Article about Sweetest Thing in Entertainment Weekly

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Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:56:49 EDT

Here's an article that appears in the Oct. 2 issue of Entertainment Weekly.
The article is written by Rob Brunner. Hope it hasn't already been posted

Fallen From The Tree

Got a copy of U2's 1987 classic The Joshua Tree? It turns out you still
haven't found what you're looking for, if what you're looking for is the
complete album. Believe it or not, your copy is actually one song short:
Would-be Tree track "Sweetest Thing" was ditched at the last minute because
the band just could'nt finish it in time. But more than 10 years later, Bono
and the boys have rescued "Thing" from obscurity (a rough, unfinished version
did appear briefly as a B side), revamping it for a greatest-hits collection
due out Nov. 3. "They were really excited," says longtime U2 producer Steve
Lillywhite, who spent five days in the studio with the band rerecording vocal
and guitar parts. "Me and them getting together brought everyone back to the
early days." The resulting return to their roots is a sweet thing, indeed: a
sunny, familiar-sounding pop song. "It's U2 how we all love them," says
Lillywhite. "It has that sort of 80's charm to it, and we didn't want to take
too much away from what it was."

Hope you enjoyed

Adam Bradford
"And I'm Already Gone"

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