Boy (album)

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boy
Studio album by U2

Publication
(s)

20th October 1980

Label (s) Island Records

Format (s)

Record , cassette and CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

11

running time

50 min 11 s

occupation

production

Steve Lillywhite

Studio (s)

Windmill Lane Studios ,
Dublin , Ireland (1980)

chronology
Three (EP)
(1979) 		boy October
(1981)

Boy is the debut album by Irish rock band U2 and was released in 1980. It's about growing up, which is also a common thread in the lyrics.

History of origin

The album was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin , produced by Steve Lillywhite . Some of the songs, such as An Cat Dubh / Into the Heart and The Ocean , were first written / produced in the studio, while others U2 played at concerts before the studio recordings ( Out of Control , Stories for Boys , Twilight ). All songs were recorded by The Edge with his Gibson Explorer and Fender Stratocaster .

Cover

The boy on the cover is Peter Rowan, brother of Bono's friend Guggi. He can also be seen on the cover of Three (1979), War (1983), The Best Of 1980–1990 (1998) and Early Demos (2004). The cover layout was designed by Steve Averill , who is also responsible for the covers of almost all subsequent U2 albums.

In North America , the cover image had to be changed to avoid allegations of child pornography and the associated damage to the band's image. In Canada and the USA , the cover shows the four heads of the band members.

Track list

  1. I will follow
  2. Twilight
  3. To Cat Dubh
  4. Into the heart
  5. Out of control
  6. Stories for Boys
  7. The ocean
  8. A day without me
  9. Another time, another place
  10. The Electric Co.
  11. Shadows and Tall Trees

Reissue 2008

In 2008 U2 began to work on their back catalog and to re-release their albums. According to the chronology, the album Boy was released again on July 18, 2008 - in three editions: a standard edition with a new booklet (which contains many pictures and a detailed introductory text), a double CD edition with B-sides and rare Tracks on the second CD, as well as a 180g record edition. The rare tracks that The Edge wrote the liner notes for are:

  1. I Will Follow (first finished mix)
  2. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (A-side of the first single on Island Records, so far only as a single)
  3. Touch (B-side of 11 O'Clock ... )
  4. Speed ​​of Life ( Boy Session Outtake, previously unreleased)
  5. Saturday Night ( Boy Session Outtake, later reworked to Fire , previously unreleased)
  6. Things to Make and Do (B-side of A Day Without Me )
  7. Out of Control ( Three -version)
  8. Boy-Girl (B-Side Three )
  9. Stories for Boys ( Three -version)
  10. Another Day (A-side, so far only as single)
  11. Twilight (B-side of Another Day , a demo version according to The Edge)
  12. Boy-Girl (B-side of I Will Follow , Live at the Marquee, London 1980)
  13. 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Live at the Marquee, London 1980, previously unreleased)
  14. Cartoon World (Live National Boxing Stadium, Dublin February 26, 1980, previously unreleased)

Others

  • A Day Without Me and I Will Follow were released as singles.
  • The album itself was preceded by an EP entitled Three , the different versions of Out of Control and Stories for Boys , and another song called Boy / Girl .
  • Earlier vinyl copies of the album contained after Shadows and Tall Trees an approximately 30-second long, earlier instrumental version of Fire , which appeared on the follow-up album October (1981).