U2-U22(Deluxe Edition)2012-320kbps

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion). U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music. Throughout the group's musical pursuits, they have maintained a sound built on melodic instrumentals, highlighted by The Edge's timbrally varied guitar sounds and Bono's expressive vocals. Their lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal themes and sociopolitical concerns.
U2 formed at Mount Temple Comprehensive School when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed with Island Records and released their debut album Boy. By the mid-1980s, they became a top international act. They were more successful as live performers than they were at selling records, until their breakthrough 1987 album The Joshua Tree, which, according to Rolling Stone, elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars". Reacting to musical stagnation and late-1980s criticism of their earnest image and musical direction, the group reinvented themselves with their 1991 hit album Achtung Baby and the accompanying Zoo TV Tour. U2 integrated dance, industrial, and alternative rock influences into their sound and performances, and embraced a more ironic and self-deprecating image. Similar experimentation continued for the remainder of the 1990s with mixed levels of success. U2 regained critical and commercial favour after their 2000 record All That You Can't Leave Behind. On it and the group's subsequent releases, they adopted a more conventional sound while maintaining influences from their earlier musical explorations.
U2 have released 12 studio albums and are among the all-time best-selling music artists, having sold more than 150 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 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/DATA campaigns, Product Red, and The Edge's Music Rising.
Almost a year has passed since U2 wrapped up its landmark 360° Tour at Moncton, Canada’s Magnetic Hill Festival. The Irish band’s tour encompassed three years, a landmark stage setup, and an audience of over seven million people while en route to becoming the highest-grossing tour of all time. The scope of the tour, one of several industry-defining tours in the band’s storied career, is as big as any in recent memory. To capture this period of U2’s career, the band recently issued U22, a fan-voted fan club-only release which manages to encapsulate the 360° Tour as the group’s best live album since U2 go Home: Live From Slane Castle in 2003.
For a tour as vast as the 360° Tour, U22 captures the enormity of several different shows while injecting the double-disc with several special moments. The most important being the band’s magical cut of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” with South African trumpeter Hugh Maskela. The spot-on mix of U22 is also a big element in the quality of the set. While some live releases turn down the crowd mic, the mix on U22 kept the audience on par with the band, allowing the big stadium choruses to become even more epic. The drum and bass mix are also of an unusual high quality for a live release.
Among the best selections from U22 are an energy-infused take of “Even Better Than The Real Thing” and a version of “Until The End of the World” that is interspersed with a snippet of Frank Sinatra’s “Strangers In The Night.” Other highlights include a blistering solo from The Edge on “Elevation,” How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’s “City of Blinding Lights,” and an unbelievable performance of the extended version of “Bad.” Not to be left out is “With or Without You,” where the London crowd almost manages to drown out Bono on each chorus.
Perhaps it was the fan voting, but U22 managed to separate the newer material from No Line On The Horizon and also allowed some of the best and most interesting songs to make it on the list instead of a regurgitated best hits. A great snapshot of not a single concert, but rather of an era, U22 defines the group in one of their peak eras in the same way that Rattle and Hum and Under a Blood Red Sky captured the group at their best.
- Format:- Mp3
- Quality/bitrate:- 320 Kbps
- Name of artist:- U2
- Release Date:- 2012
- Size:- 296 Mb
- Genre:- Rock
- Track list:
CD1:
01 – Even Better Than The Real Thing
02 – The Fly
03 – Mysterious Ways
04 – Magnificent
05 – Until The End Of The World
06 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
07 – Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
08 – One Tree Hill
09 – Beautiful Day
10 – Elevation
11 – Bad
CD2:
01 – All I Want Is YouLove Rescue Me
02 – The Unforgettable Fire
03 – Zooropa
04 – City Of Blinding Lights
05 – MLKWalk On
06 – One
07 – Where The Streets Have No Name
08 – Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
09 – With Or Without You
10 – Moment Of Surrender
11 – Out Of Control