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The Irish rock band U2 has released 15 studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, 84 singles, and nine extended plays (EPs). [1] [2] The band formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in 1976 as teenagers.
7 is an EP by the Irish rock band U2, released exclusively at Target retailers in the United States in 2002. It collects various B-sides from All That You Can't Leave Behind-era singles, which were previously unavailable in the US. [2]
The band formed in 1976 and released their debut EP Three in 1979 exclusively in Ireland. [1] Following the release of their single " Another Day " in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records , [ 2 ] and released their first album, Boy , later that year.
The album debuted at number one in 32 countries, [41] [42] including Canada where first-week sales totaled 71,470 copies. [40] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US through March 2014. [43] All That You Can't Leave Behind is the fourth-highest-selling U2 album, with total sales of over 12 million. [44]
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records.In contrast to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release, The Unforgettable Fire, the band aimed for a harder-hitting sound within the limitation of conventional song structures on The Joshua Tree.
U2 is a withdrawn EP by Negativland, released on SST Records in 1991. [1] The EP and the band gained notoriety when lawyers representing Island Records sued Negativland over the EP's unauthorized sampling of the U2 song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and misleading artwork. [2]
The following month, U2 appeared on the 200th episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, [190] in which Homer Simpson disrupts the band on stage during a PopMart concert. [191] In November 1998, U2 released their first compilation album, The Best of 1980–1990, [192] which featured a re-recording of a 1987 B-side, "Sweetest Thing", as its ...
Three, also known as U2 3, [1] is the debut release by Irish rock band U2.It was released in Ireland on 26 September 1979 through the CBS Ireland record label.. Three comprises three songs recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in August 1979, with the label's A&R representative Chas de Whalley serving as producer.