Zoo_Fly
Acrobat
I chuckled to myself today in HMV when there was a place-holder jewel case in the U2 section that said, U2: TBA -- Fall 2007. Jumping the gun abit, i'd say...
Zoo_Fly said:I chuckled to myself today in HMV when there was a place-holder jewel case in the U2 section that said, U2: TBA -- Fall 2007. Jumping the gun abit, i'd say...
LemonMacPhisto said:The production on Depeche Mode's last album was terrible. I was talking to my guitar teacher about it the other day.
LemonMacPhisto said:The production on Depeche Mode's last album was terrible. I was talking to my guitar teacher about it the other day.
U2girl said:
As was the case in 2000 when two rap/hip hop acts got in front of ATYCLB on the album chart.
Exactly.Earnie Shavers said:
They danced around the line. They did stuff like lampoon Bush on ZooTV, and hang with Clinton, but were very aware and very wary of getting too close, being used, or being percieved to be in one corner or the other. They didn't want to cop the criticism of being a non-US citizen 'telling' US citizens how to vote.
I agree, I can't imagine them actually straight out backing someone, but I can imagine them pushing the issues they want people to think about as they head in to vote.
I think they'll be more careful now too. In 1992 they would have just been critised. In 2008, if Bono declares his love of a Democrat, he's going to have problems if he has to then go knock on a Republican Presidents door.
Yahweh said:You guys act like everybody on Earth has actually heard Mercy....the people that have actually heard the track are probably limited to less then 10 thousand...which is nothing.
Will that even be the final mix of the track probably not. If they feel like releasing it they should. They should put the album out when its finished not when their overweight manager says to put it out. Hes been both good and bad for U2, and I would say mostly bad in recent years.
FitzChivalry said:
Really? "Playing The Angel"? What was so bad about it.
The_acrobat said:I know U2 and McGuinness want to be at #1. Just having the #1 album makes some people think they have to have the album. It's as good of a promotion as going on TV. It depends on how they market the album prior to release, as well as who else has a record out that week, that determines their #1 status. They'll need a radio friendly 1st single, and find a new way to promote it. It's not enough to just put out a video on MTV and a radio single. The iPod commercial was a GENIUS marketing campaign, and they'll need THAT kind of exposure again if they want to compete in the 4th quarter record sales for #1.
It could be a sequel to their last album, and they could call it: "How to Dismantle America".shart1780 said:U2 should release an album about why Hillary Clinton would be the best president in 2008.
shart1780 said:And Brian Eno is my superhero. Well, except for HTDAAB.
U2girl said:I thought both Eno and Lanois worked on LAPOE ? The keyboards are credited to Eno.
Blue Room said:Eno and Lanois had limited to no involvement with HTDAAB other than what was worked on and used in previous sessions as others have pointed out. I wish they had though, I think it could have been a great U2 album if they had. Its still a good U2 album, just nowhere near their best to me.
U2FanPeter said:
I thought Lanois was brought in at the 11th hour for the final session and mixing.
Lanois was onstage at the Grammy's when the group picked up the Album award
rihannsu said:
They may have but that work took place during the ATYCLB sessions. They did not work on the songs again during the HTDAAB sessions. That was the point being made.
Dana
shart1780 said:
Seriously, U2 albums will always sell. U2 will be able to release albums all their lives if they want to. They've got the popularity. I wish they'd stop caring about sales and awards altogether.
U2girl said:Lanois did spend a week in the fall of 2003 in the studio and he heard the album. For all we know it was his opinion on the record that made U2 switch from Thomas and go to Lillywhite.
Officially, this is his credit on Bomb :
One Step Closer: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono. Original production by Chris Thomas and Daniel Lanois. Additional production by Jacknife Lee. Recorded by Carl Glanville. Mixed by Jacknife Lee. Additional guitar by Bono. Backing vocals by The Edge. Additional guitar and pedal steel by Daniel Lanois. Synthesizers by Jacknife Lee.
Yahweh: Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono with the Edge. Produced by Chris Thomas. Recorded by Carl Glanville. Assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Carl Glanville. Piano, synthesizers, and backing vocals by The Edge. Mandolin by Daniel Lanois. Additional guitar by Bono.
U2FanPeter said:
Who was onstage at the 2005(or was it 2006?) for the Bomb Album Grammy?
Lila64 said:
Ali couldn't have been any kinder - very sweet. We did proceed to ask her how the band's next recording was coming along, and she said very well, and that there would be an album in 2008 and tour in 2009