U2 - Joshua Tree (Remastered / Expanded) (Super Deluxe Edition) (2CD/DVD)
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Free Music Review: Timeless Masterpiece!
Hit: 5 Stars
The Joshua Tree was always a ground breaking album for U2, not only for the change in direction for the band, but also in achieving worldwide acclaim. This remastered album provides an excellent reminder of the quality of music that the group were producing around that time, with a B sides CD, that would grace any U2 fans collection, if they haven't already aquired the tracks over the years. Finally, this edition comes complete with a DVD of the Paris concert during the Joshua Tree tour, which shows the that the energy of the band was as good then, as it is today. Free Music Review: For the Serious U2 Fan
Hit: 5 Stars
If your keen on seeing the nitty gritty the ins and outs of U2 in their "glory days" then this is for you. The remastered CD is simply easy on the ears. And the B side songs well they are just that; B Side songs. There are some moments of glory but B sides are called that for a reason, but U2's B sides would put Coldplay to shame.
So you need to be a dedicated fan to appectiate this product. However the gem of it all is to see Bono in his youth; his confidence that he exubes as a rock star knowing that whatever he does, suceed or fail, he will be looked upon with admiration by his audience. And as part of his character you see the creedo "with great power comes great responsibility" come to light. This is shown vividly in the DVD when he stops the vand at possibly their greatest musical moment for the safety and well being of some audience members.
This charater who is human, exudes not God like character, but the inner strength of a man who cares more for others than his self glory or worship.
I'm glad Bono has gone on to spend his celebrity status for the sake of others. This DVD gives a glimpse of U2 and shows that they are simply shy humans, almost embarassed by their sucess,searching for strength. So enjoy the fun and feel their strength as a band and enjoy heraing and watching the band in their prime.
Free Music Review: "We stoop so low ... to reach so high"
Hit: 1 Stars
Dear Bono, Edge, Larry and Adam ...
I love you guys, your music and your energy. I have been a fan of your music since the early 1980's when I was but a boy growing up in Felixstowe, England. When I first heard "The Joshua Tree", I was given the tape by a school friend. I slapped it in my auto-reverse walkman and began shoveling the snow from my walkway during a cold winter in Anchorage Alaska. When you launched Zooropa and Achtung Baby, I thought both albums were magnificent and purchased them several times during the next few years - even though your American audience dwindled, unsure of whether they could get behind a heavy Euro-electro beat in the midst of Nirvana. I've happily supported you guys for a long time. Your music has always made my life seem bearable even its darkest moments. I will always be in your debt.
Bono, several years ago, you wrote a letter of thanks and posted it on Amazon for the review I left of The Million Dollar Hotel Soundtrack. I've trimmed that review down over the years, but it's still up for anyone to read. A few months later, you had your letter of thanks removed from Amazon for reasons of your own. I never emailed you about this as I thought it was not necessary, but should your loyal fans also retract their love of you? I hope not. However, this release though of "Joshua Tree" will probably win you little friendship.
My loving wife (the audiophile) recently bought the $50 version of this release for me, I could barely contain myself when I saw it. But I was severely disappointed by the audio quality of the re-mastering (which in fact it wasn't re-mastering at all - but some joker with a bank of equalizers and too much diet Pepsi). The result of this process has made this music even less-dynamic than the original release, and comes across badly and poorly planned. I'll save you all the technical info regarding the re-mastering process used here as it's currently flooding the internet like a California flash flood after fire season. The current wave of MP3 re-compression is not re-mastering by any measure, regardless of what the sales rep told you before you agreed to sign on for this. Needless to say - a lot of people have been egregiously bruised by this.
I don't mind paying $50 for the other materials enclosed, but labeling this CD as a re-master is misleading. Even paying $22 for the other edition is also suspect. This is a CD for people who listen to music on bud headphones or senior citizens who buy BOSE equipment, for those of us who listen to, and enjoy sound - this release comes off like a slight-of-hand bamboozle aimed at an unsuspecting audience.
The record labels have done a great deal to push away their oceans of loyal fans over the years and thus record sales have severely dwindled. Please don't blindly fall into line and knowingly or unknowingly have a hand in the same type of behavior.
In your "U2 Go Home - Live From Slane Castle" DVD, you thanked all your fans, including me, for spending about $500 on your products over the lifetime of the band. I was happy to have spent that money and always will be, but allowing this type of stuff to go on with your catalog is irresponsible and unforgivable.
I don't know what the answer is, or the best way to solve this. I'm a writer. I don't work in the music industry or for a record label. Most of my friends that do work for labels, here in Los Angeles all hate their jobs and are always on the hunt for something better. Only a concerted effort can rectify this issue. If you care as much for your own work as you do for world policy then maybe we can get somewhere with this. With all the respect in the world.
Sincerely ... and very much concerned,
Steffan Piper
Los Angeles, California
Free Music Review: Joshua Tree--better than ever!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album has always been one of my all-time favorites, but the sound on this latest remastered edition knocked my socks off. The DVD of a long ago concert is fun--better-than-expected video of the oh-so-young boys running through the numbers; reminded me of why they got my attention from their earliest songs!Free Music Review: Paris DVD is Stunning
Hit: 4 Stars
re: the DVD of the show in Paris...
I wasn't a real fan of the Rattle & Hum movie - also from this tour. I found it a little pompous and over-blown at times (perhaps it was a foreshadowing of the spectacle that future tours would become).
I do NOT find that with this show from Paris that's included with the deluxe version of the re-release. The thing that I like most about this show is that it's pretty bare-boned. Its four guys playing music, no forced or in-your-face statements, no big production, no overwhelming technology... It lets the songs and the music speak on their own, for themselves. It provides a snapshot of the band at their performance pinnacle sans the technology. They're confident, they're interacting, they're themselves and they're brutally honest.
Don't get me wrong, I like the DVDs of the concerts after this one but I find them much more scripted; where the band members seem so much a cog in the larger event. One where they've even been choreographed at points (stand here, go there, do that, time for this move...).
This particular Joshua Tree show is about the band, the music and the performance. Simply four musicians and their songs! It acts as a striking portrait of the band at this place in time. And of who each of the members are, rather than depicting them as pieces in machine that U2 often seems to have become. And it's stunning in its openness, the portrayal of the band and the stripped-bare performance.