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 enlarge | Artist: U2
Label: Island
Category: Music
List Price: $34.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 45890
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Deluxe Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.2 x 0.7
MPN: 001094902
UPC: 602517616752
EAN: 0602517616752
ASIN: B0013LPS8Y
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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One Of Their Best *But* July 31, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Love the CD and the guys who have reviewed it really did good jobs, the first disc is great, really good sound, compaired to the original. The second CD is really nothing new if you have all those tracks from the 80's 12" and 7" craze. I thought they would dump those and add tracks that might have been done during the sessions. Anyway, overall, a great set but not as good as the first two recent remasters because how many times do we really need to hear "New Years Day" & "Two Hearts Beat As One" over & over!
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 Quite a gift to fans September 1, 2008
Once again, nice to get this album and the rarities in one nicely updated package. I'm no expert on sound quality but I can assume The Edge knows his stuff about audio and we are getting it the way it should be, without Greedo firing the first shot. Since I missed out on U2's pre-Under A Blood Red Sky period the first time around, it is great to live the experience it must have been like in catching on from the beginning with these re-issues.
My only wish was that the live version of "Two Hearts Beat as One" where Bono sings part of Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was included as well. But, I see some of the live extras correspond more with the date they were performed versus the album the song was on, so maybe it will be seen later, maybe as part of Under a Blood Red Sky's or The Unforgettable Fire's extras? When was that???
re-issue excellence ! September 2, 2008
Re-issue CD's like this are an excellent idea! Interesting liner notes, great photos, excellent sound make these packages ideal. Most important it reminds us music fans what we saw and heard in U2 from the beginning!
 Like Little Boys November 8, 2008
If you are like me, finding it harder to pursue one's hobby of pretty wee boys, then you too, probably, were first aroused to U2 by their delightful cover art. Underneath the sexy cover lies a CD with some good music on it.
First track "Sunday Bloody Sunday" epitomizes them lazy Sunday afternoons. When nothing is open, and there is nothing to do. When you think to yourself "Sigh! Sunday BLOODY Sunday" and you almost (hahahaha not really) cannot wait for the next day - Monday. The drummer is clearly aware of Bona's ironic stance, with military drumming as this humerous first track's backdrop.
Unfortunately it is all down-hill from there, as the singer gets comfused and thinks that we are all about to be nuked, and that it is somehow wrong in a "it is your fault you bastard" way that refugees are smoldering upon borders.
However, the last track 40 inches is a life saver. Not only because one is near the end, but also for its reprise upon the post-ironic metaphor of "Sunday. Bloody Sunday".
This could be the sound that the new millenium has been craving like chocolate for all I know. But, if all else fails you can always stare endlessly at the little boy on the cover, imaging what you would love to do but cannot because your rational brain won't let you.
Good effort U2, you should go a long way, even if the music isn't my cup of coffee.
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