 |  | Great album and a Deluxe Edition worth the title. |  |
Of all the U2 Deluxe Editions that are being released, this one is the most valuable. Not only Boy is a great debut album but the bonus material is really worth. Early singles 11 O'Clock Tick Tock, A Day Without Me, U2 3 and Another Day are important pieces of history that show the band's growth in the early days. The songs from U2 3 (from 1979 - two years earlier), in particular, are a must; not that they are that good but because the band sounds very young and different with a bit of glam-rock edge.
So, as a Deluxe Edition, this is as good as it gets. A five-star.
As an album, Boy is raw, wild and passionate. You can feel the monster of a band that these guys would become. The ingredients are all there. A band that through boldness and simplicity, manages to create a trademark sound.
Bono was still far from the great singer we all know but he delivers with such passion and conviction that you can foresee the leader in him. But in those days it was clearly Edge's unique guitar sound that guided U2. A clear, bright, bold, electrifying guitar sound around which the songs were built. Add a solid backbone (Adam+Larry) and there you have the basics of U2.
The album kicks off with their first classic I Will Follow and, up until Out Of Control, the sequence is simply astonishing. The second half is not that good but still throws in the great The Electric Co. near the end. All in all, a great debut but not as good as some latter stuff.
September 26, 2008The original Boy album is a great CD and the remastering is well done here with a lot of muddled aspects of the original cleaned up. But this deluxe 2CD set is definitely not for the casual fan and not worth the money. The second disc has only noteworthy moments. The early versions of "Stories for boys" and "Out of control" are interesting for a true U2 fan. As is the song "Saturday night". But "Boy-girl" and "Cartoon world" are horrible. The live version of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock is forgettable. Basically, this 2CD set offers interesting insight into the beginnings of U2. But for the casual fan, I would recommend buying the single disc, since even I, a big U2 fan, will not be throwing the second disc in the player all that often.
September 3, 2008 | | Familiar tunes return, new gems delight | |
2 complete CDs, both a joy for different reasons: the original songs bring back a sense of nostalgia for the band's exuberant beginnings, and the new tracks of live recordings and some never before released are a delightful surprise. It's a complete U2 package for those who really love this band. Comes with a very polished book with historical photos, retrospective by Paul Morley and comments by The Edge on the rare and unreleased tracks. It's worth the extra expense if you want to go deeper into the U2 catalog.
August 25, 2008| | | BOY DO I LOVE THIS ALBUM! | |
The packaging on the Deluxe 2 CD set is absolutely stunning; I especially love the little essay and notes written by The Edge. Re-mastered by Cheryl Engels and Arnie Acosta at Bernie Grundman Mastering, with direction by The Edge, the original album sounds fantastic. A tremendous improvement over the original CD release back in the day. I'm enjoying this album like I'm hearing it for the first time! I agree with everyone else's comments. The bonus tracks are fun and interesting to me.
August 10, 2008I agree with everyone else who reviewed it, but check it out, very much worth the money, geeze wish I would not have bout all the original singles etc from them but anyway, a great first album and late for work and need to cut this off, so get the CD's.
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