Four5One: "Stealing Hearts..."
What is Four5One? It is the company that has produced 11 of 12 U2 album sleeves. Most of the singles sleeves (various formats) tickets, tour books... if it is visual art... chances are these guys have created it!
The latest project is "Stealing Hearts At A Travelling Show". This book shows a great deal of the artwork spanning U2's history. Not only does it show all of the commercial singles, albums, tourbooks... but the outtakes for various albums and anecdotes as to title and artwork designs.
In this book we learn that Achtung Baby was to have been called "Adam" & "Zoo Station" at various points of the album process. Follow the link below to see Achtung Baby examples from the book.
Zooropa outtakes:
We learn that POP had a number of different titles and artwork.
- Miami
- Staring at the Sun
- Novelty Act
- SuperCityMania
- Atomic
- Within the Moon and the Stars
- YOU2
- Godzilla
- Discotheque
- Discola
(Click the link below to see the outtakes:)
http://www.u2guatemala.com/images/news/libros/shaats/portadas_pop_g.jpg
All That You Can't Leave Behind was another one with many titles that were changed -- often, such as:
- U2:40
- Soul Sur Mer
- Sur Mer
- At Heart Zero
- Travelog
- Beautiful Day
- All That You Leave Behind
- Grand Canal Docks
- Love Will Never Say Goodbye
- Love & Peace
(Click here link below to see examples:)
http://www.u2guatemala.com/images/news/libros/shaats/portadas_atyclb02_g.jpg
The two "Best Of" releases also went through a number of art ideas and potential titles. One titled proposed for the Best Of 1980-1990 (with perhaps a bit of sarcasm for those that think the band went weird after Rattle And Hum) was "Love Your Early Stuff"! The knock out punch was to be received later as the idea for the "Best Of 1990-2000" was to call it: 'Even Better Than The Early Stuff"!
(As is the way... click the link below for examples:)
http://www.u2guatemala.com/images/news/libros/shaats/portadas_bestof_g.jpg
