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	Joshua Tree (Remastered / Expanded) (Super Deluxe Edition) (2CD/DVD) U2 Interscope, 2007 average customer review:based on 80 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Content for the Bonus DVD: U2 Live from Paris - filmed at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris, on July 4 1987, on the European leg of The Joshua Tree tour.

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Excellent!

is worth its price, a beauty!
for me one of the 10 best records ever!
and now with an incredible presentation.
makes me agree to the box anniversary of "Aqualung" Jethro Tull


Joshua Tree remains supreme

This is an excellent box set. The pictures, the booklet, the dvd, and b side cd and of course the Joshua Three album makes for an excellent package. I love U2! I recommend this to anyone who loves U2!


The first of a trio of U2's masterpieces

While I've enjoyed every U2 album (there's even redemption in at least half of their "Pop" album from the 1990s), The Joshua Tree is what got me into the band originally and is what I consider their first masterpiece. Achtung, Baby and then How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb eventually followed as triumphs, but this box set was a delightful gift to have received. Sure, I owned the Joshua Tree already, but after 20 years it's a bit worn out and the remastered versions are crisp and clear. The packaging is nice, although I don't need such a thick box just to hold a booklet and a couple of CDs/DVDs.

The book that is included makes for a great companion to the CD and the DVD of the Joshua Tree Tour show from Paris is actually very high quality, along the same lines of other U2 concert releases on DVD. I was a bit surprised at that, although I'm curious as to why the concert didn't open with Where the Streets Have No Name, which eventually became a concert standard. The "Outside, it's America" documentary is nearly worthless. I think I remember seeing it air originally on MTV when The Joshua Tree started becoming huge but it's really not a value-add to my collection. It's basically an hour of watching them eat and wander around. The bonus music videos are nice to have, but it's not like I'd pop in a DVD just to watch a couple of music videos. Perhaps if they had gone the extra mile of including all of The Joshua Tree-related videos, there'd be just a bit more value.

The bonus CD contains, as other posters have noted, a good number of songs that have already been made available on B-Sides compilations. "Beautiful Ghost/Introduction to Songs of Experience" is a spooky reading of some lyrics or poem and as such, can't really be considered a song. "Wave of Sorrow (Birdland)" is another new song that's pretty good for a B-Side song and has some familiar chord progressions reminiscent of U2 of that era.

"Desert of our Love" isn't really a complete song as it includes quite a bit of "bonoglese" or whatever Bono's placeholder lyrics language is called. You'll hear him calling out instructions such as "one more verse" or "bass and drums" which actually only seems distracting on the first listen or two but the mind learns to ignore those and appreciate what seemed like a good song and a good way to hear how the band worked in the studio. "Rise Up" is probably the best of the new songs and seems to really thrive. I wouldn't mind U2 taking a chance on reviving this as part of a future tour. The last of the new songs is "Drunk Chicken/America" which was not even worth space on my iPod. Still, a handful of new songs, a quality DVD, and a pristine version of the original Joshua Tree album make this a valuable addition to any U2 addict's collection.

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Tracks
Where The Streets Have No Name | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | With Or Without You | Bullet The Blue Sky | Running To Stand Still | Red Hill Mining Town | In God's Country | Trip Through Your Wires | One Tree Hill | Exit | Mothers Of The Disappeared | Luminous Times (Hold On To Love) | Walk To The Water | Spanish Eyes | Deep In The Heart | Silver And Gold | Sweetest Thing | Race Against Time | Where The Streets Have No Name (Single Edit) | Silver And Gold (Sun City) | Beautiful Ghost/Introduction To Songs Of Experience | Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland) | Desert Of Our Love | Rise Up | Drunk Chicken/America | I Will Follow [DVD] | Trip Through Your Wires [DVD] | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For [DVD] | MLK [DVD] | The Unforgettable Fire [DVD] | Sunday Bloody Sunday [DVD] | Exit [DVD] | In God's Country [DVD] | Electric Co. [DVD] | Bad [DVD] | October [DVD] | New Year's Day [DVD] | Pride [DVD]

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