In the period before the making of The Joshua Tree, a key album in U2's oeuvre, the band members first became aware that the group, like many other post-punk bands, had no real musical roots. After meeting Stones guitarist Keith Richards, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen fell under the spell of American roots music. That was the catalyst for some of the best U2 songs, such as I Still
… Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Where The Streets Have No Name and With Or Without You. The spatial production, in collaboration with Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno and Steve Lillywhite, not to mention Anton Corbijn's cover photography, made The Joshua Tree a standard work in rock. (MS)more