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U2 Rattle & Hum The Official Book of the U2 Movie

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"U2 : Rattle and Hum : The Official Book of the U2 Movie : A Journey into the Heartland of Two Americas" is something that every U2 collector should have on the shelf and a book that U2 fans and music aficionados in general will enjoy. The book chronicles the making of "Rattle and Hum" from the whys of making the film to the live finale at Sun Devil Stadium.

The book takes you behind the scenes of shooting the film, telling of the challenges of making a film unlike any other previous release. It also introduces you to the principle players, both in front of and behind the camera. It discusses the band's influences and gives the stories behind various scenes.

For people who could care less about the making of "Rattle and Hum" and just want to ogle the band, this book will give you plenty to drool over. There are quite a few photos from the shoots with Anton Corbijn, as well as live shots of U2, some which have been distributed widely on the internet, some which you will see for the first time in the book. All of the photos are very beautiful and make this book a great candidate for the coffee table (which is where one of my two copies is)...It's a musical journey." Indeed!

This is an excellent coffee table book full of pictures, pictures and oh yeah...more pictures. That's just fine I suppose-but one reviewer made the comment that it's a "musical journey" thus prompting me to buy the book. However, I didn't find it to be that exactly. Its a cheap, thin paperback photo album with small text paragraphs. For it to be "a musical journey", I would want it to have more text and more insight. To me that makes it more personal. I can watch Rattle and Hum on video and get a bigger buzz than thumbing through this coffee table book. Buyer beware. Buy the DVD of Rattle and Hum instead if you actually want to take a musical journey.