The story behind the boy featured on the cover of U2’s early albums. 28 February , | Updated: 28 February , U2 Boy album cover.

Boy was the first of three albums to be produced by Steve Lillywhite and was released in October The original sleeve featured the 'boy' Peter Rowan but Warner Bros, fearing controversy, released a different album cover in North America, featuring a stretched and distorted picture of the band.

, the first CD/album by the group known as U2 comes into the decade with a big hit, "I WILL FOLLOW". A great song to start the decade out. First of all, all of the '80s album CDs sound wonderful now because of remastering and better technology. THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE the first time around!/5().

Track list: I Will Follow, Twilight, An Cat Dubh, Into The Heart, Out Of Control, Stories For Boys, The Ocean, A Day Without me, Another Time Another Place, The Electric Co., Shadows And Tall Trees. 'Boy' was the first LP to be released by U2. It came out in October , and received promising reviews from the music press. Despite this, its success in terms of sales was limited because as an.

Apr 05,  · U2: Boy ‎ (LP, Album, EMI) Island Records: ILPS UK: Two stars for the vinyl quality only. Mine has pops and skips on "Stories For Boys" and excessive surface noise on Side 2. Aside from that, the sound quality is inconsistent-- for example, "I Will Follow" is loud, and then the next song "Twilight" sounds quieter and muffled. /5(K).

Feb 05,  · Their very first record! All the rights to the original owner! 01 - Out Of Control 02 - Stories For Boys 03 - Boy-Girl.

Feb 10,  · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Three on Discogs. Label: CBS - CBS • Format: Vinyl U2: Three ‎ (7", Single, Ltd though included on the bonus disc of Boy, the versions Of Out Of Control and Stories for Boys are different on the Boy Remaster than they are found here. On The remaster Out /5(25).

From the outset, U2 went for the big message -- every song on their debut album Boy sounds huge, with oceans of processed guitars cascading around Bono's impassioned wail. It was an inspired combination of large, stadium-rock beats and post-punk textures. Without the Edge's echoed, ringing guitar, U2 would have sounded like a traditional hard rock band, since the rhythm section and Bono treat Brand: Island.