U2 has revealed details about their upcoming "shadow album," titled How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb, in honor of the 20th anniversary of their 2004 release How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, compiled with remastered tracks and unreleased songs from the original recording sessions.
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U2’s upcoming collection features 22 unreleased songs and remastered tracks, including the newly-dropped teases “Country Mile” and “Picture of You (X+W),” and will be available on digital and a number of physical formats on November 22.
Additional formats to be made available include an 8LP vinyl Super Deluxe Collectors Boxset (Limited Edition); 2LP vinyl; Exclusive D2C 2LP Black & Red Ink Spot vinyl (Limited Edition); 5CD Super Deluxe Collectors Boxset (Limited Edition); CD; and Exclusive Red & Black Cassette (Limited Edition). Scroll below for the full tracklisting. Pre-orders are available now.
U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition):
1. Vertigo (Remastered 2024)
2. Miracle Drug (Remastered 2024)
3. Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own (Remastered 2024)
4. Love and Peace or Else (Remastered 2024)
5. City of Blinding Lights (Remastered 2024)
6. All Because of You (Remastered 2024)
7. A Man and a Woman (Remastered 2024)
8. Crumbs From Your Table (Remastered 2024)
9. One Step Closer (Remastered 2024)
10. Original of the Species (Remastered 2024)
11. Yahweh (Remastered 2024)
12. Fast Cars (Remastered 2024)
13. Picture of You (X+W)
14. Evidence of Life
15. Luckiest Man in the World
16. Treason
17. I Don’t Wanna See You Smile
18. Country Mile
19. Happiness
20. Are You Gonna Wait Forever? (Re-Assemble Edition)
21. Theme From ‘The Batman’
22. All Because of You 2
In a statement, guitarist The Edge shared, “The sessions for ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’ were such a creative period for the band, we were exploring so many song ideas in the studio. We were inspired to revisit our early music influences, and it was a time of deep personal introspection for Bono who was attempting to process – dismantle – the death of his father."
He adds, “For this anniversary edition, I went into my personal archive to see if there were any unreleased gems and I hit the jackpot. We chose 10 that really spoke to us. Although at the time we left these songs to one side, with the benefit of hindsight we recognize that our initial instincts about them being contenders for the album were right, we were onto something.”
The Edge continues, “What you’re getting on this shadow album is that raw energy of discovery, the visceral impact of the music, a sonic narrative, a moment in time, the exploration and interaction of four musicians playing together in a room… this is the pure U2 drop.”
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