Words: Bono. Backing vocals: The Edge, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois. DX7 Programmes and Keyboards: Brian Eno. Tambourine / Omnichord / Additional Rhythm Guitar: Daniel Lanois. Harmonica: Bono. One Tree Hill - Radd Strings: Recorded by Bob Doidge. Played by the Armin Family.  Red Hill Mining Town - the Arklow Silver Band. Red Hill Mining Town - Brass Arranged and Conducted by Paul Barrett.

Studio Crew: Joe O'Herlihy, Des Broadberry, Tom Mullally, Tim Buckley, Marc Coleman, Mary Gough, Marion Smyth. Manager: Paul McGuinness. Principle Management, Dublin: Anne-Louise Kelly. Principle Management, New York: Ellen Darst. 

Thanks to: Dennis Sheehan, Steve Iredale, Peter Williams, Cillian Guidera, Barbara Galavan, Brigid Mooney, Caroline Ashe, Cecilia Coffey and Frank Coffey, Keryn Kaplan, Pat Murphy, Gavin Friday, Guggi, Charlie Whisker, Osmond J. Kilkenny III, Brian Murphy, Robbie Wootton, Little Steven and Jimmy Iovine (Grazie) T-Bone Burnett, Irene Keogh, Aislinn, Pearse and Karina, Paddy Dunne, David Badstone, Merle Wheeler, Owen Epstein, Ron McGilvray, John Clark, (Irish) Bill Graham, Bob Lanois, Terry and Joy Stewart, Pete Gray, Paul Barrett and Sound Track Services, Chris Parkes 

Drums, Keyboards, Outboard Equipment: Yamaha. Cymbals: Paiste. Sticks: Pro Mark. Strings: Superwound, Rotosound - James Howe Industries. Infinite Guitar invented by: Michael Brook. (Part of this album was recorded on Edge's Amek Mixing Console).

Recorded and Mixed at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. Photography by: Anton Corbijn. Design and Layout by: Steve Averill. Artwork by: The Creative Dept. Ltd, Dublin.

To The Memory of Greg Carroll 1960-1986. 

The album was released in three formats initially, vinyl, cassette and CD.  Each format had a unique photo used for the front cover.  The cassette has the land in the background above the level of the boys heads, whereas the LP and CD would have the background lower.  If you look at the CD vs. the vinyl you can tell that Bono and the Edge overlap more on the vinyl. All looked similar, but if you look closely you can see the difference between the three.  Later releases on DCC and 8-Track would reuse the artwork from the initial releases.  In 2000, the CD was re-released with the original cover for the vinyl.  In 1987 it was never expected that the CD would become such a popular format, and the image from the vinyl was always the image that the designers had seen for the album, so once CD put vinyl to rest the cover was switched to the CD release in the UK.

The Joshua Tree spawned five singles, several promotional items, and a world tour.  It remains U2's best selling album at this time.