Just picked up the new vinyl reissue of this after reading a series of good notices on the pressing, and it sound pretty outstanding. It’s newly remastered!
They seem to be doing an extremely good job with these recent remasters, I actually picked up the one for HTDAAB and was pretty shocked at how much better the album sounded.
― omar little, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
Didn't realize that the mixes of "Stay" and "The Wanderer" on the Faraway, So Close! soundtrack are different from the album versions – they're rougher, Eno's voice seems more prominent in "Stay".
― with hidden noise, Friday, 22 February 2019 07:21 (five years ago) link
I love that U2 took advantage of its imperial phase to do stuff like this album and Passengers. Speaks to their musical character, imo. As does "No Line on the Horizon" for the opposite: relocate to Morocco for a closer than usual collaboration with Eno and Lanois (first time they officially shared writing credits), and yet the results are pretty meh. And the band has been playing it safe and boring ever since.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
nloth was an attempt at experimentation again but they clearly got scared about commercial prospects half way though recording and ended up with an even worse and less coherent album than they probably would have if they'd stuck to the original idea, and it still didn't have any his
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 13:40 (five years ago) link
i think U2 still has the ability to make an interesting and maybe even great experimental rock album, but whether or not they'll ever regain the courage to do so is another matter. considering the album sales of the last pair especially, and the fact that no matter what they'll always do well on tours, i think they should just say fuck it and try some weird shit. this will likely never happen, though. even though NLOTH is actually outstanding when it doesn't play to the fair-weather fans (on maybe half a dozen tracks). it's totally good for most of the rest of the time as well imo, albeit not very interesting.
― omar little, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
In my humble opinion, they put the best song they've done in the last 30 years or even longer on a greatest hits album and nobody heard it. Window In the Skies should have been their biggest hit. I have no idea how everybody missed it.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
i think "lemon" is my fav u2 song
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Sunday, March 5, 2017 9:51 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same
― marcos, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
I totally missed Window in the Skies. Listening now, it's ... ok. A good Beatles-y pop song.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
got the wanderer on repeat today. such a fantastic one-off that seems like it shouldn't work in theory, but it just does. anyone know where i can find similar post-apocalyptic synth country?
― J. Sam, Sunday, 5 May 2019 12:11 (five years ago) link
That's a tough one, since there are so many unique attributes that make that song great. There's of course Johnny Cash, who himself is kind of a fantastic one-off. There's the Eno-fied backing (Eno being another fantastic one-off), and then there's Bono/the song, both of which defer to Cash's Mt. Rushmore presence. The closest I can think right now is some of the solo Lanois stuff, like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhIfbUsptw
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 14:17 (five years ago) link
Yeah sometimes I wish there were a full J. Cash album of songs like « the wanderer »...
― AlXTC from Paris, Sunday, 5 May 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
xpost, thanks for the lanois rec. been meaning to check that out for a while. really nice ghostly omnichord.
i also just remembered eno's cover of ring of fire, which seems like the main precursor to the wanderer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fJqPsMB-g8
― J. Sam, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
Perhaps check out Daughn Gibson?
https://open.spotify.com/album/01pKh9HnyZQKwhJDMEBmvn?si=Utco6g0VRQ2p5J_6jQAEmQ
― vmajestic, Sunday, 5 May 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link