Original Soundtracks 1

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studio album
First released:
Nov 6 1995

Overview Edit

Original Soundtracks 1 (also known as Original Soundtracks) is a 1995 album recorded by U2 and Brian Eno, as a side project, under the pseudonym Passengers. It is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary movies (the exclusions being songs for Heat, Ghost In The Shell, Miss Sarajevo, and Beyond the Clouds).

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
unknown
Release dates:
  • Nov 6 1995 in United Kingdom
  • Nov 7 1995 in United States

Genres

Ambient, Soundtracks. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Amazing is what it is
I've owned this album for over 8 years and I continually come back to it as my favorite U2 album. I find the individual songs and the album as a complete experience grow on me with each listening. When I first listened to it I enjoyed a few songs but now I can appreciate the entire album.

I enjoy all of U2's other albums but this one really moves me more than any of the others. Its music is more cerebral and experimental than the rest. Want to hear Brian Eno singing, Bono playing the piano, Edg…
Written by M. Pierce
3 stars Hit or Miss
The album is very hit and miss, I would only recommend it to serious U2 fans.
Written by Barry Rabinovich

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    United Colours
    5:31
    2
    Slug
    4:41
    3
    Your Blue Room
    5:27
    4
    Always Forever Now
    6:23
    5
    A Different Kind of Blue
    2:02
    6
    Beach Sequence
    3:31
    7
    Miss Sarajevo
    5:40
    8
    Ito Okashi
    3:24
    9
    One Minute Warning
    4:39
    10
    Corpse (These Chains Are Way Too Long)
    3:34
    11
    Elvis Ate America
    3:00
    12
    Plot 180
    3:40
    13
    Theme From the Swan
    3:24
    14
    Theme From Let's Go Native
    3:06

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. U2 [as Passengers]
  2. design

  1. other

    1. Brian Eno [Sequencing, Treatments, Mixing, concept]
  2. performer

    1. Brian Eno [Synthesizer, Choir, Chorus]

Other versions Edit

15 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: 1995 in Japan
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Original Soundtracks 1 14 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
release dates: Nov 7 1995
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Trivia Edit

  • Island Records did not allow U2 to release this album under the name U2, so they used the pseudonym Passengers.

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