Who produced U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree with Brian Eno?

Daniel Lanois produced U2’s 1987 album The Joshua Tree with Brian Eno.

Lanois and Eno shared production duties on The Joshua Tree, which was released on 9 March 1987. Their work helped shape the album’s spacious guitar textures, atmospheric arrangements, and carefully layered studio sound.

The collaboration followed earlier U2 projects involving Eno and Lanois, especially The Unforgettable Fire. The Joshua Tree became a major international success and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, making it one of the defining rock albums of the 1980s.

Steve Lillywhite produced several earlier U2 albums, including Boy, October, and War, which is why his name is sometimes associated with the band’s classic period. Flood later worked with U2 on albums including Achtung Baby, but he was not the producer of The Joshua Tree.