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| | The Unforgettable Fire | | | Music Artist : | | U2 | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Island | | Release Date : | | 2009-10-26 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $34.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $26.49 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. A Sort Of Homecoming [Remastered]
2. Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Remastered]
3. Wire [Remastered]
4. The Unforgettable Fire [Remastered]
5. Promenade [Remastered]
6. 4th Of July [Remastered]
7. Bad [Remastered]
8. Indian Summer Sky [Remastered]
9. Elvis Presley & America [Remastered]
10. MLK [Remastered]
Disc 21. Disappearing Act
2. A Sort Of Homecoming [Live]
3. Bad [Live]
4. Love Comes Tumbling [Remastered]
5. The Three Sunrises [Remastered]
6. Yoshino Blossom
7. Wire [Kevorkian 12" Vocal Remix]
8. Boomerang 1
9. Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Remastered Single version]
10. A Sort Of Homecoming [Danny Lanois Remix]
11. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock [Long Version]
12. Wire [Celtic Dub Mix]
13. Bass Trap
14. Boomerang II [Remastered]
15. 4th Of July [Single Version]
16. Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Still Unforgettable
Submitted on: 2009-11-17 |
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| The Unforgettable Fire marked a distinct turn in U2's sound. It was the first album to be produced by Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno and the album has a fuller, more ethereal sound as compared to their earlier work, but there is still that sense of rebellion and immediacy. The album's single "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" is great example of the combination of the sounds. It has a driving beat, but with the Lanois/Eno production, it has a much fuller sound than say a "Sunday Bloody Sunday", but is no less powerful. "A Sort Of A Homecoming" is a beautiful, lush song that opens the album while "Wire" and the title track are pulsating, powerful songs. "Bad" may well be the best song the band has every done. A song about the perils of heroin addiction, it has the compassionate The Unforgettable Fire marked a distinct turn in U2's sound. It was the first album to be produced by Daniel Lanois & Brian Eno and the album has a fuller, more ethereal sound as compared to their earlier work, but there is still that sense of rebellion and immediacy. The album's single "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" is great example of the combination of the sounds. It has a driving beat, but with the Lanois/Eno production, it has a much fuller sound than say a "Sunday Bloody Sunday", but is no less powerful. "A Sort Of A Homecoming" is a beautiful, lush song that opens the album while "Wire" and the title track are pulsating, powerful songs. "Bad" may well be the best song the band has every done. A song about the perils of heroin addiction, it has the compassionate & understanding lyrics and anthem like quality that the band is best known for. Granted that some of the songs like "Elvis Presley & America" and "4th of July" are not the best they every done, but the bulk of the album is classic U2. The bonus disk has some nice rarities including the four songs that made up the Wide Awake In America EP that features two stunning live performances of "A Sort Of Homecoming" & "Bad". |
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 A Fine Album That is Another Victim of the Loudness War
Submitted on: 2009-11-11 |
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I always had a cassette of this album. The original CD sounded completely tinny and whenever I came across a copy on vinyl, it had that thin, poorly pressed look. The Unforgettable Fire was near the top of my short list for albums needing remasters.
The new edition of this album does sound better than I've ever heard it before, so if you dig it, you need to track down a copy. Unfortunately, the new mastering also seems to have that overly compressed sound thats tends to mar otherwise strong recordings. This problem is often referred to as the "loudness war" where all the sounds, quiet and loud, are pushed almost into the red (supposedly this sounds better on ipods, although I would disagree). Since this is such a dynamic, textured album, this is a pretty major issue. Some of the ambient experiments like "MLK" and "Elvis Presley and America" come out sounding muddled, and the hits like "Pride" and "Bad" are missing some of their edge (although obviously not the Edge). I would still say that the "1980-1990" best-of from ten years ago is still a better place to hear those songs.
Even if I'm a little disappointed in the sound reproduction, I'm really happy with the bonus CD (although it still suffers from over-compression). "Disappearing Act" is a great song, and many of the outtakes would have fit perfectly well on the proper album. The addition of the "Wide Awake in America" EP is also a huge plus.
This is definitely the best that this album has sounded outside of the studio, but I can't help but notice the darker side of modern mastering rearing its ugly head. Fortunately, the quality of the music still comes through and "The Unforgettable Fire" holds its head high as U2's best 'experimental' album. |
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U2's Unforgotten Fire (The Spark that Set the Flame)
Submitted on: 2009-10-31 |
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This pristine remaster, supervised by Mr. The Edge himself, is a must for all fans of U2's 1984 breakout album. A number of beautiful bass-lines and synth parts are much more audible now, and the more familiar guitar and vocal parts are distinctly more clear and nuanced.
As with any great remaster, there will be moments you feel you are hearing a part for the very first time, even if you've listened to the record countless times before. Remember how it first felt to upgrade your favorite albums from old cassette tapes to CD? Well, that's how it felt when I first listened to this remaster.
For those who are not yet familiar, UF contains some of the band's all-time greatest efforts, including the soaring "A Sort of Homecoming," the all-time classic "Pride (In the Name of Love)," and the stirring title track. The album is a heady hybrid of dreamy and abstract alt-rock experimentation, side by side with propulsive and impassioned rock anthems. UF was easily the band's best record to date, and clearly paved the way for their epochal '86 masterpiece, THE JOSHUA TREE.
But I think most buyers are already familiar with this classic record, so I'll get to the bonus disc.
PROS:
The brilliant new song, "Disappearing Act," recorded this year between concerts in France, is truly a grower - a song that keeps getting better after even a dozen or more listens. Complex, melodic, and featuring a distinctive metallic drum beat, this was originally an unfinished track from the '84 Slane sessions.
The WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA EP is included in full here, with the songs shuffled to flow better. The classic live version of "Bad" is far better than the original LP version, and "Three Sunrises" should not only have been included on THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, but it should have been the first or second single!
The previously unreleased instrumental track is fantastic, a sort of sonic bridge between "New Year's Day" and "The Unforgettable Fire," with Edge doing double-duty on guitars and piano. Curtains of howling electro-feedback and a great performace from the rythym section make "Blossom" a total winner.
The B-side "Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come" has always been a favorite of mine, although it is often regarded as a throw-away. See what you think....
But Danny Lanois' stupendous remix of "A Sort of Homecoming" is what makes this disc an absolute must for all U2 fans. Lanois essentially replaced Edge's ethereal guitars with driving acoustic rythyms and a brilliant recontextualizing of the "Oh come away" chant. Listen hard and you'll hear Peter Gabriel lending his powerful and distinctive voice to the track. It's hard to believe, but this version is even better than the real thing.
CONS:
The inclusions of "4th of July" and "11 O'Clock Tick-Tock" are completely uninteresting, as they are virtually identical to the original versions. The single version of "Pride" is also almost identical, although its extra repetition of the chorus is something of a treat.
The rarely heard old-school remixes of "Wire" are good, but not great. One is pretty similar to the album version, while the "Celtic Dub" mix shakes things up a bit more.
The b-sides are all interesting, if not spectacular. The ambient "Bass Trap" is almost unrecognizable as a U2 song, and the "Boomerangs" never seem to go anywhere...kind of like actual boomerangs, really....
SO...
All in all, this is probably the best bonus disc that U2 has included on any of their recent Edge-supervised remaster series (BOY through JOSHUA TREE). The unreleased material is absolutely brilliant, WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA sounds better than ever, and the "Homecoming" remix is beyond the beyond.
Very much looking forward to the RATTLE & HUM and ACHTUNG BABY remasters next year. No line on the horizon, indeed... |
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Love the added content!
Submitted on: 2009-10-30 |
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| The stuff they added to the original album is amazing! I read the Edge remastered and you can definitely hear the quality. |
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2 discs or 3 ?
Submitted on: 2009-10-29 |
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Amazon should clear up whether this is the two disc or three disc version. The listing says both things. (see the track listings - three different discs have tracks listed).
The deluxe version should be only two discs - but this page is misleading. DON'T EXPECT TO GET A THIRD DISC.
Great music - when I first bought the lp back in the day I thought it was magical. Still very great! |
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