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Boy [Bonus Track] by U2 (CD, 2008)

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Debut studio album by the Irish rock group, originally released in 1980. 'Boy' was recorded at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios, which became U2's chosen recording location during the 1980s. It was their first time working with Steve Lillywhite, who employed unorthodox production techniques such as recording Mullen's drums in a stairwell, and recording smashed bottles and forks played against a spinning bicycle wheel. Thematically, the album's lyrics reflect on adolescence, innocence, and the passage into adulthood, themes represented on its cover through the photo of a young boy's face. The album features the single 'I Will Follow'.

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Product Identifiers

ProducerSteve Lillywhite, Martin Hannett, U2

Record LabelIsland

UPC0602517646469

eBay Product ID (ePID)6050161256

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

Era1980s

Run Time2568 Sec

Release Year2008

FormatCD

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenrePop, Alternative, Rock, Contemporary Christian

TypeAlbum

StylePunk

ArtistU2

Release TitleBoy [Bonus Track]

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

DistributionUniversal Distribution

Number of Tracks12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, Ireland

GuitarThe Edge, Adam Clayton

BassAdam Clayton

MixingPaul S. Thomas, Martin Hannett

EngineerPaul S. Thomas, Tim Painter, Gerry Fitzgerald

Additional InformationAnnounced the Arrival of Four Young Men from Dublin Who Would Conquer in Short Order.

Reviews4 stars out of 5 - "...In a way that hadn't been done in popular music since the Who...BOY explored male adolescence...as a state of desperate searching....fashioning dense, dusky atmospheres in which unabashed yearning and insistent conviction collide and intertwine...", 3 Stars - Good - "...a culmination of modern ideas amid a sea of confused contemporary directions...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "BOY impresses with its adolescent energy, its gauche charm, and sounds like a band already too big for the record they've just made.", "...they've made three great albums, of which BOY, their eulogy to the twilight of innocence is one. It's dated badly, but that doesn't matter...I hear gobstoppers and ghost stories, magic and mischief, the sunnier moments of my childhood...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Heard today, there' still a palpable ardency to U2's debut, an unselfconscious clawing for excellence...", Ranked #10 in Cmj's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1981in

VocalsBono

DrumsLarry Mullen, Jr.

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo