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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: U2: "The Unforgettable Fire" (& producers)
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Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 12:01:57 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 29 12:01:57 1984
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Keywords: Eno, Ultravox, Simple Minds, Lanois, M&M

I, too, got tired of U2 after "Boy" (everything they did began to sound like
some fascist fist-in-the-air anthem), but "(Pride) In the Name of Love"
justs packs a whollop.  A very powerful, yet unpretentious (a near first for
U2?) song.

> Eno and Lillywhite have actually worked together as a production team.  The
> only example I can think of is Ultravox's first album, but there may be
> others.  Lanois is the Canadian who made Martha & The Muffins' "This Is The
> Ice Age" one of the best Canadian albums I've ever heard.  There are a lot
> of Eno-ish effects on that album, but I'm not sure if Brian and Danny ever
> worked together before "The Unforgettable Fire".  "Ice Age" is the only
> Lanois work I'm aware of. [Jeff Richardson]

My understanding is that Eno and Lillywhite were both credited as producers
of "Ultravox!", the first (and arguably the best---anything pre-Midge Ure is
far better than the crap they're spewing out now) Ultravox album, but that
they did not work together; rather they produced different sets of cuts.  I'll
bet Eno was behind "My Sex", though.  Just a gut feeling...

Lanois has worked with Eno before, on the "Apollo" album, and his work can be
found on the "Music for Films, Volume 2" album (which is supposedly only
available in the Eno box set).  (P.S. to Eugene Fiume:  "The Pearl", the
Budd/Eno collaboration, contains some rather piano compositions.)
-- 
Now I've lost my train of thought. I'll have to catch the bus of thought.
			Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr