{"title":"Albums","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"songs-of-surrender","title":"Songs Of Surrender","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"albumSocialLinks\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"albumShare\"\u003eshare\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"shareButton shareButton--light\"\u003e\n\u003ci class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"shareButton shareButton--light\"\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fab fa-twitter\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"albumInfoPanel\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"infoDetail\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs Of Surrender\u003c\/strong\u003e, curated and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eproduced by The Edge\u003c\/strong\u003e, sees the band revisit some of the most celebrated songs of their 40+ year career, including '\u003cstrong\u003eWith Or Without You'\u003c\/strong\u003e, '\u003cstrong\u003eOne\u003c\/strong\u003e', '\u003cstrong\u003eBeautiful Day\u003c\/strong\u003e', '\u003cstrong\u003eSunday Bloody Sunday\u003c\/strong\u003e' and '\u003cstrong\u003eInvisible\u003c\/strong\u003e', for a musical reimagining resulting in a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ecompletely new recording of each track\u003c\/strong\u003e, to include the arrangements and, in some cases, new lyrics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Music allows you to time travel,\" explained The Edge, \"And we became curious to find out what it would be like to bring our early songs back with us to the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st century reimagining.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What started out as an experiment quickly developed into a personal obsession as so many of our songs yielded to a new interpretation. Intimacy replaced post punk urgency. New tempos, new keys, and in some cases new chords and new lyrics arrived. A great song, it turns out is kind of indestructible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The process of selecting which songs to revisit started with a series of demos. I looked at how a song would hang together if all but the bare essential elements were taken away. The other main aim was to find ways to bring intimacy into the songs, as most of them were originally written with live concert performance in mind.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Reviewing these sketch recordings with producer Bob Ezrin, it was very easy to see the ones that worked straight off the bat and those that needed more work. We all got into the sensibility of less is more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 40 newly recorded tracks are collected together under each of the four band member names across four separate 'albums'.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hearing the songs interact, and finding the running orders for the four albums was really thrilling; finding the surprising segues, getting a chance to DJ. Once we had four distinct albums it was easy to see who would be the figurehead for each one.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"U2 FC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46510546223253,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/3365\/9285\/files\/download-2025-10-17T112427.727.png?v=1760718892"},{"product_id":"october","title":"October","description":"\u003cp\u003eOctober, originally with the working title of Scarlet, was released in the summer of 1981. In several countries, October was re-issued on 5\" CD in March 1996 as part of the Island Master series. This Island Masters re-issue featured higher quality paper and extra pictures from the original LP's inner sleeve. However, a different back cover featured a black and white photograph of the band instead of the photo of the docks in Dublin from the original version of October. In Argentina, a promotional copy of October was released with the title Is That All?, title of the last track on the album. The album peaked at No.11 on the UK album charts during its first week of release. Conversely, it never cracked the Top 100 on the US album charts and didn't rise higher than No.104 where it was certified platinum by the RIAA. UK magazine New Musical Express voted the album No.4 in its annual poll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'October was the most dificult of the three three records I did with them basically because of the well-chronicled story of Bono losing his lyrics during the American tour. The fact that the first album had a bit of success in America meant that the band toured over there for a long time to do the groundwork. When they came back and it was time to do the second album, nothing was ready! 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And, in Australia, the 12\" vinyl version was packaged with a bonus stickered 12\" of Two Hearts Beat As One (extended)\/New Year's Day (edited Version)\/Two Hearts Beat As One (4.24).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album peaked at No.1 on both the UK and Australian album charts. In the US, it peaked at No.12 on the album charts and No.39 on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. The album was certified multi-platinum by the RIAA with 3 million units sold. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, The Unforgettable Fire reached No.24 on the album charts and stayed in the charts a total of 3 weeks. It was also selected as Best Album at Ireland's Music Industry Awards and in the Hot Press Reader's Poll, it was voted the No. 1 album by readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduction Credits Produced and Engineered: Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois Additional Engineering: Kevin Killen Studio: Ireland: Slane Castle, Co. 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In Germany, Universal released a 2-CD box set with a copy of both Achtung Baby and Zooropa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZooropa reached No.1\u003c\/b\u003e in the following countries: Australia, Italy, Sweden, Austria, France, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, Holland, Norway, the US, Denmark, Ireland, and Iceland. \u003cb\u003eZooropa stayed on the charts for 61 weeks in Ireland\u003c\/b\u003e. It peaked at No.2 in Finland, Portugal, and Spain while reaching No.3 and No.10 in Belgium and Hungary, respectively. In the US, the album was certified multi-platinum by RIAA with 2 million units sold.\u003cbr\u003eU2 won a \u003cb\u003eGrammy for Zooropa as the Best Alternative Album of the Year and the readers of Rolling Stone voted it Best Album.um charts\u003c\/b\u003e. 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It took \u003cb\u003ethree Grammy Awards in 2001\u003c\/b\u003e - a year later the album won four more, including \u003cb\u003eRecord of the Year for 'Walk On', won the previous year by 'Beautiful Day' - the first time a band had achieved this.\u003c\/b\u003e A remix of another track, Elevation, featured on the soundtrack to the movie Lara Croft:Tomb Raider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, additional production Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher. Engineered by Richard Rainey, assisted by Chris Heaney. Mixed by Richard Rainey, Tim Palmer, Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges, Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Fitzmaurice. Mixing assisted by Chris Heaney, Alvin Sweeney, Jay Goin. Additional engineering Tim Palmer, Stephen Harris, Ger McDonnell, Mark Howard, Alex Haas. Assisted by Keith McDonell, Stephen Harris. 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In 1999, The Joshua Tree CD was re-issued with the clear band photo that appeared on the original vinyl LP rather than the blurred picture on the initial CD release.\u003cbr\u003eThe Joshua Tree entered the US album charts at No.7 and reached No. 1 three weeks later. It was U2's first album to reach No.1 in the United States. In 1999, The Joshua Tree was awarded the RIAA's highest certification, Diamond, with 10 million units sold. The album also peaked at No.1 on the UK, Canadian, West German, Dutch and Australian charts. In Switzerland, the album reached No.1 on the charts and stayed there for a total of 33 weeks. The album and sleeve cover also placed No. 1 in Rolling Stone magazine's annual Music Awards chosen by readers. Critics at Rolling Stone made it No. 2 album of the year. U2 also won Best Rock Performance By A Group Or Duo at the Grammy Awards for The Joshua Tree. 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