U2 Reissue, Expand First Three Albums

U2 Reissue, Expand First Three Albums

U2 will follow the trend they set with the 2007 reissue of possibly their most beloved album, The Joshua Tree, by remastering, expanding, and reissuing their first three full-lengths, 1980's Boy, 1981's October, and 1983's War. The reissues will come in three formats-- single CD, double CD with a bonus disc of rarities, and vinyl-- on July 22 via Universal. All contain new packaging, new liner notes, rare photos, and full lyrics.

In other U2 news, Billboard.com reports that the band is currently working on a new album, rumored to be released later this year on Interscope. Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois are in the producers' chairs. And they will probably be coming to a Live Nation venue near you sometime in the near future.

Boy:

Original album:

01 I Will Follow
02 Twilight
03 An Cat Dubh
04 Into the Heart
05 Out of Control
06 Stories for Boys
07 The Ocean
08 A Day Without Me
09 Another Time, Another Place
10 The Electric Co.
11 Shadows and Tall Trees

Bonus disc:

01 I Will Follow [previously unreleased mix]
02 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
03 Touch
04 Speed of Life [previously unreleased]
05 Saturday Night [previously unreleased]
06 Things to Make and Do
07 Out of Control
08 Boy-Girl
09 Stories for Boys
10 Another Day
11 Twilight
12 Boy-Girl (Live at the Marquee, London)
13 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live at the Marquee, London) [previously unreleased version]
14 Cartoon World (Live at the National Stadium, Dublin) [previously unreleased]

October:

Original album:

01 Gloria
02 I Fall Down
03 I Threw a Brick Through a Window
04 Rejoice
05 Fire
06 Tomorrow
07 October
08 With a Shout
09 Stranger in a Strange Land
10 Scarlet
11 Is That All

Bonus disc:

01 Gloria (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)
02 I Fall Down (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)
03 I Threw a Brick Through a Window (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)
04 Fire (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)
05 October (Live at Hammersmith Palais, London)
06 With a Shout (Richard Skinner BBC Session)
07 Scarlet (Richard Skinner BBC Session)
08 I Threw a Brick Through a Window (Richard Skinner BBC Session)
09 A Celebration
10 J. Swallo
11 Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl
12 I Will Follow (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston)
13 The Ocean (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston)
14 The Cry/Electric Co. (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston)
15 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live at Paradise Theatre, Boston)
16 I Will Follow (Live From Hattem, Netherlands)
17 Tomorrow (Bono & Adam Clayton, Common Ground Remix)

War:

Original album:

01 Sunday Bloody Sunday
02 Seconds
03 New Year's Day
04 Like A Song 
05 Drowning Man
06 The Refugee
07 Two Hearts Beat as One
08 Red Light
09 Surrender 1
10 "40"

Bonus disc:

01 Endless Deep
02 Angels Too Tied to the Ground [previously unreleased]
03 New Year's Day (7" Single Edit)
04 New Year's Day (USA Remix)
05 New Year's Day (Ferry Corsten Extended Vocal Mix)
06 New Year's Day (Ferry Corsten Vocal Radio Mix)
07 Two Hearts Beat as One (Long Mix)
08 Two Hearts Beat as One (USA Remix)
09 Two Hearts Beat as One (Club Version)
10 Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)

Posted by Dave Maher on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 8:00am