U2


“Angel of Harlem”




SHORT BIOGRAPHY:

U2 are an Irish rock formed in Dublin in 1976

The group recorded their first demo tape at Keystone Studios in Dublin in May 1978. The group's first official release was an Ireland-only EP entitled Three released in September 1979. In February 1980, their second single "Another Day" was released on the CBS label, but again only for the Irish market.

Island Records signed U2 in March 1980, and in May, the band released "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" as their first international single. The band's debut album, Boy, followed in October.

The third album "War" became then band's big breakthough, and more singles from the album reached international charts.

Band Members:

Bono (Paul David Hewson): Born 10 May 1960. Vocals and guitar

The Edge (David Howell Evans):Born 8 August 1961. Guitar, keyboards and vocals

Adam Charles Clayton: Born 13 March 1960. Bass

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Mullen, Jr.: Born 31 October 1961. Drums.


Discography:


1. Boy - Island Records 1980

Tracks:
1. I Will Follow / 2. Twilight / 3. An Cat Dubh / 4. Into the Heart / 5. Out of Control / 5. Stories for Boys / 6. The Ocean / 7. A Day Without Me / 8. Another Time, Another Place / 9. The Electric Co. / 10. Shadows and Tall Trees
Rating : 4


2. October - Island Records 1981

Tracks:
1. Gloria / 2. I Fall Down / 3. I Threw a Brick Through a Window / 4. Rejoice / 5. Fire / 6. Tomorrow / 7. October / 8. With a Shout / 9. Stranger in a Strange Land / 10. Scarlet / 11. Is That All?
Rating : 5


3. War - Island Records 1983

Tracks:
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday / 2. Seconds / 3. New Year's Day / 4. Like a Song / 5. Drowning Man / 6. The Refugee / 7. Two Hearts Beat as One / 8. Red Light / 9. Surrender / 10. "40"
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4. Under a Bloody Red Sky (live) - Island Records 1983

Tracks:
1. Gloria / 2. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / 3. I Will Follow / 4. Party Girl / 5. Sunday Bloody Sunday / 6. The Electric Co. / 7. New Year's Day / 8. "40"
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5. The Unforgettable Fire - Island Records 1984

Tracks:
1. A Sort of Homecoming / 2. Pride / 3. Wire / 4. The Unforgettable Fire / 5. Promenade / 6. 4th of July / 7. Bad / 8. Indian Summer Sky / 9. Elvis Presley and America / 10. MLK
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6. The Joshua Tree - Island Records 1987

Tracks:
1. Where the Streets Have No Name / 2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / 3. With or Without You / 4. Bullet the Blue Sky / 5. Running to Stand Still / 6. Red Hill Mining Town / 7. In God's Country / 8. Trip Through Your Wires / 9. One Tree Hill / 10. Exit / 11. Mothers of the Disappeared
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7. Rattle and Hum - Island Records 1988

Tracks:
1. Helter Skelter / 2. Van Diemen's Land / 3. Desire / 4. Hawkmoon / 5. All Along the Watchtower / 6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / 7. Freedom for My People / 8. Silver and Gold / 9. Pride / 10. Angel of Harlem / 11. Love Rescue Me / 12. When Love Comes to Town / 13. Heartland / 14. God Part II / 15. Jimi Hendrix: The Star Spangled Banner / 16. Bullet the Blue Sky / 17. All I Want Is You
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8. Achtung Baby - Island Records 1991

Tracks:
1. Zoo Station / 2. Even Better Than the Real Thing / 3. One / 4. Until the End of the World / 5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses / 6. So Cruel / 7. The Fly / 8. Mysterious Ways / 9. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World / 10. Ultra Violet / 11. Acrobat / 12. Love Is Blindness
Rating : 7


9. Zooropa - Island Records 1993

Tracks:
1. Zooropa / 2. Babyface / 3. Numb / 4. Lemon / 5. Stay / 6. Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car / 7. Some Days Are Better Than Others / 8. The First Time / 9. Dirty Day / 10. The Wanderer
Rating : 4


10. Pop - Island Records 1997

Tracks:
1. Discothèque / 2. Do You Feel Loved / 3. Mofo / 4. If God Will Send His Angels / 5. Staring at the Sun / 6. Last Night on Earth / 7. Gone / 8. Miami / 9. The Playboy Mansion / 10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress / 11. Please / 12. Wake Up Dead Man
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11. All That You Can't Leave Behind - Island Records 2000

Tracks:
1. Beautiful Day / 2. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of / 3. Elevation / 4. Walk On / 5. Kite / 6. In a Little While / 7. Wild Honey / 8. Peace on Earth / 9. When I Look at the World / 11. Grace / 12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Rating : 8


12. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - Island Records 2004

Tracks:
1. Vertigo / 2. Miracle Drug / 3. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own / 4. Love and Peace or Else / 5. City of Blinding Lights / 6. All Because of You / 7. A Man and a Woman /8. Crumbs From Your Table / 9. One Step Closer / 10. Original of the Species / 11. Yahweh
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13. No Line on the Horizon - Island Records 2009

Tracks:
1. No Line on the Horizon / 2. Magnificent / 3. Moment of Surrender / 4. Unknown Caller / 5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / 6. Get on Your Boots / 7. Stand Up Comedy / 8. Fez - Being Born / 9. White as Snow / 10. Breathe / 11. Cedars of Lebanon
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14. Songs of Innocence - Island Records 2014

Tracks:
1. The Miracle / 2. Every Breaking Wave / 3. California / 4. Song for Someone / 5. Iris / 6. Volcano / 7. Raised by Wolves / 8. Cedarwood Road / 9. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight / 10. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now / 11. The Troubles
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15. Songs of Experience - Island Records 2017

Tracks: 1. Love Is All We Have Left / 2. Lights of Home / 3. You're the Best Thing About Me / 4. Get Out of Your Own Way / 5. American Soul / 6. Summer of Love / 7. Red Flag Day / 8. The Showman (Little More Better) / 9. The Little Things That Give You Away / 10. Landlady / 11. The Blackout / 12. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way / 13. 13 (There Is a Light)

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16. Songs of Surrender - Island Records 2023

Tracks: 1. One / 2. Where the Streets Have No Name / 3. Stories for Boys / 4. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / 5. Out of Control / 6. Beautiful Day / 7. Bad / 8. Every Breaking Wave / 9. Walk On)
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Essential Albums!

Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - May 14 - 2011

10 The Joshua Tree - 1987
23 War - 1983
26 Achtung Baby - 1991
68 The Unforgettable Fire - 1984
71 Under a Bloody Red Sky - 1983
154 Boy - 1980
408 Rattle and Hum - 1988
474 October - 1981
657 Zooropa - 1993
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My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:


1. Angel of Harlem ( U2 ) Rattle and Hum
2. One ( U2 ) Achtung Baby
3. Running to Stand Still ( U2 ) The Joshua Tree
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday ( U2 ) War
5. Pride ( U2 ) The Unforgettable Fire
6. With or Without You ( U2 ) The Joshua Tree
7. Love Rescue Me ( U2 ) Rattle and Hum
8. Gloria ( U2 ) October
9. Wire ( U2 ) Rattle and Hum
> 10. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For ( U2 ) The Joshua Tree
11. Van Diemen's Land ( U2 ) Rattle and Hum
12. All I Want is You ( U2 ) Rattle and Hum
13. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses ( U2 ) Achtung Baby
14. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World ( U2 ) Achtung Baby
15. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of ( U2 ) All That You Can't Leave Behind
16. Indian Summer Sky ( U2 ) The Unforgettable Fire
17. Elvis Presley and America ( U2 ) The Unforgettable Fire
18. The First Time( U2 ) Zooropa

LINKS:

The official U2 Page - u2.com

Fan page Atu2.com


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