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The Joshua Tree
1987U2
The Joshua Tree is 19 years older than you
It's from 1987, before you were born.
- Artist
- U2
- Genre
- Rock
- Released
- 1987
- Note
- career-defining album
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About
As of 2026, it's 39 years old.
The Joshua Tree elevated U2 from successful band to one of the biggest acts on the planet, a sweeping, spiritual record inspired by America's wide-open landscapes and complicated soul. 'With or Without You,' 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,' and 'Where the Streets Have No Name' opened it with one of the great album-opening runs in rock.
The Edge's chiming, echo-drenched guitar and Bono's searching anthems made it a critical and commercial landmark.
Sweeping, searching, and ambitious, The Joshua Tree is the album that turned U2 into stadium-filling icons and remains their towering masterpiece.



