Boy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 20 October 1980 by Island Records and was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Boy contains songs from the band's 40-song repertoire at the time, including two tracks that were re-recorded from their original versions on the group's debut release, the EP Three.
Boy was recorded from July to September 1980 at Dublin's Windmill Lane Studios, which became U2's chosen recording location during the 1980s. Thematically, the album's lyrics reflect on adolescence, innocence, and the passage into adulthood, themes represented on its cover artwork through the photo of a young boy's face.
Boy received generally positive reviews and included one of U2's first singles to receive airplay on US radio, "I Will Follow". The release was followed by the band's first tour of continental Europe and the US, the Boy Tour. The album peaked on the UK chart at number 52 in August 1981 and in the US at number 63. In 2003, Boy was ranked 417th on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2008, a remastered edition of Boy was released.
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Analyzed: U2 / Boy
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -0.70 dB -13.41 dB 3:40 01-I Will Follow
DR10 -0.83 dB -13.82 dB 4:22 02-Twilight
DR11 -1.67 dB -15.30 dB 4:46 03-An Cat Dubh
DR12 -1.22 dB -17.38 dB 3:27 04-Into The Heart
DR11 -1.15 dB -14.02 dB 4:14 05-Out Of Control
DR11 -1.78 dB -15.43 dB 3:04 06-Stories For Boys
DR10 -6.97 dB -20.38 dB 1:35 07-The Ocean
DR10 -2.02 dB -15.35 dB 3:13 08-A Day Without Me
DR11 -1.72 dB -14.54 dB 4:33 09-Another Time, Another Place
DR11 -2.16 dB -15.24 dB 4:48 10-The Electric Co.
DR11 -3.59 dB -18.73 dB 5:16 11-Shadows And Tall Trees
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2731 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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