| LINER NOTES |
Staring at the Sun (Album Version): Music by U2. Lyrics
by Bono & The Edge. Produced by Flood. Additional production by Steve
Osborne. Recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Howie B. Assisted by Rob Kirwan.
Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Steve Osborne. Assisted by Conal Markey
and Richard Rainey. Programming: Ben Hillier. Loops: Larry Mullen. Keyboards:
Steve Osborne.
North and South of the River: Music by U2. Lyrics by Christy
Moore, Bono and the Edge. Produced by Flood. Recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent
and Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob Kirwan.
Your Blue Room: Music and lyrics by U2 and Brian Eno (Passengers).
Produced by U2 and Brian Eno. Recorded by Danton Supple. Assisted by Rob
Kirwan.
Staring at the Sun (Monster Truck Mix): Music by U2. Lyrics
by Bono & The Edge. Original recording produced by Flood. Additional
production by Steve Osborne. Recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Howie B.
Assisted by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Steve Osborne.
Assisted by Conal Markey and Richard Rainey. Programming: Ben Hillier.
Loops: Larry Mullen. Keyboards: Steve Osborne. Remixed by the Sonic Morticians.
Produced by Butch 'The Embalmer' Vig and Danny 'Necrophiliac' Saber. Engineered
by John 'Carcass Humper' X. Second engineers: Wes 'Grave Robber' Johnson
& Jonathan 'Grave Digger' Burtner. Remixed at Westlake Studios, Los
Angeles.
Staring at the Sun (Sad Bastards Mix): Music by U2. Lyrics by
Bono & The Edge. Original recording produced by Flood. Additional production
by Steve Osborne. Recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Howie B. Assisted
by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Steve Osborne. Assisted
by Conal Markey and Richard Rainey. Programming: Ben Hillier. Loops: Larry
Mullen. Keyboards: Steve Osborne. Remixed by the Sonic Morticians. Remixed
by Flood and Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Rob Kirwan.
Staring at the Sun (Lab Rat Mix): Music by U2. Lyrics by Bono
& The Edge. Original recording produced by Flood. Additional production
by Steve Osborne. Recorded by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Howie B. Assisted
by Rob Kirwan. Mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent and Steve Osborne. Assisted
by Conal Markey and Richard Rainey. Programming: Ben Hillier. Loops: Larry
Mullen. Keyboards: Steve Osborne. Remixed by the Sonic Morticians. Remixed
by the Sonic Morticians. Produced by Butch 'The Embalmer' Vig and Danny
'Necrophiliac' Saber. Engineered by John 'Carcass Humper' X. Second engineers:
Wes 'Grave Robber' Johnson & Jonathan 'Grave Digger' Burtner. Remixed
at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles.
Photography by Stephane Sednaoui. Design and computer treatments by
ABA, Dublin. |
| OTHER NOTES |
| The second release from 1997's Pop
album found the band releasing the same version of the song that was on
the album. The release was in conjunction with the kick off of 1997's PopMart
tour, and the band would soon find themselves struggling to play this song
live. Had this single release been a bit later in the year, we might have
seen a more acoustic version released. We would get one of those at the
end of 1997 on the PopHeart / Please EP. It
was an acoustic version of the song recorded live in concert in Rotterdam
in July of that year. Another live recording would also appear on
the fanclub only Hasta La Vista Baby compilation
recorded live in Mexico in December, 1997.
The single itself featured a couple of remixes of the track remixed
by Butch Vig. For those unaware, Vig is a member of the band Garbage. Garbage
shares U2's recording label in the US, and opened for U2 on some stops
of the Elevation 2001 tour.
Finally the b-side track, North and South of the River, was written
by Christy Moore and Bono and the Edge. To many U2 fans it was a new song.
But Christy Moore got around to that song before U2 did and recorded it
for his own solo album, Graffiti Tongue. It was a solo recording without
Bono and the Edge. He also later recorded it for a single release,
and this time Bono and Edge contribute to the backing vocals on the track.
This version appeared on Moore's North and South of the River single, as
well as the Celtic Heartbeat 2 Collection. |
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Island Records |
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| Staring at the Sun (Album Version) / North and South of
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| Staring at the Sun (Monster Truck Remix) / Staring at the
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Sun (Lab Rat Mix) |
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| Released in a stickered case, announcing the remixes by
Flood and "The Sonic Morticians", Butch Vig and Danny Saber. |
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Sun (Lab Rat Mix) |
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