Track Listing

1. Helter Skelter - Shelly Yakus, U2, Jimmy Iovine, Rob Jacobs
2. Van Diemen's Land - Jimmy Iovine, Mark McKenna, Thom Panunzio, U2
3. Desire - Jimmy Iovine, U2, Shelly Yakus, Rob Jacobs
4. Hawkmoon 269 - David Tickle, Don Smith, Jimmy Iovine, U2
5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimmy Iovine, U2, Shelly Yakus, Rob Jacobs
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - Jimmy Iovine, Rob Jacobs, Shelly Yakus, U2
7. Freedom For My People - Adam Gussow, Sterling Magee
8. God Part II
9. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - Jimmy Iovine, Rob Jacobs, Shelly Yakus, U2
10. Angel Of Harlem - Jimmy Iovine, Rob Jacobs, Shelly Yakus, U2
11. Love Rescue Me - Jimmy Iovine, Thom Panunzio, U2
12. When Love Comes To Town - Jimmy Iovine, U2, B.B. King, Shelly Yakus, Rob Jacobs
13. Heartland - Jimmy Iovine, Thom Panunzio, U2
14. God Part II - David Tickle, Jimmy Iovine, U2
15. The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
16. Bullet The Blue Sky - Brian Reeve, Jimmy Iovine, U2
17. All I Want Is You - David Tickle, Jimmy Iovine, U2

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4745 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-30
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 72 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The ill will that initially greeted Rattle and Hum--the follow-up to the band's massively successful Joshua Tree album--was due in large part to the bloated and self-important feature film that accompanied it, which showed the band as being simultaneously naive and pretentious as it "discovered" America. But as the film mercifully slips from memory, the music has remained, from the furious swirl of "Desire" and a clutch of live hits to insightful musical nods to heroes such as Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Billie Holiday. Songs like "When Love Comes to Town", a supercharged blues duet with B.B. King, suggests the quartet knew more about America from listening to its music than Phil Joanou's unintentional mockumentary suggested. --Daniel Durchholz

CD Description
The aural companion to the band documentary of the same name, RATTLE AND HUM is where U2's began to tire of being the anthem-making rock heroes they had become in the '80s. That'snot to say the songs didn't approach serious subject matter, but there was more musical and lyrical diversity than on albums past. They repeatedly play with the rock & roll myth throughout RATTLE AND HUM, covering the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," casting aspersions on "the golden age of pop" on "God Part II" and busting out their own blistering version of the Bo Diddley beat on the irresistible "Desire." The band began to explore Americanroots music as well. "Angel of Harlem," a tune about BillieHoliday, was recorded in Memphis' famed Sun Studios. Bono makes his first official Gospel foray on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." The lads from Dublin even collaborate with B.B. King on "When Love Comes To Town." RATTLE & HUM is wonderfully schizophrenic, full of passion and ambition.

Customer Reviews

Intensity and originality- what U2 are all about.
This is a tribute album which U2 at the time of its release were heavily criticised for, but what critics fail to see is the outstanding use the band make of their roots in songs like "Heartland", "Love rescue me" and "Hawkmoon 269". What can be seen is an intensity carried on from the Joshua Tree, with an influence of blues, folk and country, which deliver beautiful melodies and powerful sounds. U2 were criticised for not delivering anything new, but how can songs like "All I want is You" and "Desire" not be considered original material. There is something about U2 in this album, Larry Mullen's intensity behind the drums, Adam Clayton's heartbeat sensation, Edge's atmospheric echoes and Bono's even stronger commitment to reaching his listeners, creates something enourmous, something which bursts out of your speakears, which renders this piece of music as original and as intense as U2 meant it to be.

Getting Too American
I was brought up on the feasting of early U2 with such brilliant albums as "Boy", "October", "War" & "The Unforgettable Fire". This last one was their initial move towards conquering the States but it still provided excellent rough Bono vocals & classic Edge guitar work.

However, things started to go downhill with "Rattle & Hum". Hum was the right word. The group sold out to the dollar and the tastes of the American audience instead of concentrating on the fans who gave them their fame.

Hence the 3 stars. It's an okay album for a fan like me but I'll never love it like their early stuff. Buy it if you like their later stuff but don't lose too much sleep over it if you're an "old" fan like myself who enjoys the early songs and you never got round to buying it.

I'm rattled and hummed
Ok, so the lads realised that they were liked in the US - so what did they do? Produce another gem of an album. Yes, we in Ireland and Europe gave them a stepping stone to the US, it was a mighty big awkward stepping stone, but they didnt climb it, go round it, instead they burst through it and were free, and we didn't make it easy for them either. They embraced another culture to their own, they wrote about it, and encouraged others to do the same, they got inspirtaion from artists from the U.S. too many to mention and in this album they give music back to the country that embraced them - a bit of fresh air from the aul sod - another 5 stars from me - Angels of Harlem just flows as it should! There are a few songs that don't stand on their own - but my second all time favourite song is on this album - All I want is you - a great song to sing to your loved one!!