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Wide Awake in America, the Glossary

Wide Awake in America is a four-track extended play by Irish rock band U2.^[1]

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A Sort of Homecoming (song)

"A Sort of Homecoming" is a song by Irish rock band U2, and is the opening track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire.

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A-side and B-side

The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.

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Adam Clayton

Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is a British-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Bad (U2 song)

"Bad" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the seventh track on their 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Bono

Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono, is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist.

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Brian Eno

Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist.

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British Phonographic Industry

British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association.

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Daniel Lanois

Daniel Roland Lanois (born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer and musician.

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A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person.

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Electronic keyboard

An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument based on keyboard instruments.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Extended play

An Extended Play (EP) is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

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Guitar

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with some exceptions) and typically has six or twelve strings.

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Island Records

Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Larry Mullen Jr.

Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. (born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2.

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Live Aid

Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Mainstream Rock (chart)

Mainstream Rock is a music chart in Billboard magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock.

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Music Canada

Music Canada is a non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada.

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National Exhibition Centre

The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green, England, near to Birmingham and Solihull.

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Opioid use disorder

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a substance use disorder characterized by cravings for opioids, continued use despite physical and/or psychological deterioration, increased tolerance with use, and withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing opioids.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Singing

Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice.

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Single (music)

In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically one or two tracks.

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The Best of 1980–1990

The Best of 1980–1990 is the first greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released on 2 November 1998. Wide Awake in America and the Best of 1980–1990 are albums produced by Bono, albums produced by Brian Eno and albums produced by Daniel Lanois.

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The Edge

David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp.

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The Joshua Tree

The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Wide Awake in America and the Joshua Tree are albums produced by Brian Eno and albums produced by Daniel Lanois.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Unforgettable Fire

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Wide Awake in America and the Unforgettable Fire are albums produced by Brian Eno and albums produced by Daniel Lanois.

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The Unforgettable Fire (song)

"The Unforgettable Fire" is a song by Irish rock band U2.

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The Unforgettable Fire Tour

The Unforgettable Fire Tour was a concert tour by Irish rock band U2 that took place in 1984 and 1985 in support of band's album The Unforgettable Fire.

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Tony Visconti

Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.

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U2 discography

The Irish rock band U2 has released 15 studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, 84 singles, and nine extended plays (EPs).

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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Wembley Arena

Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Awake_in_America

Wide Awake in America, the Glossary

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See also

Albums produced by Bono

Albums produced by the Edge

U2 EPs

U2 live albums

References