U2 Announces ‘Shadow’ Version of ‘How to Break an Atomic Bomb’

Twenty years later U2 launched How to Disintegrate an Atomic Bomb?The band will release what they call a “shadow album” from these sessions. How to Reassemble the Atomic BombThe album, which will be released on November 29, will include sections from the sessions of the 2004 release.

The 10-track album brings together songs never heard during the making of the original album, including “Treason,” “Happiness” and “Evidence of Life” that some fans heard years ago, as well as “Luckiest Man in the World.” when the song, then known as “Mercy”, was leaked online.

In front Reassemble U2 shared their unreleased track “Country Mile”:

New package is available pre-order now also the “Vertigo” B-side “Are We Gonna Wait Forever?” and “Picture of You (X + W)” will be released on vinyl and streaming platforms for Record Store Day. In addition, How to Reassemble the Atomic Bomb will be merged into a remastered version How to Disintegrate an Atomic Bomb? on vinyl and CD pressings. rearranged How to Disintegrate an Atomic Bomb? Also featured will be “Fast Cars,” another excerpt from these sessions.

As Edge said in a statement, “For this anniversary edition, I dug into my personal archives to see if there were any unreleased gems and hit the jackpot. We picked ten that really spoke to us. Although we set those songs aside at the time, what remained was “Looking back, we realized our initial instincts that they would compete for the album were correct; we were on to something.”

It was recorded in the band’s studios in Dublin and the South of France. How to Disintegrate an Atomic Bomb 2000s sequel Everything You Can’t Leave Behindreturned the band to rock basics and positive reviews. It would also help U2 win five Grammy awards in 2006; these include Album of the Year, Song of the Year (for “Sometimes You Can’t Do It on Your Own”), Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song (for “City”). Blinding Lights”).

Still, Atomic bombThe film, which also included production contributions from U2 collaborators Steve Lillywhite, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, left Bono with mixed feelings. “This is the best collection of songs we’ve ever put together; there are no weak songs,” he said RS In 2005. “But as an album, the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts, and that bothers me a lot.” The record had its moment, though:

With the tracks revealed, fans will be able to hear what else Bono and the band had in mind during the making of a typically challenging U2 album. Edge also said, “What you get on this shadow album is the raw energy of discovery, the visceral impact of music, a sonic narrative, a moment in time, the discovery and interaction of four musicians playing together in a room.” in question. “This is pure U2 drop.”