{"product_id":"rattle_and_hum","title":"Rattle And Hum","description":"\u003cp\u003eRattle and Hum is U2’s sixth album, released in October 1988 as a hybrid live\/studio follow‑up to the huge success of The Joshua Tree. Produced by Jimmy Iovine, it runs 17 tracks and blends newly recorded material with live performances captured on the 1987–88 Joshua Tree tour, along with sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis. Musically, it pushes U2 deep into American roots traditions—blues rock, folk rock, gospel, and rock‑and‑roll history—while still retaining the sweeping, anthemic sound that had made them the defining rock band of the late 1980s. The project was conceived in tandem with a concert film of the same name, making the album feel like a scrapbook of the band’s immersion in American music and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe track list is a mixture of originals, reworked hits, and covers: it opens with a live cover of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” moves through new songs like “Desire,” “Hawkmoon 269,” “Angel of Harlem,” “Love Rescue Me,” “Heartland,” “God Part II,” and “All I Want Is You,” and includes live versions of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Pride (In the Name of Love),” “Bullet the Blue Sky,” “Silver and Gold,” and a version of “All Along the Watchtower.” Collaborations with artists such as B.B. King (on “When Love Comes to Town”) and gospel choir performances in Harlem strengthen the sense that U2 is actively learning from and paying tribute to American musical elders. Critically, the album and film received mixed reviews, with some seeing them as overlong and indulgent, but the record nonetheless sold around 14 million copies worldwide and is often viewed as a transitional document that captures U2 at a crossroads—standing atop the stadium‑rock world while searching for the new direction that would lead to Achtung Baby and the radical reinventions of the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":53809066574138,"sku":"39573","price":52.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-07-28_at_2.16.53_PM.jpeg?v=1785262729","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/rattle_and_hum","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}