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This U2 Album Was "Only A Fraction Of What We Can Do", According To The Edge

In 1988, U2 was one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Their 1987 album The Joshua Tree had won Album of the Year against all odds, and the tour supporting it was one of the highest-grossing of ...
American Songwriter

The Meaning Behind U2’s Song of Impermanence “Kite”

A slightly deeper cut off of U2‘s 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, “Kite” was the culmination of several personal events within Bono’s life that centers around the fragility of life and, ...
American Songwriter

Behind the Album: ‘All That You Can’t Leave Behind’, U2’s Thrilling Return To Traditional Rocking

You can go too far down a musical path, even one that’s been effective for you in the past. It’s a lesson that U2 learned a few times in their career. When they applied that lesson again on their 2000 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

U2 album sales near 500,000 in U.S.

The new U2 album is on track to exceed industry forecasts by selling almost half a million copies during its first week on sale in the United States, according to the band's manager. By Reuters, The ...
Pitchfork

U2 Reissuing 3 Albums on Vinyl

U2 have announced reissues of 1985’s Wide Awake In America EP, 1997’s Pop, and 2000’s All That You Can't Leave Behind. All three are due out April 13. Wide Awake In America is a four-track EP with ...
Los Angeles Times

Jay-Z, OutKast, U2 Capture Top of Chart

Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z, Atlanta rappers OutKast and Irish rockers U2 captured the firstthree places on the nation’s pop album chart this week with high-profile debuts as the record industry moves into ...