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October (Album) by U2

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U2 Is An Irish Alternative Rock Band From Dublin Formed In 1976. The Group Consists Of Bono Lead Vocals And Rhythm Guitar The Edge Lead Guitar Keyboards And Backing Vocals Adam Clayton Bass Guitar And Larry Mullen Jr. Drums And Percussion . Initially Rooted In Post-Punk U2's Musical Style Evolved Throughout Their Career Yet Has Maintained An Anthemic Sound Built On Bono's Expressive Vocals And The Edge's Effects-Based Guitar Textures. Their Lyrics Often Embellished With Spiritual Imagery Focus On Personal And Sociopolitical Themes. Popular For Their Live Performances The Group Has Staged Several Ambitious And Elaborate Tours Over Their Career. The Band Formed At Mount Temple Comprehensive School In 1976 When The Members Were Teenagers With Limited Musical Proficiency. Within Four Years They Signed With Island Records And Released Their Debut Album Boy 1980 . Subsequent Work Such As Their First UK Number-One Album War 1983 And The Singles "Sunday Bloody Sunday" And "Pride In The Name Of Love " Helped Establish U2's Reputation As A Politically And Socially Conscious Group. By The Mid-1980s They Had Become Renowned Globally For Their Live Act Highlighted By Their Performance At Live Aid In 1985. The Group's Fifth Album The Joshua Tree 1987 Made Them International Superstars And Was Their Greatest Critical And Commercial Success. Topping Music Charts Around The World It Produced Their Only Number-One Singles In The US "With Or Without You" And "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Facing Creative Stagnation And A Backlash Following Their Documentary/double Album Rattle And Hum 1988 U2 Reinvented Themselves In The 1990s Through A New Musical Direction And Public Image. Beginning With Their Acclaimed Seventh Album Achtung Baby 1991 And The Multimedia-Intensive Zoo TV Tour The Band Integrated Influences From Alternative Rock Electronic Dance Music And Industrial Music Into Their Sound And Embraced A More Ironic Flippant Image. This Experimentation Continued Through Their Ninth Album Pop 1997 And The PopMart Tour Which Were Mixed Successes. U2 Regained Critical And Commercial Favour With The Records All That You Can't Leave Behind 2000 And How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 2004 Which Established A More Conventional Mainstream Sound For The Group. Their U2 360 Tour Of 2009–2011 Is The Highest-Attended And Highest-Grossing Concert Tour In History. The Group's Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence 2014 Was Released At No Cost Through The ITunes Store But Received Criticism For Its Automatic Placement In Users' Music Libraries. U2 Has Released 14 Studio Albums And Is One Of The World's Best-Selling Music Artists In History Having Sold More Than 170 Million Records Worldwide. They Have Won 22 Grammy Awards More Than Any Other Band And In 2005 They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In Their First Year Of Eligibility. Rolling Stone Ranked U2 At Number 22 On Its List Of The "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Throughout Their Career As A Band And As Individuals They Have Campaigned For Human Rights And Philanthropic Causes Including Amnesty International Jubilee 2000 The ONE/DATA Campaigns Product Red War Child And Music Rising. Foundation The Band Originally Formed In 1976 When Larry Mullen Posted A Bulletin In His School Asking For Musicians To Form A Rock Band. The Band Then Consisted Of The Four Current Members Plus Three Additional Guitarists Including The Edge’s Brother Dick Evans Later A Member Of Virgin Prunes Ivan McCormick And Peter Martin. According To Legend Bono Originally Auditioned As A Guitarist But Couldn’t Play. He Auditioned As Lead Vocals But Really Couldn’t Sing. He Was However Incredibly Enthusiastic About The Band Extremely Charismatic A Great Writer And Was Strangely Able To Reach The Audience When The Band Played Something He Is Known For Still Today. Bono Will Reach Out Into The Crowd And Dance Or Mess With Someone In The Crowd At Every Concert. He Was Kept As A Member. The Extra Guitarists Would Soon Leave The Band And The Group Would Go Through The Names “Feedback ” And “The Hype” Before Finally Settling On U2. The 70s & 80s 1978 Was A Jumping Point Year For The Band Finally Finding Their Sound / Voice. U2 Won A Talent Contest In 1978 £500 And Funds To Make A Record. Paul McGuinness Became The Band’s Manager And U2 Released An EP Called Three And The Single Another Day The Following Year. U2 Went On To Release Their First Album Boy And Then More Critically Acclaimed Albums Incl. October War Under A Blood Red Sky And The Unforgettable Fire Featuring The Song PlayMLK Dedicated To Martin Luther King Jr . Seen By Many As A Political Band With More Charisma Than Others They Were Called “a Different Kind” Of Band. After A Short Break U2 Returned With The Joshua Tree & The USA Music Inspired Rattle And Hum Also A Movie Of The Same Name Based On The Tour . The 90s Promising ”to Dream It All Up Again” They Added Industrial And Dance Styles To Their Music. Trying To Drop A Goody Two Shoes Image They Went To Berlin Germany Supposedly To Develop New Self-Expressions. From There They Started To Make Fun Of Themselves And Had A Good Time Of It In Albums Like Achtung Baby Meaning ”watch Out Baby” Artwork Feat. Make-Up Artist Nassim Khalifa & Zooropa. Bono Took On Many Stage Personae Such As “The Fly” “Mirrorball Man” And “Mr. MacPhisto” For The Gigantic ZOO TV Tour. Later They Continued To Make Fun Of Pop Culture And All Its Extremes With The Album Pop And Consequent PopMart Tour Which Was Announced To Be Launched At A Kmart Store And Included A Giant Golden Arch Across The Stage. The 00s At The End Of The 90’s Into 00’s U2 Became Less Image And More Reality. With The Death Of Bono’s Good Friend Michael Hutchence The Lead Singer Of INXS Bono Wrote More Songs From The Heart Surrounding Ideas Like Life And Death Children Hope And The Real World Past All The Pop Culture And TV. Some Say They’ve Returned To A More Band-Centric Sound With Albums Like All That You Can’t Leave Behind Which Features A Song Kite Dedicated To Bono’s Father Who Passed Away Shortly After The Album’s Conception And 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. The 10s U2 Went On The U2 360 Tour In 2009 And 2010. This Tour Set Records For The Highest-Grossing Concert Tour. The Band Worked With Producer Danger Mouse For Their Thirteenth Album Songs Of Innocence Which Was Released On 9 September 2014 For Free To All Apple ICloud Users. The Name There Are Many Theories As To The Origin Of The Name U2. For Example U2 Was An Intelligence Airplane That Was In Use By The United States During The Cold War. Other Obvious Candidates Include “You Too” And “You Two” Etc. Nonetheless The Official Line On The Name’s Origins Remains Unknown. The Band Has Been Quoted As Saying That They Did Think Of The U2 Spy Plane But Remain Hushed About Other Reasons… U2

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October Is The Second Album By Irish Rock Band U2 Released In 1981. The Album Featured Spiritual Themes Inspired By Bono The Edge And Mullen's Memberships In A Christian Group Called The "Shalom Fellowship" Which Led Them To Question The Relationship Between The Christian Faith And The Rock And Roll Lifestyle. The Album Received Mixed Reviews And Limited Radio Play.
Quite Boldly The Record Placed An Emphasis On Religion And Spirituality Particularly In The Songs "Gloria" Featuring A Latin Chorus Of "Gloria In Te Domine" "With A Shout Jerusalem " And "Tomorrow". About The Album Bono Declared In 2005 "Can You Imagine Your Second Album- The Difficult Second Album- It's About God?". The Album's Recording Was Complicated When The Briefcase Containing Bono's Lyrics Was Stolen By ''fans'' After A Show. The Band Already Booked Studio Time And Thus Had To Continue Recording In Spite Of This Even Improvising Lyrics On Some Songs. Bono Said Of The Recording Process Of October "I Remember The Pressure It Was Made Under I Remember Writing Lyrics On The Microphone And At £50 An Hour That's Quite A Pressure. Lillywhite Was Pacing Up And Down The Studio...He Coped Really Well. And The Ironic Thing About October Is That There's A Sort Of Peace About The Album Even Though It Was Recorded Under That Pressure. A Lot Of People Found October Hard To Accept At First I Mean I Used The Word 'rejoice' Precisely Because I Knew People Have A Mental Block Against It. It's A Powerful Word It's Lovely To Say. It's Implying More Than 'get Up And Dance Baby.' I Think October Goes Into Areas That Most Rock 'n' Roll Bands Ignore. When I Listen To The Album Something Like 'Tomorrow ' It Actually Moves Me." The Briefcase Was Eventually Recovered In October 2004 And Bono Greeted Its Return As "an Act Of Grace". The Songs Mainly Refine U2's Formula Of Riff-Rockers With Songs Such As "Gloria" And "Rejoice" But The Band Also Expanded Its Musical Palette In A Few Ways. In Particular Guitarist The Edge Incorporates Piano In Songs Such As "I Fall Down" "Stranger In A Strange Land" And "October". "Tomorrow" A Lament To Bono's Mother Who Died When He Was Young Features Uilleann Pipes. "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" Was One Of The Band's First Songs To Highlight Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. While "Gloria" Highlights Bassist Adam Clayton As It Features Three Styles Of Playing In One Song Using A Pick For The Most Part Playing With Fingers During The Slide Guitar By The Edge Then A "slap & Pop" Solo Towards The End Album Sales Indicate That October Is The Least Popular Of U2's Studio Albums And It Is Frequently At The Bottom Of Many U2 Fans' Lists And Polls. Only One Of The Songs From October The Title Song Was Featured In The Band's Best Of 1980–1990 Collection As A Hidden Track At The End Of The Album Although Both It And "Gloria" Which Despite Mostly Poor Album Reviews Became Somewhat Of A Hit Were Staples Of The Band's Live Set Throughout The Eighties. On The Other Hand October Was Ranked As #41 On CCM Magazine's 2001 List Of The Greatest Christian Music Albums Of All Time One Of Only Two U2 Albums To Make The List The Other Being The Joshua Tree. October Was The Start Of U2's Vision Of The Music Video As An Integral Part Of The Bands Creative Work As It Was Released During A Time That MTV Was First Becoming As Popular As Radio. The Video For "Gloria" Was Directed By Meiert Avis And Shot In The Canal Basin In Dublin.