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  1. Should this album be known as a legal U2- album? There are some discussions about that.
  2. Well, If the band changes their mind and admit it as THEIR cd, sure !

    But i don't think they ever will... it's to different and i heard i are not all real songs
    (but i'm not sure because i don't have the album)
  3. Originally posted by BelgianBonoWell, If the band changes their mind and admit it as THEIR cd, sure !

    But i don't think they ever will... it's to different and i heard i are not all real songs
    (but i'm not sure because i don't have the album)


    I heard that they wanted to publish it under U2 name, but Island Records didn't let them do that.

  4. Ow, i've never heard that, thanks for the explanation
  5. Why does nobody celebrate one minute warning??? Its easily the best song on the damn thing
    In my humble opinion

    Its Very Kid A
  6. I don't have the Passengers album, nor am I really familiar with it. Can anyone explain to me what its all about and where I can purchase one. I've actually went to a few stores adn they don't carry it.
  7. From Wikipedia:-

    Original Soundtracks 1 (also known as Original Soundtracks) is a 1995 album recorded by U2 and Brian Eno, as a side project, under the pseudonym Passengers. It is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary movies (the exclusions being songs for Heat, Miss Sarajevo, Beyond the Clouds and Ghost in the Shell).

    Because the album is highly experimental, bespeaking the increasing influence of Brian Eno on the band, Island Records was reluctant to release it as a U2 album, so the invented name was devised instead.

    There is some argument amongst U2 fans as to whether this is considered a U2 album or not, but it is usually not included in the band's discography, due to the pseudonym under which it was released.

    Because of the "difficult"nature of the music and the decision to release it under another name, the album is easily the least known and worst selling in the U2 catalog. Further, critical reaction from the press, the fans, and even the band members, has been mixed. Drummer Larry Mullen, Jr., is noted for his dislike of the album: "There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record."

    About half of the album is instrumental, and the vocal tracks generally stray from the clear hooks and melodies that usually define U2's work. Of these, the delicate "Miss Sarajevo", featuring Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti on vocals, is considered the most memorable. Reflecting on the album in 2002, Mullen stated, "It hasn't grown on me. However, 'Miss Sarajevo' is a classic."

    The genesis, recording and subsequent release of the album is detailed in Eno's diaries A Year with Swollen Appendices.

    One of the tracks, "Your Blue Room", features Adam Clayton reciting the final verse. This marks only his second recorded vocal on a U2 project, the first being on "Endless Deep", the B-side to 1983's "Two Hearts Beat as One".


    The album is still available on Amazon at $13.98 if you really really want to own a copy.
    http://www.amazon.com/Passengers-Original-Soundtracks-Brian-Eno/dp/B000001E8S

  8. Originally posted by molang7I don't have the Passengers album, nor am I really familiar with it. Can anyone explain to me what its all about and where I can purchase one. I've actually went to a few stores adn they don't carry it.


    Get Miss Sarajevo (if you don't have it already on some other album). Spend your remaining money on the new Britney Spears album, it's of higher quality than the rest of Passengers. The commonality is that they both share as much with their previous musical history.
  9. If it would be considered to be official...it's their worst album ever immediately..
  10. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    Get Miss Sarajevo (if you don't have it already on some other album). Spend your remaining money on the new Britney Spears album, it's of higher quality than the rest of Passengers.


    Philistine.
  11. I consider myself a completist and buy all the older official material that I can afford but i'll never see the need to add Passengers to the list (and this is from a man who owns the Captive soundtrack )
  12. Originally posted by yeah[..]

    Philistine.





    I do have it. Somewhere...
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