The Unforgettable Fire
Perhaps the biggest influence on this record is civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (about whom Pride and MLK were specifically written). U2 have always been fervent supporters of Doctor King and his commitment to exclusively peaceful protest. As Bono once said, "He loved his cause so much he was prepared to die for it, but never to kill for it". The title track of the album used a string arrangement for the first time on a U2 LP - a sign that the band were experimenting with new ideas. Some other tracks such as Promenade and Elvis Presley And America also have a very experimental feel about them, in fact some say that Elvis Presley And America sounds better when played at 45rpm instead of 33! (For those of you too young to remember vinyl records, LPs were played at 33 revolutions per minute, while singles were played at the faster speed of 45 revs per minute. An LP played at the faster speed tends to make the singer sound like a cartoon chipmunk...)
FromThree Chords and the truth
Released October 1984.
Tracks on the album include:
- A SORT OF HOMECOMING
- PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)
- WIRE
- THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE
- PROMENADE
- 4th OF JULY
- BAD
- INDIAN SUMMER SKY
- ELVIS PRESLEY AND AMERICA
- MLK
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