The Way That Madness Lies

U2's career highlight, Achtung Baby (1991) was a single CD with 12 tracks.

The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition comprises 2 CDs with 26 tracks total.

The Super Deluxe Edition comprises 6 CDs (with 72 tracks), 4 DVDs, a 92 page hardback book and 16 art prints in a wallet.

The limited, numbered Uber Deluxe Edition is a magnetic puzzle tiled box containing 6 CDs, 4 DVDs, an Achtung Baby double vinyl album plus 5 clear 7" vinyl singles in their original sleeves, an 84-page hardback book (8 pages missing!), 16 art prints in a wallet, a copy of Propaganda magazine, 4 badges, a sticker sheet, and a pair of Bono’s trademark 'The Fly' sunglasses.


Update: James Cameron Edition (April 14, 2016)
Cameron announces that now there will be four Avatar sequels.

Without a Love Story

I tend to enjoy quite simple mash-ups, and this is a good 'un of that kind.

This blog entry captures part of why this mash-up is affecting, but I believe that the mash-up's burying of the vocal in the track (amid lots of pre-echo wash fx) is also a factor. That blurring of the lyric allows gender and sexual orientation ambiguity to creep in: in this version of Swift's song it sounds as though the singer's daddy is telling her to stay away from Juliet. Meta-mash-ups beckon, e.g., add some Kanye West interjections, some Taylor Swift responses, while U2 continues to chug indefinitely underneath...