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Track List
01) A Sort of Homecoming
02) Pride (In the Name of Love)
03) Wire
04) The Unforgettable Fire
05) Promenade
06) 4th of July
07) Bad
08) Indian Summer Sky
09) Elvis Presley and America
10) MLK
01) A Sort of Homecoming
02) Pride (In the Name of Love)
03) Wire
04) The Unforgettable Fire
05) Promenade
06) 4th of July
07) Bad
08) Indian Summer Sky
09) Elvis Presley and America
10) MLK
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First Released
1984
Pop-Rock
Political
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The Unforgettable Fire er det fjerde studioalbumet av den irske rockegruppen U2, utgitt i oktober 1984. Dette var første gang gruppen samarbeidet med produsentene Brian Eno og Daniel Lanois. Albumets tittel er hentet fra en utstilling med malerier skapt av overlevende fra bombingen av Hiroshima og Nagasaki. Albumet ble spilt inn i Slane Castle og senere gjort ferdig i Winmill Stuios i Dublin.
Albumet solgte bra verden over, hjulpet av den populære singelen «Pride (In the Name of Love)» og en glitrene opptreden under Live Aid. I Norge lå albumet fire uker på VG-lista, med en 6. plass som beste plassering.
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The Unforgettable Fire was the right record at the right time. U2 had ended their first phase of flag-waving sincerity with the live mini-album Under A Blood Red Sky and its accompanying long-form video, Live At Red Rocks. Their preceding album, War, was a self-assured update of their early melodic template of spiky rock and searing anthems.
Instead of repeating their formula they enlisted the production skills of ex- Roxy Music polymath Brian Eno and young Canadian Daniel Lanois. Island boss Chris Blackwell tried to dissuade the group from using the duo, but they pressed ahead. Enrolling Eno brought the band a credibility they may never have gained; in turn, they gave Eno his largest audience ever.
The nagging insistency of opener, A Sort Of Homecoming, signals this new direction ”“ all slightly out-of-focus, sketchy, yet strangely beguiling. However, instead of the producers trying wholesale to meddle with the existing formulas, both parties enhanced each other's work, which added a looseness and ambiance to the groove. This is none more evident than on the title track, which has a sleek suppleness to it, as previously unheard on their work, while still unmistakably being U2. However, they knew not to alienate too much ”“ the album's first single, Pride (In The Name Of Love), is still arguably U2's greatest stadium sing-along.
It was ostensibly promoting this album that U2 played their most important gig ever, Live Aid, showcasing the resolutely uncommercial Bad ”“ a song about heroin addiction that Bono has described as being Van Morrison crossed with German electronica ”“ the band became, alongside Queen, the talking point of the day.
U2 would never be the same again. Although often overshadowed by its successor, The Joshua Tree, The Unforgettable Fire is a record of great, moving beauty.
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The Unforgettable Fire er det fjerde studioalbumet av den irske rockegruppen U2, utgitt i oktober 1984. Dette var første gang gruppen samarbeidet med produsentene Brian Eno og Daniel Lanois. Albumets tittel er hentet fra en utstilling med malerier skapt av overlevende fra bombingen av Hiroshima og Nagasaki. Albumet ble spilt inn i Slane Castle og senere gjort ferdig i Winmill Stuios i Dublin.
Albumet solgte bra verden over, hjulpet av den populære singelen «Pride (In the Name of Love)» og en glitrene opptreden under Live Aid. I Norge lå albumet fire uker på VG-lista, med en 6. plass som beste plassering.
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The Unforgettable Fire was the right record at the right time. U2 had ended their first phase of flag-waving sincerity with the live mini-album Under A Blood Red Sky and its accompanying long-form video, Live At Red Rocks. Their preceding album, War, was a self-assured update of their early melodic template of spiky rock and searing anthems.
Instead of repeating their formula they enlisted the production skills of ex- Roxy Music polymath Brian Eno and young Canadian Daniel Lanois. Island boss Chris Blackwell tried to dissuade the group from using the duo, but they pressed ahead. Enrolling Eno brought the band a credibility they may never have gained; in turn, they gave Eno his largest audience ever.
The nagging insistency of opener, A Sort Of Homecoming, signals this new direction ”“ all slightly out-of-focus, sketchy, yet strangely beguiling. However, instead of the producers trying wholesale to meddle with the existing formulas, both parties enhanced each other's work, which added a looseness and ambiance to the groove. This is none more evident than on the title track, which has a sleek suppleness to it, as previously unheard on their work, while still unmistakably being U2. However, they knew not to alienate too much ”“ the album's first single, Pride (In The Name Of Love), is still arguably U2's greatest stadium sing-along.
It was ostensibly promoting this album that U2 played their most important gig ever, Live Aid, showcasing the resolutely uncommercial Bad ”“ a song about heroin addiction that Bono has described as being Van Morrison crossed with German electronica ”“ the band became, alongside Queen, the talking point of the day.
U2 would never be the same again. Although often overshadowed by its successor, The Joshua Tree, The Unforgettable Fire is a record of great, moving beauty.
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