Boy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite and was released on 20 October 1980 by Island Records. 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 is the debut studio album by Irish rock band U2.

Boy was voted Best Album, Best Debut Album, and Best Album Sleeve in the Hot Press Irish National Poll Results. It peaked at No. 52 on the UK album charts and No. 63 on the US album charts. In the US, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. A digitally remastered edition of Boy was released in 2008.

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“Boy” was U2’s first commercially released full length album. The album was recorded in 1980 in Dublin. Originally U2 had approached Martin Hannett, who produced “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” to produce the “Boy” album as well.

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 CD release of "Boy" on Discogs.

Jul 24, 2008 · These reissues nicely chart the progression of U2 from wide-eyed kids with a great sound to purposeful musicians and activists several paces down the path to mega-stardom.

One of the greatest debut albums of the 1980s—which is saying a lot, given how bountiful that decade turned out to be—U2’s Boy is a burst of pent-up energy and ambition.

Oct 20, 2015 · But when they released their debut album Boy on Oct. 20, 1980, U2 were just another group of four working-class kids hoping for a break. They came from Dublin, but it might as well have...

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