The rolling drums of Larry Mullen Jr introduce the album opener “A Sort of Homecoming”. Recorded: Slane Castle & Windmill Lane Studios, Ireland, May–August 1984 The group took the album’s title from an art exhibit about the bombing of Hiroshima that they saw while on tour in Japan. Bassist Adam Clayton said they were “looking for something that was a bit more serious, more arty”, and the castle offered much inspiration on that front. In May 1984 the band moved into Slane Castle where they wrote and recorded much of the material. However, Bono’s vision for the band won Eno over and both Eno and Lanois agreed to produce the record. The Edge was a longtime fan of Eno’s “weird works”, but Eno was also initially reluctant to work with the band and suggested Lanois, his engineer, instead. However, both the producer and the band agreed that they did not want to create the “son of War” on the next album and amicably parted ways. Steve Lillywhite had produced U2’s initial three albums, culminating with the UK chart topper, War, in 1983. Led by the layered and effects-laden guitar of The Edge and the introspective and philosophical poetic lyrics of Bono, this album brought the group to a higher artistic level, while still carrying enough pop/rock punch to make this a mainstream success and solidify U2’s new found standing as the eighties top rock group. Much of the album was recorded in a castle in the group’s native Ireland, with the live acoustic of the various rooms lending much to the unique final sound.
They brought in producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to forge the ambient sound of The Unforgettable Fire. U2 decided to take a bit of a turn following their initial mainstream success.
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