All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
Island
Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno
Released 30th October 2000
UK Charts #1(as #1 in Various Countries around the world)
US Charts #3
Tracklist
01. Beautiful Day
03. Elevation
04.Walk On
05. Kite
07. Wild Honey
08. Peace On Earth
10. New York
11. Grace
12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (UK only)
U2
Bono – vocals, guitar, synthesisers (track 2)
The Edge – guitar, piano, vocals, synthesisers (track 3), strings (track 5)
Adam Clayton – bass guitar
Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion
Additional performers
Brian Eno – synthesisers, programming, backing vocals, string arrangement
Daniel Lanois – backing vocals, additional guitar
Paul Barrett – brass (track 2)
Prior to release of All That You Can't Leave Behind U2 had fallen out of favour with me. I really had little time for Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop and having seen them last on The Joshua Tree Tour I'd pretty much given up on them after their advances into the world of "electronic dance mixes" etc. It just didn't appeal and then I heard Beautiful Day Single around the time of it's release and it sounded like the "old U2" had returned and so I bought the album and have to say that from listen #1 I was blown away.
All That You Can't Leave Behind is the tenth Studio album from U2 and Rolling Stone magazine declared it to be their "third masterpiece" (The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby being the other two - though personally I think Unforgettable Fire should be in that list instead of Achtung!).
There's such a depth to the songwriting on this album and a deep thread of spirituality flows through any number of tracks on it.
15 years after it's release it's still an album I have a lot of affection for.
Press
Diffuser Article on the 15th Anniversary of All That You Can't Leave Behind's Release.
Daniel Lanois interview with Consequence of Sound.
Rolling Stone Review.
The Guardian Review.
BBC Music Review.
Rolling Stone Review.
The Guardian Review.
BBC Music Review.
Live Performance
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