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U2

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2023 - Songs of Surrender
2021 - Your Song Saved My Life
2017 - You're the Best Thing About Me
2017 - Songs of Experience
2014 - Songs of Innocence
2014 - Invisible
2013 - From the Ground Up: Edge's Picks From U2360°
2012 - U22: A 22 Track Live Collection From U2360°
2011 - Duals
2010 - 360° at the Rose Bowl
2009 - No Line on the Horizon
2009 - U2: Medium, Rare & Remastered
2007 - U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
2006 - Zoo TV Live
2006 - U218 Singles
2005 - U2.COMmunication
2005 - Communication
2004 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2004 - Unreleased & Rare 2004
2004 - Unreleased & Rare
2002 - The Best of 1990-2000
2002 - 7
2002 - Children of the Revolution
2002 - Electrical Storm
2001 - Elevation 2001: Live From Boston
2000 - Hasta la Vista Baby! Live From Mexico City
2000 - Beautiful Day
2000 - The Unforgettable Fire / The Million Dollar Hotel
2000 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
1999 - Achtung Baby / Zooropa
1998 - The Ultimate 7" & 12" Collection, Part X
1998 - The Best of 1980-1990
1998 - Popmart: Live From Mexico City
1998 - Sweetest Thing
1997 - Pop
1997 - The Dream Comes True
1996 - Four Wild Irish Roses, Part 2
1996 - Ultra Rare Trax, Volume 3
1995 - The Very Best
1994 - The Ultimate Collection
1993 - Zooropa
1992 - Even Better Than the Real Thing
1992 - One
1991 - Achtung Baby
1988 - Rattle and Hum
1987 - The Joshua Tree
1985 - Wide Awake in America
1984 - The Unforgettable Fire
1984 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
1983 - Under a Blood Red Sky
1983 - War
1981 - October
1980 - Boy

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4 Male

Origin
Dublin, Ireland

Genre
Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

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Political

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1976

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1976 to Present...

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7 users U2 - With or Without You
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U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Initially rooted in post-punk, U2's musical style has evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an anthemic quality built on Bono's expressive vocals and the Edge's chiming, effects-based guitar sounds. Bono's lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and sociopolitical themes. Popular for their live performances, the group have staged several elaborate tours over their career.

The band was formed when the members were teenaged pupils of Mount Temple Comprehensive School and had limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album, Boy (1980). Works such as their first UK number-one album, War (1983), and singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Pride (In the Name of Love)" helped establish U2's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group. Their fourth album, The Unforgettable Fire (1984), was their first collaboration with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, whose influence resulted in the band experimenting with a more abstract, ambient sound. By the mid-1980s, U2 had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in 1985. Their fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international stars and was their greatest critical and commercial success. Topping music charts around the world, it produced their only number-one singles in the US to date: "With or Without You" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".

Facing creative stagnation and a backlash to their documentary/double album, Rattle and Hum (1988), U2 reinvented themselves in the 1990s. Beginning with their acclaimed seventh album, Achtung Baby (1991) and the multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour, the band pursued a new musical direction influenced by alternative rock, electronic dance music, and industrial music, and they embraced a more ironic, flippant image. This experimentation continued on their eighth album, Zooropa (1993), and concluded following their ninth album, Pop (1997), and the PopMart Tour, which were mixed successes. U2 regained critical and commercial favour with the records All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000) and How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), which established a more conventional, mainstream sound for the group. Although their twelfth album, No Line on the Horizon (2009), did not meet commercial expectations, their U2 360° Tour of 2009–2011 set records for the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour, both of which stood until 2019. In the 2010s, U2 released the companion albums Songs of Innocence (2014) and Songs of Experience (2017), the former of which received criticism for its pervasive, no-cost release through the iTunes Store. Their most recent album, Songs of Surrender (2023), consists of reimagined versions of 40 songs from their career.

U2 have released 15 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band, and in 2005, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone ranked U2 at number 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Throughout their career, as a band and as individuals, they have campaigned for human rights and social justice causes, working with organisations and coalitions that include Amnesty International, Jubilee 2000, DATA/the ONE Campaign, Product Red, War Child, and Music Rising.


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