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The Joshua Tree

1987 studio album by U2
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Summary

The Joshua Tree is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,878 views/month, #75 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[4]
  • Genre: pop rock[5]
  • Producer: Brian Eno[6], Daniel Lanois[7]
  • Performer: U2[8]
  • Record label: Interscope Records[9], Island Records[10]
  • Place of publication: Ireland[11]
  • Part of: U2's albums in chronological order[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[14], compact cassette[15], compact disc[16], music streaming[17]
  • Recorded at studio or venue: Windmill Lane Studios[18]
  • Publication date: March 9, 1987[19]
  • Tracklist: Where the Streets Have No Name[20], I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For[21], With or Without You[22], Bullet the Blue Sky[23], Running to Stand Still[24], Red Hill Mining Town[25], In God's Country[26], Trip Through Your Wires[27], One Tree Hill[28], Exit[29], Mothers of the Disappeared[30]
  • Cover art by: Steven Averill[31]
  • Official website: http://www.u2.com/discography/index/album/albumId/4007/tagName/Albums[32]
  • Title: The Joshua Tree[33]
  • Duration: 3011 seconds[34]
  • Number of parts of this work: 11 song[35]
  • Form of creative work: studio album[36]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[37]

  • First release date: 1987-03-09[38]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, blues, electronic, heartland rock, indie rock, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock[39]

  • Community tags: 1987, adult alternative rock, album rock, alternative pop/rock, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock, blues, college rock, contemporary pop/rock, electronic, heartland rock, indie rock, ireland, irish, irlandais, irlande, pop, pop rock, pop/rock, post-punk, rock, rock ballad, vyrzukhisuc-album[40]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6f3e9fa6-be7a-3de8-a2b2-2072ece8a54d[41]

Why It Matters

The Joshua Tree has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

FAQs

What awards did The Joshua Tree receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3] and Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[4].

Related Entities

Brian Eno compact disc Interscope Records Ireland Island Records U2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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