RATTLE AND HUM ALBUM...

Rattle & Hum is the soundtrack to the band's documentary on their 1987 tour through America.

The Rattle & Hum album is a mix of live tracks and studio recordings.

The album takes on an American sound to it as the band traveled through the States visiting such places as Harlem, Graceland & Sun Studios. "Angel Of Harlem" is a tribute to Billie Holliday and the band shows they've got some soul with the song's stirring horn section.

"When Love Comes To Town" is a duet with blues legend B.B. King and he lets loose with some terrific guitar playing.

"God Part II" is the band's sequel to John Lennon's "God" from his Plastic Ono Band album.

Much like the original, U2 question their own beliefs and the beliefs about them.

"Desire" is a blistering song and Bono's harmonica work is impressive. "Van Dieman's Land", "Hawkmoon 269" and the appropriately titled "Heartland" find the band playing sounds with a folky, Midwestern vibe.

"All I Want Is You" closes the album with a powerful beauty. The live tracks include a gospelized version of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", a take on the Beatles "Helter Skelter" in which Bono adds one of his more famous lines "three chords and a dream", a simmering take of their anti-apartheid song "Silver & Gold".

"Bullet The Blue Sky" shows all the power and force of the band on stage. It opens with a snippet of Jimi Hendrix's take of "The Star Spangled Banner" and then merges into a booming Larry Mullin drum beat.

Adam Clayton plays an extremely heavy bass while Bono expands on his sermon in the middle of the song and The Edge's guitar soars up and down.

The critics dismissed this album when it first came out as bombastic and egotistical, but that probably had a lot to do with the film.

U2 had been untouchable up to that and the project gave them a chance to jump on them.

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