Album Of The Day: The Joshua Tree by U2

Album Art of U2's The Joshua Tree album - The majority is a black background on the top and bottom. At the very top, the album title and band name are printed in small, gold letters. In the middle third, surrounded by a gold line at the top and bottom, is a black and white photo of four men. The left 3 are looking a the camera, and the fourth is looking of to the left. They're all wearing dark jackets, and the third one has a dark bowler hat. To the right of the band, a rocky terrain is shown and stretches off to mountains in the distance.

Someone recently asked what my favorite album is, and I answered with this album, though that may be an oversimplification of my tastes in music. Released on this day 38 years ago, this is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2. The band incorporated sounds of American music into this release, celebrating the American landscape and the American people as they had been touring the United States in support of their earlier albums. The first four songs, "Where The Streets Have No Name", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "With Or Without You", and "Bullet The Blue Sky" are some of the band's most well-known songs and are still often played at their concerts today. But even beyond those songs, the later seven tracks of the album are also really good. Bono's harmonica playing on a few songs brings that American country influence a bit, and The Edge's guitar and Bono's vocals play off each other really well. It was so amazing to see them play the whole album at Soldier Field in Chicago in 2017! Seriously, if you haven't listened to this album ever or for a while, give it a listen sometime soon.

Release Year: 1987
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