Friday, March 9, 2012
THEY STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR: 25 years ago today, The Joshua Tree arrived in record stores worldwide, and has since sold 25 million copies worldwide, propelled by one of the best opening sets of tracks in rock history ("Where the Streets Have No Name"/"Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"/"With Or Without You"), and giving U2 their only US number one hits for the latter two tracks. Despite some darn fine albums later on (Achtung Baby and All You Can't Leave Behind, in particular), Joshua Tree remains the band's pinnacle, and despite being 25 years old, still sounds fairly fresh and modern--it's an achievement that renders it a pretty essential part of a record collection.
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