'Simply Unbelievable...'

31 Jan 2013146
'The photobook and CD have arrived ! It's simply unbelievable and takes me back to the six shows I went to in Europe. What a mindblowing CD. They're only getting better ....'

A handsome parcel enclosing From The Ground Up: U2.com Music Edition is now landing, with a thud, on the doorsteps of U2.com subscribers around the world.

The lavish photobook telling the inside story of U2360°, complete with the limited-edition CD Edge's Picks, is getting rave reviews.

'My copy arrived yesterday and it made my year. The design and quality are incredible, and the music? Wow!  From the very first listen I was transported back to Croke Park on those two incredible nights...'

Great reception too for the FIVE bonus live downloads available as soon as you subscribe (or resubscribe) to U2.com - Desire, Pride, Angel of Harlem, Spanish Eyes and No Line On The Horizon.
 'An absolutely brilliant 2012 for live music from U2.com... many, many thanks.'

Got your copy yet?
What's the standout track?
Best story in the book ?
How does this U2.com subscription gift compare with last year's 'U22'?
Tell us what you think and add your own review in the comments below.
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guam
Music when i opened the box!!!
I got my FTGU book and Edge's Pix cd today! It was like opening up a treasure chest! Awesome stories that i scanned, some i never heard about! When ever i intake it, it's like i'm @ the concert again! Great book beside U2 BY U2 and U2 SHOW!
featherangel
Amazing!
Love the book, CD.... with there was a DVD, but I am in no way complaining. I can not wait for more music and more tours. I was at the 2nd night at Angel Stadium.
itkachenko_14061971
No book on the horizon.
How many great reviews! When this wonderful book comes to Russia, and I see it with my own eyes? I also want to share their experiences and to remember once again that concert, the "beautiful day" August 25, 2010, at the Luzhniki Stadium. I'm really, really looking forward to this book.
prings
album
Just hurry up n bring an album out,nuff said.
cleaner
Give us Stingray
Best subscription gift ever! One of the best Live-CDs U2. Thank you so much. But please don't keep us hanging on waiting for the last three tracks, especially Return of the stingray guitar. Can't wait to hear this great rock-tune.
Elianesantos
Delivery DELAY
I can't hardly wait for my FROM THE GROUND UP. It takes a long, long, long time! Sadness and anxiety together...Love, Eliane
moodmedia
mood media
still haven't found what I'm looking for : ( Finkenwerder-Hamburg & mood media is awaiting impatientty the picks of the Edge !
SGKCA
Stunning Fan Gift
My copy arrived here in Toronto on January 9. I was blown away by the size, art direction, and overall quality of the tour book. I only got to open it up yesterday so I'e just had the chance to look at all the high-def pictures. I saw U2 360 in Toronto and Montreal, so was very pleased to see both images and content on both those shows. Montreal was especially memorable. Bono was in very fine form indeed. Looking forward to putting on my headphones and enjoying Edge's picks. My sincere thanks to U2 and to U2.com. You have ceratinly outdone yourselves with this very fine fan gift. I feel very appreciated as a longtime and devoted fan. This is a stunning gift and it will be treasured. With love and peace to all.
drunkchicken1
Absolutely Fantastic!
THE BEST subscriber gift yet in my opinion! The subscription fee is rewarded already just with this beautiful package - thanks U2.com, this will be very hard to beat I think! Mine arrived in Gutersloh, Germany and I haven't stopped looking at it since!!
BVB65
Great Follow-Up to U22
The band has outdone themselves again. Thank you for this memorable gift. It is a great companion to last years gift, U22.
cjkos
Fantastisch
In one word: fantastic. Relating, to last years U22, I thinking They are both great, but this is a pure gift That can't be topped. Brings back great memories to Propaganda as well.
pask
Brisbane says hello hello I have vertigo
Awesome book & songs, great stuff totally unexpected the book quality is great, this why I have been a loyal FAN for 30 years. Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry.... Thank You Mates.
skywarn
Best Track
If I had to choose only one, it would be "40" as played in Moncton. I am so happy they chose to include the final song of the final show! I grew up not far from Moncton (now live in USA), so that show had a unique, personal meaning for me. I had moved away from the stage, anticipating a mad rush up the muddy hill once the show was over, worried my bus would leave without me (and abandoned my spot close to the outer rail!!). But I remember stopping, looking back at the stage as long as I could, chanting and sharing the moment with a group of total strangers (all in tears). It will be a moment I will never forget....especially now that I have the album!!!
buzz2
Getting my boots on in San Diego with a
Just got my copy today, January 10th. U2 is the best and 360 was an awesome tour. Saw it twice in Vegas and Anaheim #2. Hoping for more downloads and can't wait for a new album and tour.
dramalover
The BEST one ever!
This live CD is the BEST one ever! U2 sounds amazing on it; the energy is unbelievable. Great choices, Edge. The accompanying tour book is such high quality with in your face pictures and gripping and behind-the-scenes narrative. Thank you, U2! You guys are the best in the world, and I appreciate your music so much. Looking forward to September 2013 and some new great songs!
Gerbrand
Magnum Opus
Well, I thought you wouldn't be able to top U22, but you did it ! These live recordings, U22 and Edge's picks, are truly your magnum opus. Great book. More bonus tracks please ;-) Eagerly awaiting the new album. Please release it on 26 September 2013. My birthday.
wintersocks
Waiting
Hopefully it arrives in the US soon. Been waiting for 3 weeks.
NanyandGonzo
Mexico!!!
Thanks U2, U2.com and all the people involved in From the Ground Up. Yesterday 9th January around 3pm my beautiful book arrived, thanks a lot!!! My favourite pic? I fell in love with the Russian Dolls of our great musicians, all the ones in which Bono is singing in the pouring rain, Adam when smiling and the ones from Larry when the photographer played with the light over him and behind him. Favourite song? Electrical Storm obviously and HMTMKMKM, good to see also Scarlet, 40 and Blue Room, too. Something I miss? Yes, indeed, that not all the photos have the caption of where they were taken, I can recognise some places, but not everything. But it doesn't matter, to have the book, listen to Edge's picks and everything is simply out of this world!!! Thanks U2, thanks for giving us this great music in this life...
soey
Thank You!
I got mine today!! I feel like a child at Christmas
dietdawg
U2.com Still the best fan club around
Having been in various fan clubs for several years, I have seen good ones and I have seen bad ones. There are some that offer the same packages year in and year out (how many of the exam same t-shirt design, do I really need?) Some on the other hand, seem to go out of their way to give their fans an experience that the average fan just doesn't get. U2 is that way. Even in the early days, the promise of unreleased music was my main enticement and even as the fanclub has changed the promise of new/unreleased music is still there. Only now it is combined in a stunning hardbound book that any coffee table would be proud to boast. I have been fortunate to get tickets from the fan club (again not the case with every fan club) and I wait each year to see what the next package will bring. Funny thing is that I don't ever have to wait a whole year with the release of downloads that seem to come throughout the year. It is for these reasons and others that I renew every year. I can't tell you when my membership expires, because I always renew on day 1 of the announcement of the new year. There are some clubs that I have left and there are some that I have been with for many years. If I had to choose only one it would be U2.com. I know this sounds like a commercial and maybe in a way it is. I just know what I like and this club and all it offers is what I like.
schlumpi
Edges Picks near Leipzig - 2
Today it´s always arrived in Gräfenhainichen... I hope for a new Album in 2013 and a new Tour.
MarieChantal
Wow! Thank You!
I received my package on January 8 in Quebec. It's an awesome gift. The book is very great!
dav9rock
AWESOME
Arrived today... the book is simply amazing... the CD great as well
pain_18_
NOTHING !!!
Absolutely Nothing has arrived here in Romania !!!
112ck
Edges Picks near Leipzig
Thank you for a really great gift. It arrived in this morning in Bitterfeld. Me and my girlfriend waiting now for the next U2 tour. 3 concerts we visited in the last years in Germany but we never heard "Bad" live. Maybe next year? :)
sandmanu2
Fantastic
Got my book yesterday in Copenhagen DK. Shipment mail on dec. 16, so it took around 3 weeks to be delivered. 15 standout tracks, and Boots and Vertigo are amazing. Superb:-)
marlex2
it's all there
What a fantastic morning! Went to get the paper and found my package in the mailbox!! Goosebump-experience in everything from carrying the package inside to opening the first page of the book and then listening to the first drum-beats of the CD in the car going to work!! Could have kept on driving for hours just to get the chance to listen to the songs over and over again taking me back to the U2360 tour! There's nothing like a live recording!!
robinwillams2008
totally unforgettable
What's the standout track?:- I would have to say that "scarlet" was my stand out track. for who it was sung for but also its a u2 song that has never been performed live. the emotion in bonos voice can't be compared to in any other song the way he sang this one. he really put himself in this song for ang sung sukki. Best story in the book ?:- i loved reading about the band and glastonberry i mean they didn't get to perform there in 2010 and they havn't performed at a festival in over 20 something years. the last festival i think that really did it for them was at the end of the unforgettable fire tour when they started to become a major act, they didn't really have to put them selves out there in that sort of way i think after that. i just loved reading about how they felt and the differences between the actual tour and the festival itself even though the setlist was pretty much the same minus 3 or 4 songs. How does this U2.com subscription gift compare with last year's 'U22'? i think alof of the songs on this album were voted for the last time around with u22 but i think the band or edge had other plans with them like putting them on this cd. i loved the double cd u22 but about 6 of these songs i thought would've been on u22. either way great subscription gifts i will listen to on a cd player and my ipod for years to come. love you U2 thanks for 36 years of memories. well actually, 32 years if your counting the worldwide album releases.
barks
barks
Wow !! Thank-you U2.com, and of course thank-you U2. I just got my amazing gift. I was amazed at the images in the book, and how they took me back to the two shows i was blessed to see in Toronto with my amazing wife. Edge's picks are fantastic to listen to, they will be my driving music for the foreseeable future I ma sure. I can't wait to find someone else listening to it while i am driving around, something not everyone gets. Awesome!!
Poch
A wonderful supplement!
U22 was a masterpiece. From the ground up will become part of. After the world tour, this CD are a highlight! Thank you U2, made ​​us happy for a long time! Long life to you four, spend a wonderful year 2013!
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