04-08-2016, 07:40
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U2 "rattle and hum" cd, 1988
career stats:
studio albums.....13
singles...............58
this album.....................#1 IRE...#1 UK...#1 AU...#1 NZ...#1 US...#1 CAN
singles:
"desire"...............................#1 IRE...#1 UK...#1 AU....#1 NZ...#5 US....#5 CAN
"angel of harlem".................#3 IRE...#9 UK..#18 AU...#1 NZ
"when love comes to town"...#1 IRE...#6 UK...#23 AU...#4 NZ...#2 US......#4 CAN
"all I want is you"................#1 IRE...#4 UK.....#2 AU...#2 NZ................#67 CAN
band's sixth....
thought i'd revisit it after MH posted it and I said it was my favourite of theirs...
album isn't technically a studio set, its a soundtrack to a documentary on the band
on their US tour.....
album was panned my the majority of the worlds music critics...
mostly new studio recordings but also five or six live tracks also...
several covers, a duet with Bob Dylan (love rescue me) and BB King (when love comes to town)....
a mix of rock, traditional folk, and their usual sound...
album doesn't fair as well as I thought it used to, but then i went off these guys years ago,
mainly because of Bono's holier-than-thou, "i am God" attitude....
still love a lot of this album but equally, a lot I dislike now also...
so, if this was my favourite album of theirs I dread to think how the others I own would fare if
I listened to them again....
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: love rescue me
best track: all I want is you
[video=youtube;gCuUT7b9vWU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCuUT7b9vWU[/video]
tracks:
1...helter skelter (live) *
2...Van Deiman's land (live) ***
3...desire ***
4...hawkmoon 269 ***
5...all along the watchtower (live) *
6...I still haven't found what im looking or (live) ***
.....freedom for my people (interlude)
7...silver and gold (live) **
8...pride (in the name of love) (live) **
9...angel of harlem ***
10.love rescue me *
11.when love comes to town ***
12.heartland *
13.God pt: II *
14.the star spangled banner (live) *
15.bullet the blue sky (live) *
16.all I want is you ***
3s=7
2s=2
1s=7
rating: 1.9
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.