U2 - The Joshua Tree

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

     

• Island Records - 208 219 (Europe) LP
• Island Records - 90581-1 (US) LP
• Universal - B0010310-01 (US) LP
• EMI Music (Greece) - VG 71446 (Greece) LP
• Island Records - U26 (Scandinavia) LP
• Island Records - 670.4011 (Brazil) LP
• Ariola Eurodisc S.A. - 208219 LP
• Island Records - ISX 1127 (Canada) LP
• Polygram - 29219 (Argentina) LP
• Island Records - R-153501-1 LP
• Ariola Eurodisc S.A. - 5F 208219 LP
• Island Records - U2 6 (UK) LP
• Island Records - U2 6 LP
• Polystar - R28D-2066 (Japan) LP
• Island Records - U26 LP
• Festival Records - RML 53220 (Australia & New Zealand) LP
• Island Records - OLW 476 (Korea, South) LP
• Polygram Discos S.A. - U26 (Portugal) LP
• Jugoton - LSI 11168 (Yugoslavia) LP

Images from Vinyl Releases of The Joshua Tree

Tracks

• A1)   Where The Streets Have No Name
• A2)   I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
• A3)   With Or Without You
• A4)   Bullet The Blue Sky
• A5)   Running To Stand Still
• B1)   Red Hill Mining Town
• B2)   In God's Country
• B3)   Trip Through Your Wires
• B4)   One Tree Hill
• B5)   Exit
• B6)   Mothers Of The Disappeared

Track listing above is from Island Records - 208 219 (Europe) LP

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