U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The group consists of Bono (vocals and rhythm guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). The band formed at secondary school in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed to Island Records and released their debut album. By the mid-1980s, they had become a top international act. They were more successful as a live act than they were at selling records, until their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars". Their 1991 album Achtung Baby! and the accompanying "Zoo TV Tour" were a musical and thematic reinvention for the band. Reacting to their own sense of musical stagnation and a late-1980s critical backlash, U2 incorporated dance music and alternative rock into their sound and performances, replacing their earnest image with a more ironic tone. Similar experimentation continued for the remainder of the 1990s. Since 2000, U2 have pursued a more conventional sound, while maintaining influences from their previous musical explorations. U2 have released 12 studio albums and are among the most critically and commercially successful groups in popular music. They have won 22 Grammy Awards, more than any other band, and they have sold more than 145 million records. In 2005, the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility. Rolling Stone magazine listed U2 at #22 in 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, the ONE Campaign, Product Red, and Bono's DATA campaign.
01- Beautiful Day 02- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 03- Pride [In the Name of Love] 04- With or Without You 05- Vertigo 06- New Year's Day 07- Mysterious Ways 08- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of 09- Where the Streets Have No Name 10- Sweetest Thing 11- Sunday Bloody Sunday 12- One 13- Desire 14- Walk On 15- Elevation 16- Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own 17- The Saints Are Coming (w/ Green Day) 18- Window in the Skies
First released on 15 April 1966, Aftermath was the fourth UK and sixth US studio album by The Rolling Stones. The album proved to be a major artistic breakthrough for The Rolling Stones, being the first full-length release by the band to consist exclusively of Mick Jagger/Keith Richards compositions. Aftermath was also the first Rolling Stones album to be recorded entirely in the United States, at the legendary RCA Studios in Hollywood, California at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, and the first album the band released in stereo. The original UK version of Aftermath was issued in April 1966 as a fourteen-track LP, and this is generally considered to be the definitive version. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It Black", Aftermath was a major hit in the UK, spending eight weeks at #1 on the UK album chart. The US version, released in June, featured different cover art and an alternate (and shorter) running order that eliminated "Out of Time", "Take It Or Leave It", "What To Do", and "Mother's Little Helper". All four tracks were later issued in the US on other compilations, and "Mother's Little Helper" was also issued as a single, in 1966, peaking at #8 on the Billboard charts. In their place, the album substituted their current # 1 hit "Paint It Black". Although it compromised producer Andrew Loog Oldham's and The Rolling Stones' intentions for the album, the revamped Aftermath still reached #2 in the US, eventually going platinum. Here’s the original (and currently out of print) UK version, plus singles. Enjoy.
01- Mother’s Little Helper 02- Stupid Girl 03- Lady Jane 04- Under My Thumb 05- Doncha Bother Me 06- Goin’ Home 07- Flight 505 08- High and Dry 09- Out of Time 10- It’s Not Easy 11- I Am Waiting 12- Take It Or Leave It 13- Think 14- What To Do
Singles:
15- 19th Nervous Breakdown 16- As Tears Go By 17- Sad Day 18- Paint It Black 19- Long Long While 20- Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? 21- Who’s Driving Your Plane 22- I’ve Been Loving You (Too Long)
Here is the third the Stones’ UK LP, released on 24 September, 1965. It was initially issued in July 1965 in America, and it was a mish-mash of studio recordings over a six month period. With the benefit of new songs being recorded that September plus a different album cover, the British version of Out of Our Heads dropped the live track (I’m Alright) and recent hit singles (singles were rarely featured on albums in the UK in those times), and added exclusive songs that would surface later in 1965 in the US on December's Children (And Everybody's) in addition to songs that hadn't been released in the UK thus far. Issued later that September, Out of Our Heads reached #2 in the UK charts behind The Beatles' Help!. It would also be The Rolling Stones' last UK album to predominantly feature R&B covers, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards becoming far more prolific writers before 1965 was out. Again singles and the recorded-live EP Got Live if You Want It are included.
01- She Said Yeah 02- Mercy, Mercy 03- Hitch Hike 04- That’s How Strong My Love Is 05- Good Times 06- Gotta Get Away 07- Talkin’ Bout You 08- Cry To Me 09- Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going) 10- Heart of Stone 11- The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man 12- I’m Free
Singles:
13- The Last Time 14- Play With Fire 15- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 16- The Spider and The Fly 17- One More Try 18- Get Off My Cloud 19- The Singer, Not the Song 20- Look What You’ve Done 21- Blue Turns to Grey
EP:
22- We Want The Stones 23- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love 24- Pain in My Heart 25- Route 66 25- I’m Moving On 27- I’m Alright
The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the second UK album by The Rolling Stones released in January 15, 1965, following the massive success of 1964's debut The Rolling Stones. Not surprisingly, The Rolling Stones No. 2 followed its predecessor's tendency to largely feature R&B covers. However, it does contain three compositions from the still-developing Jagger/Richards (Richard by then) songwriting team. Using the cover shot for 12 X 5, the second US released album in October 1964, The Rolling Stones No. 2's tracklisting would largely be emulated on the upcoming US release of The Rolling Stones, Now!. While Eric Easton was co-credited as producer alongside Andrew Loog Oldham on The Rolling Stones' debut album, Oldham takes full production duties for The Rolling Stones No. 2, which was recorded sporadically in the UK and US during 1964. A huge hit in the United Kingdom upon release, The Rolling Stones No. 2 spent 10 weeks at #1 in early 1965, becoming one of the year's biggest sellers in the United Kingdom. Again is accompanied by contemporary singles plus the wonderful EP Five by Five.
01- Everybody Needs Somebody To Love 02- Down Home Girl 03- You Can’t Catch Me 04- Time Is On My Side I 05- What a Shame 06- Grown Up Wrong 07- Down the Road Apiece 08- Under The Boardwalk 09- I Can’t Be Satisfied 10- Pain In My Heart 11- Off the Hook 12- Suzie-Q
Singles:
13- It’s All Over Now 14- Good Times, Bad Times 15- Time is On My Side II 16- Congratulations 17- Little Red Rooster 18- Surprise, Surprise
EP:
19- If You Need Me 20- Empty Heart 21- 2120 South Michigan Avenue 22- Confessin’ the Blues 23- Around and Around
This is the first Stones’ LP as it was released in the UK back on April 17, 1964. As you can see, the cover of the original UK edition has no title or identifying information other than the photo and the Decca logo - an "unheard of" design concept back then originated by manager Andrew Oldham. Upon its release, The Rolling Stones became one of 1964's biggest sellers in the UK, staying at #1 for 12 weeks, while its USA version (England's Newest Hitmakers, released by the London label) reached #11 in the US charts, going gold in the process. In August 2002, England's Newest Hitmakers was reissued as a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO, while this original version, its British counterpart, has remained out of print since 1987. Added are contemporary singles plus their first EP as bonus tracks. Enjoy it!
01- [Get Your Kicks On] Route 66 02- I Just Want to Make Love to You 03- Honest I Do 04- Mona [I Need You Baby] 05- Now I've Got a Witness [Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene] 06- Little by Little 07- I'm a King Bee 08- Carol 09- Tell Me [You're Coming Back] 10- Can I Get a Witness 11- You Can Make It If You Try 12- Walking the Dog
Singles:
13- Come On 14- I Want to Be Loved 15- I Wanna Be Your Man 16- Stoned 17- Poison Ivy I 18- Fortune Teller 19- Not Fade Away
EP:
20- Bye Bye Johnnie 21- Money [That’s What I Want] 22- You Better Move On 23- Poison Ivy II