The Unforgettable Fire

Overview Edit

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released in October 1984. The band wanted a different musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their 1983 album War. They employed Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce and assist them experiment with a more ambient and abstract sound. The resulting change in direction was at the time the band's most dramatic.

Recording began in May 1984 at Slane Castle, where the band lived, wrote, and recorded to find new inspiration. The album was completed in August 1984 at Windmill Lane Studios. It features atmospheric sounds and lyrics that lead vocalist Bono describes as "sketches". Two songs feature lyrical tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. The Unforgettable Fire received generally favourable reviews from critics and produced the band's biggest hit at the time, "Pride (In the Name of Love)", as well as the live favorite "Bad", a song about heroin addiction. A 25th Anniversary edition of the album was released in October 2009.

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This particular version Edit

Version description:

Deluxe Edition, Original Recording Remastered

Record label:

unknown

Catalog number:

001336602

Release dates:

Oct 26 2009

5 other versions of this release

Track listing Edit

CD 1

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A Sort Of Homecoming [Remastered]

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Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Remastered]

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Wire [Remastered]

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The Unforgettable Fire [Remastered]

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Promenade [Remastered]

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4th Of July [Remastered]

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Bad [Remastered]

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Indian Summer Sky [Remastered]

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Elvis Presley & America [Remastered]

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MLK [Remastered]

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CD 2

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Disappearing Act

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A Sort Of Homecoming [Live]

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Bad [Live]

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Love Comes Tumbling [Remastered]

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The Three Sunrises [Remastered]

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Yoshino Blossom

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Wire [Kevorkian 12" Vocal Remix]

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Boomerang 1

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Pride (In The Name Of Love) [Remastered Single version]

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A Sort Of Homecoming [Danny Lanois Remix]

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11 O'Clock Tick Tock [Long Version]

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Wire [Celtic Dub Mix]

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Bass Trap

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Boomerang II [Remastered]

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4th Of July [Single Version]

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Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come

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Credits Edit

composer
1. U2
engineer
1. Brian Eno
2. Daniel Lanois
other
1. Brian Eno [instrumentation]
performer
1. Adam Clayton [bass guitar]
2. Bono [vocals]
3. Brian Eno [vocals, keyboards]
4. Larry Mullen, Jr. [drums]
5. Peter Gabriel [vocals]
6. The Edge [guitar]
7. The Edge [keyboard]
8. The Edge [vocals]

producer
1. Brian Eno [treatments]
2. Daniel Lanois
writer
1. Bono
2. Brian Eno [liner notes]

Other versions Edit

10 tracks	format: 1 x CD catalog number: 822898 release dates: 1984 in United States view details
10 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Island Records catalog number: 610 194 release dates: 1984 in United States view details
10 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Island Records catalog number: 822898 release dates: 1984 in United States view details
10 tracks	format: 1 x CD record label: Mobile Fidelity release dates: Mar 15 1995 view details
	Super Deluxe Edition release dates: Oct 26 2009 view details