In total 25 audio tracks are previously unreleased (including the live material) and the CDs will come housed in a large format 12-inch double gatefold folio. In spite of a significant leap forward in terms of realising their true potential, none of the albums they produced during this time would be a definite contender for "classic album" status.

Thanks to critical and public excitement generated by successive hit singles, popular MTV videos and exuberant live performances, U2 were on the cusp of international stardom. Although recorded at a fairly low level, this sounds better than the remastered version which although cleaner and more dynamic loses the subtleties of the original mix. The inner is without credit "Additional Rhythm Guitar : Daniel Lanois" when compared to U2 - The Joshua Tree. From the moment they started making waves in 1980, U2 earnestly pandered to high-brow musos and were determined to be taken seriously.Its savage beauty and ominous disposition, courtesy of Bono's superb songwriting, is pervasive, but not to the extent that it becomes overwhelming.

From the compelling opening salvo to the more intimate though no less blissful and catchy subsequent tracks, the album flows incredibly well and sustains its most distinctive elements without becoming too bombastic or stately. Quite simply, all involved, including the recording personnel, are operating at the peak of their powers, and the results are not merely an extension of "The Unforgettable Fire". Sure, the album cemented U2 as the biggest band in the world featuring the massively played 'With Or Without You', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name' but the rest of the album is worth uncovering.

The 7LP vinyl version of this super deluxe edition box features exactly the same audio and exactly the same books and prints as the four-CD set. Running To Stand Still" and "Mothers Of The Disappeared" are also particularly well suited to be sequenced together as they are almost a two part track from the get go IMO.

Indeed, the Americanization of their aesthetic may not have impressed their staid fanhood, but these cavernous, thought-provoking, moody and evocative compositions collectively exposed the masses to alternative music and its ideologies, which is what the group always sought to do. I have a Joshua Tree vinyl with the matrix run out side b as U26 B //4 (upside down triangle) 420 H. The Joshua Tree", released in 1987, was their most focused album yet, heavily influenced by spiritual imagery, Irish roots music and mythical America.Where The Streets Have No Name" and "In God's Country" were made to be sequenced together, IGC takes the momentum built by WTSHNN to the next level. The super deluxe edition box set (which is also available as a 7LP vinyl set) includes a remastered version of the album (update: there is a suggestion, but not official confirmation that they are using the 2007 remaster), 17 tracks performed Live at Madison Square Garden in 1987 (featuring most of the album), a disc of new remixes and a B-sides and outtakes CD. It contain a double page info sheet with lyrics on one side and a pic like a poster to the other side. Needless to say, "The Joshua Tree" is a masterpiece, much less the widely celebrated classic album that U2 had been working towards over the course of seven years. The Zeppelin-esque 'Bullet The Blue Sky' and the wickedly haunting 'Red Hill Mining Town' and the Joshua tree inspired 'In God's Country' make this album the most celebrated album of the eighties.