Original Soundtracks 1 (also known as Original Soundtracks) is a 1995 album recorded by U2 and Brian Eno, as a side project, under the pseudonym Passengers. It is a collection of songs written for mostly imaginary movies (the exclusions being songs for Heat, Ghost In The Shell, Miss Sarajevo, and Beyond the Clouds). Because the album is highly experimental, bespeaking the increasing influence of Brian Eno on the band, Island Records was reluctant to release it as a U2 album, so the invented name was devised instead. There is some argument amongst U2 fans as to whether this is considered Read more on Last.fm.
Beautifully sonic while also functioning as an effective continuation of the mellow looseness of U2’s previous record, Zooropa; Eno’s aural landscapes are simply unparalleled.