To mark the album’s 20th anniversary, U2 unveils a new album with ten previously unreleased tracks from these sessions.
Twenty years after the release of How to Dismantle an Atomic BombU2 unveils a “ ghost album » from these sessions: How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, which will be released on November 29, will include leftover tracks from the 2004 album sessions.
There will be 10 new songs, including “ Treason », « Happiness » et « Evidence of Life “, as well as ” Luckiest Man in the World “, which some fans heard a few years ago when the song leaked on the Internet under the name ” Mercy ».
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The new box set, available for pre-order, will also include side B of “ Vertigo », « Are We Gonna Wait Forever? » et « Picture of You (X + W) » and will be released on vinyl for Record Store Day as well as on streaming platforms. This new album will be associated with a remastered version of How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb on vinyl and CD, which will include “ Fast Cars », another excerpt from these sessions.
As The Edge said in a statement, “ for this anniversary edition, I delved into my personal archives to see if there were any unpublished gems and I hit the jackpot. We chose ten that really spoke to us. If at the time we decided to leave these songs aside, with hindsight we recognize that our initial intuition to include them in the album was the right one. »
Recorded in the group’s studio in Dublin as well as in the south of France, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb follows All That You Can’t Leave Behind, released in 2000, thanks to which the group had reconnected with its rock bases and with favorable reviews. U2 won five Grammys in 2006, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year (for “ Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own “), best rock album and best rock song (for ” City of Blinding Lights »).
Still, Bono continues to have mixed feelings aboutAtomic Bombwhich included contributions from Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois: “ This is the best collection of songs we’ve put together, there are no weak songshe told RS in 2005. But as an album, the whole isn’t greater than the sum of its parts, and that annoys me. »
The new tracks will allow fans to hear what Bono and the band had in mind while making the album: “ What we find on this ghost album is the raw energy of discovery, the visceral impact of the music, a sonic narrative, a moment in time, the exploration and interaction of four musicians playing together in a rooma expliqué The Edge. This is pure U2. »
David Browne
Translated by the editorial staff
