Artist: U2
Album: RATTLE AND HUM (CD)

Release date: 1988
Media type: CD

Recorded live during the Joshua Tree Tour in the U.S. and Europe in 1987.

The aural companion to the band documentary of the same name, RATTLE AND HUM is where U2's began to tire of being the anthem-making rock heroes they had become in the '80s. That's not to say the songs didn't approach serious subject matter, but there was more musical and lyrical diversity than on albums past. They repeatedly play with the rock & roll myth throughout RATTLE AND HUM, covering the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," casting aspersions on "the golden age of pop" on "God Part II" and busting out their own blistering version of the Bo Diddley beat on the irresistible "Desire."

The band began to explore American roots music as well. "Angel of Harlem," a tune about Billie Holiday, was recorded in Memphis' famed Sun Studios. Bono makes his first official Gospel foray on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." The lads from Dublin even collaborate with B.B. King on "When Love Comes To Town." RATTLE & HUM is wonderfully schizophrenic, full of passion and ambition.

TRACKLIST:

1. Helter Skelter
2. Van Dieman's Land
3. Desire
4. Hawkmoon 269 - (with Bob Dylan)
5. All Along the Watchtower
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. Freedom For My People - (with Sterling Magee & Adam Gusso)
8. Silver and Gold
9. Pride
10. Angel of Harlem - (with The Memphis Horns)
11. Love Rescue Me - (with The Memphis Horns/ Bob Dylan)
12. When Love Comes to Town - (with B.B. King)
13. Heartland - (with Brian Eno)
14. God Part II
15. Star Spangled Banner - (with Jimi Hendrix)
16. Bullet the Blue Sky
17. All I Want Is You - (with Tom Petty/ Benmont Tench)

LINE-UP:

The Edge (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
Bono (vocals, guitar)
Adam Clayton (bass)
Larry Mullen Jr. (drums).

Additional personnel:
B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Brian Eno (keyboards); Tom Petty, Benmont Tench, The Memphis Horns, Bob Dylan, The New Voices Of Freedom...