Tracks
Side A
- 11987Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 39 of 1987, 8 weeks in the chartWhere The Streets Have No Name5:38D major
- 21987Dutch Top 40: peak position 6 in week 28 of 1987, 9 weeks in the chartI Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For4:37G♯ minor
- 31987Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 16 of 1987, 12 weeks in the chartWith Or Without You4:56A major
Side B
- 11987Bullet The Blue Sky4:32D♯ minor
- 21987Running To Stand Still4:17A major
Side C
- 11987Red Hill Mining Town4:53D major
- 21987In God's Country2:57A major
- 31987Trip Through Your Wires3:32G major
Side D
- 11987One Tree Hill5:22C minor
- 21987Exit4:13E major
- 31987Mothers Of The Disappeared5:14C♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Joshua Tree
The Joshua Tree sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 118 bpm.
Quietest track: Mothers Of The Disappeared · most energetic: Red Hill Mining Town
Across 11 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The four members of U2 around the time of The Joshua Tree, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Bono
The Edge
Adam Clayton
Larry Mullen, Jr.1980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Joshua Tree by U2 released?
The Joshua Tree came out in 1987.
How many tracks are on The Joshua Tree?
The Joshua Tree has eleven tracks, 51 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from The Joshua Tree made the Dutch Top 40?
Three tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and With Or Without You. The highest was With Or Without You, at number 2 in week 16 of 1987.
Which category is The Joshua Tree in?
The Joshua Tree is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by U2.
Which other albums by U2 are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by U2: Achtung Baby (1991), Pop (1997), The Best of 1980 - 1990 (1998) and The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides (2002).
Who was in U2 when The Joshua Tree came out?
In 1987, U2 consisted of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Joshua Tree mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Joshua Tree?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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