz Friedlander. Video Producer: Tim Kerrison) (4:35)
Elevation (Video Director: Joseph Kahn. Video Producer: Greg Tharp) (4:00)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Video Director: Phil Joanou. Video Producer: Ned O'Hanlon) (4:47)
The Saints Are Coming (U2 and Green Day) (Live From New Orleans) (Video Director: Hamish Hamilton. Video Producer: Ken Ehrlich. Written by: Richard Jobson, Stuart Adamson) (3:32)

Bonus Track List:

The Making Of Vertigo (Video Director: Ned O'Hanlon) (16:31)
A Story Of One (Video Director: Maurice Linnane) (14:53)
Beautiful Day (Eze Version) (Video Director: Joe Edwards) (4:13)
Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Slane Castle Version) (Video Director: Barry Devlin) (3:51)
Vertigo (Lisbon Version) (Video Director: Joe Edwards. Remix: Jacknife Lee) (4:19)
Vertigo (HQ Version) (Video Director: Richie Smyth) (3:29)
One (Buffalo Version) (Video Director: Mark Pellington) (4:48)
One (Restaurant Version) (Video Director: Phil Joanou) (4:41)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Single Take Version) (Video Director: Phil Joanou) (4:48)

Catalog:

Europe:
- DVD: Mercury 0602517138704
USA:
- DVD: Interscope 000808109

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Media Review:

Review: U218 Videos [DVD]

4 stars (out of 5)

By Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

U2's first two greatest-hits albums neatly divided themselves by decade, with the first covering the '80s and the second summing up the '90s. Their third hits comp, 2006's U218 Singles, is at once more ambitious and more concise, offering an overview of their first 26 years on a single disc comprised of 18 tracks -- and since two of those are new songs, that leaves just 16 songs to tell their whole story. That's not much space for a band with a career as lengthy and ambitious as U2, so it's inevitable that some painful cuts have been made. Nothing from October, Zooropa or Pop is here, and unless you're buying various import editions that have "I Will Follow" as a bonus track, there's nothing from Boy, either. There's only one cut each from The Unforgettable Fire and Rattle and Hum -- and bucking conventional wisdom, none of their three widely accepted masterpieces -- War, The Joshua Tree, or Achtung Baby -- provide the most songs here. No, out of all their albums the one that dominates U218 Singles is All That You Can't Leave Behind, their 2000 comeback from the depths of the misguided Pop, and one of two records that they've released since their last hits compilation, The Best of 1990-2000.

The other record they've released since then is How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, which provides two songs here -- or, as many as there are from War and Achtung Baby. What this means is that this compilation skews very heavily toward latter-day U2 -- eight out of 18 tracks, a full 44 percent of the collection, are from 2000 on, which means that U218 Singles presents the classicist version of the band, featuring the anthems from U2 at their peak, plus the highlights from when U2 were trying their best to sound like U2 at their peak. They did it quite well, of course, from both a commercial and artistic standpoint, sometimes writing songs that stood proudly alongside "Pride (In the Name of Love)" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (as in "Beautiful Day") and sometimes not ("Elevation"). When it's all mixed together, it paints a portrait of a band that's a little slicker and streamlined than it often was, and it's hard not to miss the big-hearted yet moody band that made "Bad," "Gloria," and "A Sort of Homecoming," not to mention the middle-aged Euro experimentalists responsible for "Numb" and "Stay! (Faraway, So Close)," two essential components of the band that has been forced aside by the arena rock pros on display here.

Then again, U2 always were the best arena rockers of their generation, and for those who love the spectacle and sound of the band in full flight, U218 Singles serves up that side of the band quite well, along with two new entries that find the band continuing the assured, even-handed sound of Atomic Bomb: a cover of the Skids' "The Saints Are Coming," recorded with Green Day and rewritten to vaguely address the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and "Window in the Skies," an anthemic pop number that relies too heavily on synth strings yet is saved by the band's sturdy songwriting and reliable performance. As such, it might not cover all the bases, but it covers enough of the major ones to be a good summary for fellow travelers who just know U2 from the radio, and it's also a good one-stop introduction to the basics for neophytes. [U218 Singles was also released as a deluxe edition that contained a live show from the Vertigo tour as a bonus CD. Also, Interscope released a companion video collection on DVD in 2006.]

U218 Singles

2006-11-17T12:17:18Z

U218 Singles
Front Sleeve | Purchase Compilation

Release Date: November 17, 2006

Highest Chart Position: UK: 4 USA: 12

Liner Notes:

Beautiful Day: Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Additional production by Steve Lillywhite. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Additional engineering by Tim Palmer and Stephen Harris. Synthesizers / programming by Brian Eno. Backing vocals by The Edge and Daniel Lanois. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Mixed by Daniel Lanois. Pride (In the Name of Love): Written by U2. Produced and engineered by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. Additional engineering: Kevin Killen. With Or Without You: Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Vertigo (Radio Edit): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono with The Edge. Recorded by Carl Glanville. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Carl Glanville and Steve Lillywhite. Backing vocals by The Edge. Synthesizers by Jacknife Lee. New Year's Day (Special Edition): Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Paul Thomas. Mysterious Ways: Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Mixed by Flood, The Edge and Daniel Lanois. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional percussion by Daniel Lanois. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of: Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Tim Palmer in Scream Studios, Los Angeles. Assisted by Jay Goin. Synthesizers by Brian Eno and Bono. Additional guitar by Daniel Lanois. Brass: Paul Barrett. Where The Streets Have No Name (New Mix): Written by U2. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Recorded by Flood with Pat McCarthy. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Mix Engineered by Mark Wallace. Sweetest Thing (Single Mix '98): Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite and Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Recorded by Joe O'Herlihy and Pat McCarthy. Additional recording and mixing by Steve Harris. String arrangement by Daragh O'Toole. Strings: Una O'Kane, Nicola Cleary, Aengus O'Connor, Nicholas Milne. Special Thanks to Ali Baba. Sunday Bloody Sunday: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Paul Thomas. One: Produced by Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno. Engineered by Flood. Additional engineering by Robbie Adams. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Mixed by Flood. Assisted by Shannon Strong. Additional keyboards by Brian Eno. Additional Guitar by Daniel Lanois. Desire: Written by U2. Produced by Jimmy Iovine. Recorded by Paul Barrett. Mixed by Shelly Yakus and Rob Jacobs. Walk On (Radio Edit): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Additional Production: Steve Lillywhite. Mixed by Steve Lillywhite. Additional engineering: Stephen Harris. Assisted by: Alvin Sweeney. Elevation: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Synthesizers: Brian Eno and The Edge. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno. Engineered by Richard Rainey. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Tim Palmer. Assisted by Alvin Sweeney. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Chris Thomas and Nellee Hooper. Recorded by Carl Glanville. Mixed by Nellee Hooper. Engineered by Greg Collins and Simon Gogerly. Additional engineering by Simon Osbourne. The Saints Are Coming: Performed by U2 and Green Day. Written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson. Produced by Rick Rubin. Recorded by Greg Fidelman. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. Windows In The Skies (Album Version): Produced by Rick Rubin. Engineered by Greg Fidelman. Mixed by Andrew Scheps. String Arrangement by Dawn Kenny. I Will Follow: Written by U2. Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Paul Thomas.

Liner Notes (DVD):

U218 Vertigo//05 Live From Milan - Filmed On 21st July 2005 In San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy. Aspect: 16:9. Language: English. Duration: 57 Mins. Approx. DVD-Format: 1xDVD-9. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London. DVD Authoring, Design & Compression by Abbey Road Interactive, London. A Solo Too Production for U2 Limited. Proceeds from "The Saints Are Coming" will be donated to Music Rising and will be used to work with musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Gulf region. All tracks published by Universal Music Publishing B.V. except Blue Mountain Music (UK), Mother Music (IRL), except "The Saints Are Coming" published by EMI Virgin Music Ltd.

Track List:

Beautiful Day (4:05)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (4:37)
Pride (In The Name of Love) (3:49)
With Or Without You (4:56)
Vertigo (Radio Edit) (3:10)
New Year's Day (Special Edition) (4:18)
Mysterious Ways (4:02)
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (4:32)
Where The Streets Have No Name (New Mix) (4:47)
Sweetest Thing (Single Mix '98) (3:01)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (4:40)
One (4:36)
Desire (3:00)
Walk On (Radio Edit) (4:29)
Elevation (3:49)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (5:06)
The Saints Are Coming (3:22)
Window In The Skies (Album Version) (4:07)
I Will Follow (3:37) (Bonus Track)

Track List (Vertigo//05 Live From Milan DVD):

Vertigo (4:22)
I Will Follow (4:12)
Elevation (6:22)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (5:39)
All I Want Is You (5:09)
City Of Blinding Lights (5:46)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (5:22)
Miss Sarajevo (6:42)
Original Of The Species (5:02)
With Or Without You (Incl. Credits) (8:59)

Catalog:

Argentina: Island / Mercury 1713542, Island / Mercury 1713551 (Includes DVD)
Brazil: Island / Mercury 60251713542
Canada: Island / Mercury 0251713542, Island / Mercury B0008028-10 (Includes DVD)
Europe: Island / Mercury 0602517135932 (Includes DVD)
Indonesia: Island / Mercury 171 354-6, Island / Mercury 0602517135482
Japan: Island / Mercury UICI-1051, Island / Mercury UICI-9015 (Includes DVD)
Korea: Island / Mercury DU9430/171 354-2, Island / Mercury DB9432/171 354-6
Malaysia: Island / Mercury 0602517135420, Island / Mercury 0602517135468, Island / Mercury 0602517135482
Mexico: Island / Mercury 1713542
Philippines: Island / Mercury 060251713546
Poland: Island / Mercury 0602517135444
Singapore: Island / Mercury 06022517135468
South Africa: Island / Mercury SSTARCD 7060
Taiwan: Island / Mercury 0251713551 (Includes DVD)
Thailand: Island / Mercury 171 354-6, Island / Mercury 171 354-2
UK: Island / Mercury U218 - 0602517135505 (Double 12" Vinyl), Island / Mercury 0602517135499
USA: Interscope / Mercury B0008027-02, Island / Interscope B0008028-10 (Includes DVD)

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Media Review:

Review: U218 Singles

4 stars (out of 5)

By Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

The Saints Are Coming

2006-11-06T12:32:02Z

The Saints Are Coming
Front Sleeve

Release Date: November 6, 2006

Highest Chart Position: UK: 2 USA: 51

Liner Notes:

The Saints are Coming: U2 and Green Day. Produced by Rick Rubin. Recorded by Greg Fidelman. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. The Saints are Coming (Live from New Orelans): U2 and Green Day. Recorded using the Westwood 1 Mobile. Mixed by Bob Ezrin. Engineered by Biff Dawes and Chris Dugan. Horns arranged by Bob Ezrin and Rupert Christie. Trumpets: Derrick "Kabuky" Shezbie, Glen Andrews, Gregory Davis, Shannon Haynes. Trombones: Troy "Shorty" Andrews, Stafford Agee, "Big" Sam Williams, Reginald Stuart. Sousaphones: Phillip Frasier. Robert Expino. Executive Producer: Bob Ezrin. Performance courtesy of the NFL. Audio Post Production: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions Inc. Mastering: Arnie Acosta at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood. Photography by Anton Corbijn. Design by Four5One Creative. Green Day appear courtesy of Reprise Records. Both tracks written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson and published by EMI Virgin Music Ltd.

Track List:

The Saints Are Coming (3:24)
The Saints Are Coming (Live from New Orleans) (3:27)

Catalog:

Australia:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1713137
Brazil:
- CD: Island / Mercury 2802836 (Promo)
Canada:
- CD: Island / Mercury 0251713137
Europe:
- CD: Island / Mercury 00602517131361, Island / Mercury 1713137
Japan:
- CD: Island / Mercury UICI-5023
Mexico:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1713136, Island / Reprise U2SAINTS1 (Promo / UK Promo Single with Spanish Sticker)
New Zealand:
- CD: Island / Mercury 1713136
UK:
- 7": Island / Mercury 1713138 (10000 Copies)
- CD: Island / Mercury 1713137, Island / Reprise U2SAINTS1 (Promo)
USA:
- CD-R: Interscope / Reprise (Promo / No PS)

One (With Mary J. Blige)

2006-04-01T14:51:56Z

One (With Mary J. Blige)
Front Sleeve

One (With Mary J. Blige)
Maxi Single Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: April 2006

Highest Chart Position: UK: 2 USA: 86

Liner Notes:

One (Radio Edit): Words: Bono. Music: U2. Produced by Ron Fair. Pro Tools / Co produced by Tal Herzberg. Vocals and Guitar: Bono. Guitar: The Edge. Bass guitar: Adam Clayton. Drums and percussion: Larry Mullen Jr. Original recording by Carl Glanville. Strings arranged and conducted by Ron Fair. Strings recorded by Allen Sickles. String Players: Endre Genet, Natalie Leggett, Tereza Stanislav, Jackie Brand, Charlie Bisharat, Joel Derouin, Mario De Leon, Julie Gigante, Josefina Cergara, Tammy Hattwan, Clayton Hansop, Sid Page, Roberto Cain, Phillip Levy, Songa Lee, Alan Grumfeld, Lily Ho Chen, Alyssa Park, Brian Dembrow, Sam Formicola, Matt Funes, Darrin McCann, Marlow Fisher, Andrew Duckles, Steve Erbody, Larry Corbett, David Low, Suzie Katayama, Armen Ksajikian, Paula Hochhalter. Piano and organ: Ron Fair. Additional electric and acoustic guitar: John Goux. Additional recording engineered by Mike Eleopolous. Mixed by Jack Joseph Puig. Mix assisted by by Dean Nelson.

Track List (CD Single):

One (Radio Edit) (Mary J. Blige and U2) (4:03)
Can't Hide From Love (Live) (Mary J. Blige) (3:51)

Track List (CD Maxi Single):

One (Radio Edit) (Mary J. Blige and U2) (4:03)
I'm Going Down (Live) (Mary J. Blige) (3:25)
My Life '05 (Mary J. Blige) (6:24)

Catalog:

UK:
- CD: Island / Geffen 9855983 01, Island / Geffen 9855928 01

Vertigo 2005: Live From Chicago

2005-11-14T13:37:36Z

Vertigo 2005: Live From Chicago
Front Sleeve | Purchase DVD

Release Date: November 14, 2005

Duration: 139 Minutes

Liner Notes:

Filmed on May 10, 2004 at United Center, Chicago Illinois. Concert Film: Director: Hamish Hamilton. Producer: Ned O'Hanlon. Executive Producer: Paul McGuinness. Supervising Producer: Frank Garritano. Show Designer: Willie Williams. Music Recorded by Robbie Adams. Music Produced by Carl Glanville. Aspect: 16:9. Sound: PCM Sound, DTS, Dolby 5.1 Surround. Language: English. Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese. DVD Authoring and Compression: Screen Scene, Dublin. Audio Consultant and quality control: Cheryl Engels at Partial Productions Inc. A Solo Too production for U2 Limited. Sleeve / Packaging Design by Four5One Creative. All titles written by U2 and published by Universal Music Publishing International., except Blue Mountain Music Ltd (UK), Mother Music (Ireland). Except "Wake Up" (Arcade Fire); "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" (Corgan), "No Regrets" (Tom Rush), "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (Gilmore Patrick Sarsfield). Bonus Materials: Tour Documentary - Director: Erica Forstadt, Producer: Ned O'Hanlon. Surveillance Edits - Concept, direction, photography by Willie Williams. Edited by Mark Reynolds at Swordfish. Produced by Sam Pattison at onedotzero. All Because of You / Miracle Drug - Performances live from HQ, Dublin, September 16, 2004. Directed, filmed and edited by Brian McCue.

Track List:

Intro / City Of Blinding Lights (Performer [Intro: Wake Up]: Arcade Fire) (7:17)
Vertigo / Stories For Boys (4:29)
Elevation (4:33)
The Cry / The Electric Co. / Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Written by [Bullet With Butterfly Wings]: Billy Corgan) (5:53)
An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart (7:11)
Beautiful Day (4:27)
New Year's Day (4:57)
Miracle Drug (Intro Speech) (3:04)
Miracle Drug (4:00)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own / No Regrets (Written by [No Regrets]: Tom Rush) (5:34)
Love And Peace Or Else (5:04)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (6:29)
Bullet The Blue Sky / When Johnny Comes Marching Home / The Hands That Built America (Written by [When Johnny Comes Marching Home]: Gilmore Patrick Sarsfield) (5:02)
Running To Stand Still (6:55)
Pride (In The Name Of Love) (4:18)
Where The Streets Have No Name (5:53)
One (Intro Speech) (3:40)
One (6:50)
Zoo Station (5:35)
The Fly (5:24)
Mysterious Ways (6:57)
All Because Of You (4:02)
Original Of The Species (5:47)
Yaweh (3:42)
"40" / Outro (11:16)

Bonus Track List:

Beyond the Tour Documentary
Surveillance Edits (Love and Peace or Else, An Cat Dubh, The Electric Co., Running To Stand Still)
All Because of You (Live from HQ, Dublin, September 16, 2004)
Miracle Drug (Live from HQ, Dublin, September 16, 2004)

Catalog:

Europe:
- DVD: Island 987464-0 (Jewel Case), Island 987463-7 (Digipak / Two 5" Discs)
Japan:
- DVD: Island UIBI-1010/1 (Digipak / Also with Promo Sticker on Back Sleeve)
USA:
- DVD: Interscope B0005709-09 (Jewel Case), Interscope B0005710-09 (Digipak / Two 5" Discs)

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Media Review:

Review: Vertigo 05 Live from Chicago

4 stars (out of 5)

By Cammila Albertson, All Music Guide

Vertigo 05 Live from Chicago, recorded in May of 2005 at the United Center in Chicago, accomplishes what any concert DVD seeks to do, simultaneously capturing the experiences of seeing U2 live and of seeing them from the impossible perspective offered by just such a recording. Both true fans and curious newcomers will appreciate the all-out production and emotional intensity included in this show, exemplified beautifully by the well-balanced mix of old and new tunes. The band lives up to its on-stage reputation with entertaining and impulsive stage antics that fall just short of becoming awkward. Bono handles this best: throwing water at the crowd, pretending to be a stripper, pretending to be a monkey, pretending to pet a cat, petting bassist Adam Clayton as if he were a cat, curling up in the fetal position by an amp, and inviting a 12-year-old boy on-stage to be serenaded during "Into the Heart" (a boy who would have appeared to be an obvious plant if not for the slightly bewildered look on his face). More serious and politically charged moments fill the performance as well, but are always accompanied by musical choices that make them evocative or enthralling, yet rarely heavy-handed. "Running to Stand Still," for instance, a performance that Bono dedicates to the men and women of the armed forces, glides into a somber "Hallelujah" prayer, which in turn leads into an onscreen projection of the International Declaration of Human Rights, read by a woman whose face is cast onto billowing smoke. The resulting tenderness is palpable and the crowd's participation in the moment is moving. Conversely, Bono's choice to don a bandanna featuring the word "coexist" written with a crescent moon, Star of David, and cross in place of the C, O, and T creates a more intense image and builds tension. Soon afterward, he and drummer Larry Mullen both take turns banging feverishly on a tom-tom brought out onto the catwalk during "Love and Peace or Else" and "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Many images -- such as Bono and Adam Clayton performing back-to-back amidst an eruption of golden light and a sea of outstretched hands -- are pure magic; others, however, such as Bono pulling the bandanna over his eyes, dropping to his knees, and crossing his hands above his head like a prisoner are poorly lit or engulfed in glare, an unfortunate artistic choice that gives the viewer no clear view of what is undoubtedly the most iconic image from the tour. Frantic cuts to different camera shots during more fast-paced songs are at times too quick to follow, in essence creating a blur. As a whole, however, the program captures a musical performance that the members of U2 may look back on as a seminal moment in their careers. [This Deluxe Edition includes an "after the tour" documentary, an alternative video for "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own," and a host of other bonus goodies.]

Original Of The Species

2005-11-01T12:19:39Z

Original Of The Species
Front Sleeve

Release Date: November 2005

Highest Chart Position: UK: n/a USA: n/a

Liner Notes:

Original of the Species (Single Version): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Jacknife Lee. Additional production by Steve Lillywhite. Recorded by Carl Glanville, Robbie Adams and Werner Pensaert. Assisted by Chris Heaney, Arjen Mensinga, and Huub Reijnders. Mixed by Jacknife Lee. String arrangment by James Banbury. Strings recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland. Piano and synthesizers by The Edge. Additional synthesizer by Jacknife Lee.

Track List (CD Single):

Original Of The Species (Single Version) (4:29)

Catalog:

Australia:
- CD: Island U2PRO6 (Promo)
Europe:
- CD: Island U2PRO6 (Promo)
UK:
- CD: Island U2PRO6 (Promo)
USA:
- CD: Interscope INTR-11595-2 (Promo)

City Of Blinding Lights

2005-06-06T10:49:20Z

City Of Blinding Lights
Front Sleeve

City Of Blinding Lights
Alternate Version | Front Sleeve

City Of Blinding Lights
DVD Version | Front Sleeve

Release Date: June 6, 2005

Highest Chart Position: UK: 2 USA: n/a

Liner Notes:

City of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Produced by Flood. Additional production by Chris Thomas and Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Carl Glanville. Assisted by Chris Heaney and Kieran Lynch. Mixed by Nellee Hooper. Mix Engineering by Simon Gogerly and Greg Collins. Programming by Fabien Waltmann. Assistant Mix Engineering by Ian Rossiter. Piano by The Edge and Bono. Synthesizers by Jacknife Lee. The Fly (Live from "Stop Sellafield"): Words by Bono. Written by U2. Recorded by Mike Hayes / Omnibus Mobile. Recorded live at the Greenpeace 'Stop Sellafield' concert at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England on June 19th, 1992. Even Better than the Real Thing (Live from "Stop Sellafield"): Words by Bono. Written by U2. Recorded by Mike Hayes / Omnibus Mobile. Recorded live at the Greenpeace 'Stop Sellafield' concert at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester, England on June 19th, 1992. All Because of You (Killahurtz Fly Mix): Music by U2. Written by Bono. Remixed by Killahurtz: Mick Park and Lea Kenny. Engineered and Mixed by Lea Kenny. Additional live bass and guitars by Darren Murray. Out of Control (Live at Brooklyn Bridge): Recorded live at the Empire-Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, New York on 22nd November 2004.

Track List (CD Single):

City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit) (4:11)
All Because Of You (Killahurtz Fly Mix) (5:40)

Track List (Alternate CD Single):

City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit) (4:11)
The Fly (Live from "Stop Sellafield") (4:38)
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Live from "Stop Sellafield") (3:50)

Track List (Germany 3" CD Single):

City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit) (4:11)
Out Of Control (Live at Brooklyn Bridge) (5:05)

Track List (Japan CD Single):

City Of Blinding Lights (Radio Edit) (4:11)
The Fly (Live from "Stop Sellafield") (4:38)
Even Better Than The Real Thing (Live from "Stop Sellafield") (3:50)
All Because Of You (Killahurtz Fly Mix) (5:40)

Track List (DVD Single):

City Of Blinding Lights (Live at Brooklyn Bridge - Video) (6:53)
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Live Vocal Version Intro - Video) (4:40)
City Of Blinding Lights (Album Version) (5:46)

Catalog:

Australia:
- CD: Island 9871932, Island 9871830
- DVD: Island 9872014
Canada:
- CD: Island 0249871830
Europe:
- CD: Island 9871933 (3" CD), Island 9871932, Island 9871830, Island U2PRO4 (Promo)
- DVD: Island 9872014
Japan:
- CD: Island UICI-5020
- DVD: Island UIBI-5005
Mexico:
- CD: Island CDP 201647 (Promo)
Spain:
- CD: Island CIDDJ 890 (Promo)
UK:
- 12": Island 12IS890DJ (Promo)
- CD: Island CID890 / 9871 829, Island CIDX890 / 9871 830, Island "Collectors Edition Wallet" (Intended to hold CD1, CD2 and DVD), Island CIDDJ 890 (Promo)
- DVD: Island CIDV890 / 9871 831
USA:
- CD: Interscope INTR-11421-2 (Promo / No PS)