Debut studio album by the Irish rock group, originally released in 1980. ‘Boy’ was recorded at Dublin’s Windmill Lane Studios, which became U2’s chosen recording location during the 1980s. It was their first time working with Steve Lillywhite, who employed unorthodox production techniques such as recording Mullen’s drums in a stairwell, and recording smashed bottles and forks played against a spinning bicycle wheel. Thematically, the album’s lyrics reflect on adolescence, innocence, and the passage into adulthood, themes represented on its cover through the photo of a young boy’s face. The album features the single ‘I Will Follow’.

A1 I Will Follow
A2 Twilight
A3 An Cat Dubh
A4 Into The Heart
A5 Out Of Control
B1 Stories For Boys
B2 The Ocean
B3 A Day Without Me
B4 Another Time, Another Place
B5 The Electric Co.
B6 Shadows And Tall Trees