无法遗忘 (2000)

All That You Can't Leave Behind is the tenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and was released on 30 October 2000 through Island Records worldwide and through Interscope Records in the United States. After the band's experimentation with alternative rock and dance music in the 1990s, and driven by the mixed reception to their 1997 album Pop, U2 returned to a sound more akin to their earlier records for All That You Can't Leave Behind. The group reunited with Eno and Lanois, who had produced three prior U2 albums together. The record was originally named U2000, a working title for their PopMart Tour.

The album received mostly positive reviews, reached number one in 32 countries, and sold over 12 million copies. The songs "Beautiful Day", "Walk On", "Elevation", and "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" were all successful singles. The record and its songs won seven Grammy Awards; it is the only album in history to have multiple tracks win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year: "Beautiful Day" at the 2001 ceremony and "Walk On" at the 2002 ceremony. In 2003, the album was ranked 139th on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and number 280 in its updated 2012 list. The Elevation Tour, on which U2 returned to playing arenas with a more intimate stage design, was also a critical and commercial success. All That You Can't Leave Behind was reissued in 2020 for its 20th anniversary.

Background

Throughout the 1990s, U2 experimented with alternative rock and electronic dance music, culminating with their 1997 album Pop and the PopMart Tour. Guitarist the Edge said that with Pop, the band had "taken the deconstruction of the rock 'n' roll band format to its absolute 'nth degree". However, following the poor reception to the album and tour, U2 returned to arrangements that consisted almost entirely of guitar, bass, and drums, and quickly regrouped in the studio after the tour.

Writing and recording

For All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 reunited with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, who also produced their albums The Unforgettable Fire (1984), The Joshua Tree (1987), and Achtung Baby (1991). Although the band wanted to write new material before beginning recording sessions, Eno convinced them to quickly write songs in the studio. For three weeks in late 1998, U2, Eno, and Lanois recorded demos in Hanover Quay Studios. One of the few quality ideas that stemmed from these brief sessions was the song "Kite". Lead singer Bono's vocals inspired everyone in the studio, particularly after he had been suffering from vocal problems for the previous few years. U2 thought they would have a new record completed in time for 1999. After the band's brief demo sessions, The Edge worked alone on song ideas before the band reunited at Hanover Quays. They recorded with the mentality of a "band in a room playing together", an approach that led to the album's more stripped-down sound. After mixing "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" in 2000, Tim Palmer was brought onto the team to mix some key songs for the record. Palmer mixed "Elevation" and "New York" in Dublin, and in Los Angeles he mixed "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of".