Deseree Stukes ([email protected])
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:06:23 -0400
Even Better Than The Real Thing
In the name of another record.
Figure it'll take at least six months for U2 to count the fifty-million
simoleons the group raked when it signed a record deal calling for the
release of three "best of" albums. By then, U2 should be ready to get
back into the business of making music -- and more money.
When that happens, U2 will likely look to the producer tandem that
brought the Irish quartet many of its greatest hits during the Eighties
and early Nineties. Though nothing's written in stone, last Saturday in
Dublin the band took a preliminary meeting with Brian Eno and Daniel
Lanois, the two architects behind 1991's Achtung Baby, 1988's The Joshua
Tree and 1984's The Unforgettable Fire, three of the band's biggest
commercial successes. The pair also teamed up for U2's experimental
Zooropa (1993) and Eno last worked on the equally-enigmatic Passengers:
Original Soundtracks 1 (1995), which featured the producer and all
members of U2. Last year's commercial disappointment Pop was produced by
Flood.
According to a source close to Lanois, the producers and U2 will meet
again some time next month to discuss possible recording locations and
recording times for the project. Right now Lanois is on vacation and Eno
is busy producing James' forthcoming album, which should be completed by
the end of November. A source close to Eno says production on a new U2
album won't begin until at least March.
"We imagine they'll work on it through next year," says the source close
to Eno, who added it could take them through the summer to complete the
album.
BLAIR R. FISCHER
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