Daniel Lanois
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Daniel Roland Lanois is a Canadian record producer and musician.
Lanois on pedal steel guitar
Lanois (centre) performing live
Daniel Lanois' star on Canada's Walk of Fame
The Joshua Tree
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The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by the Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records. In contrast to the ambient expe
Daniel Lanois
…Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Harold Budd. He collaborated with Brian Eno to create the ambient genre and produce several albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree (1987) and Achtung Baby (1991). Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Four other albums…
Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois produced the album, their second time working with U2.
Sting and Bono performing during A Conspiracy of Hope in June 1986. U2's appearance on the tour helped them focus their new material being written for The Joshua Tree.
Parts of the album were recorded and mixed at Windmill Lane Studios (pictured in 2008).
The mental image of an American desert was inspirational to the group during the album's conception.