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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''All that you measure, all that you feel''\
3	''All this you can leave behind''\
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5	->''I'm not afraid of anything in this world''\
6	''There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard''\
7	''I'm just trying to find a decent melody''\
8	''A song that I can sing in my own company''\
9	\
10	''I never thought you were a fool''\
11	''But darling - look at you''\
12	''You gotta stand up straight - carry your own weight''\
13	''These tears are going nowhere, baby''
14	-->--"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
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16	''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' is the tenth studio album from the pop rock band {{Music/U2}}. It was released through Creator/IslandRecords and Creator/InterscopeRecords on 30 October 2000.
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18	The recording and production of the album were delayed due to Bono's increased activism, something the rest of the band viewed as a distraction. Nevertheless, the group quickly reunited with Music/BrianEno and Daniel Lanois, who had produced ''Music/TheUnforgettableFire'', ''Music/TheJoshuaTree'', and ''Music/AchtungBaby'', solidifying U2's return to form. The record came together effortlessly, thanks to the group's embrace of former styles such as The Edge's signature, atmospheric guitar tones, which he had abandoned during TheNineties. While keeping newer techniques such as synthesizers and electronic drum beats on "New York" and "Beautiful Day," the band branched out and used acoustic guitars and pianos on "Stuck in a Moment" and "Wild Honey" to convey a more simplistic sound throughout the record.
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20	It spawned the singles "Beautiful Day" (one of the band's biggest hits), "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of," "Elevation," and "Walk On." The album and its associated singles won a total of seven [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward Grammys]]. It is considered a pivotal album for the band since it distanced them from the more experimental conceits of the previous decade. The group's ensuing tour, the "Elevation Tour," became massively successful thanks in part to their performance at the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL]] UsefulNotes/SuperBowl halftime show, where they honored the victims of [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the 9/11 attacks]].
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23	!!Track listing:
24	# "Beautiful Day" (4:06)
25	# "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (4:32)
26	# "Elevation" (3:45)
27	# "Walk On" (4:55)
28	# "Kite" (4:23)
29	# "In a Little While" (3:39)
30	# "Wild Honey" (3:47)
31	# "Peace on Earth" (4:46)
32	# "When I Look at the World" (4:15)
33	# "New York" (5:28)
34	# "Grace" (5:31)
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36	[[AC:Different editions of the album include one or more bonus tracks:]]
37	# "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (3:44)
38	# "Summer Rain"
39	# "Always"
40	# "Big Girls Are the Best"
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42	!!Personnel:
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44	* Bono – vocals, guitar, synthesisers
45	* The Edge – guitar, piano, vocals, synthesisers, strings
46	* Adam Clayton – bass guitar
47	* Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion
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49	!!"You love these tropes even if that doesn't ring true"
50	* AlbumTitleDrop: The title appears in the talk-sing intro to "Walk On":
51	--> ''The only baggage you can bring\
52	is all that you can't leave behind.''
53	** But the song also reverses the title. The final breakdown throws this out:
54	--->''All that you fashion, all that you make''\
55	''All that you build, all that you break''\
56	''All that you measure, all that you feel''\
57	''All this you'' can ''leave behind''
58	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Divine grace is visualized as a woman in "Grace."
59	* BigBeautifulWoman: Some editions include the bonus track "Big Girls Are the Best."
60	* TheBigRottenApple: "New York" is a sort of affectionate example, describing the city as a hotbed of temptations for a family man having a midlife crisis.
61	* BSODSong: "Peace on Earth" was written after the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing 1998 Omagh bombing]]. "The closest I ever came to a crisis of faith happened after that," Bono said later, and it shows.
62	* CarpeDiem: The theme of the bonus track "Summer Rain":
63	-->''If you stop taking chances\
64	You stay where you sit\
65	You won't live any longer\
66	But it'll feel like it.''
67	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Alluded to in "In a Little While":
68	-->''That girl, that girl, she's mine\
69	Well I've known her since\
70	Since she was a little girl with Spanish eyes\
71	When I saw her in a pram they pushed her by\
72	Woohoo, my how you've grown!''
73	* TheDeadHaveNames: "Peace on Earth" reels off the first names of five of the 29 victims of the Omagh bombing, "the folks the rest of us won't get to know."
74	* DeathSong[=/=]GodIsLoveSong: "In a Little While" wasn't ''intended'' to be this, but shortly after the album's release the band learned that [[Music/TheRamones Joey Ramone]] had listened to it on his deathbed. Since Ramone was one of their musical heroes, performances thereafter treated this as AscendedFanon.
75	-->''In a little while this hurt will hurt no more\
76	I'll be home, love\
77	When the night takes a deep breath\
78	And the daylight has no air\
79	If I crawl, if I come crawling home,\
80	Will you be there?''
81	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is a black-and-white photograph, recalling their '80s albums and contrasting with their day-glo '90s palette.
82	* FaceOnTheCover: The band standing in the middle of Terminal 2F of UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle Airport.
83	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of", which Bono said is the fight he wanted to have had to convince friend [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]] not to kill himself.
84	* GospelChoirsAreJustBetter: U2 doesn't actually use a full choir on "Stuck in a Moment," but does use multiple voices in its gospel-flavored chorus.
85	* TheGreatFlood: Subtly alluded to in a couplet from "Beautiful Day": "See the bird with a leaf in her mouth/After the flood all the colors came out." This evokes the sequence in the story of Noah where a bird carrying a twig proves that dry land is out there, and God sends a rainbow as a sign of his promise not to destroy the earth again.
86	* GriefSong: "Stuck in a Moment" is an unusual example of a Grief Song combined with a PepTalkSong, as it represents what Bono wished he'd said to [[{{Music/INXS}} Michael Hutchence]] before he killed himself.
87	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Mentioned in "Peace on Earth": "And you become a monster/So the monster will not break you."
88	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the dark and electronica-heavy ''Pop'', ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' has a much more upbeat tone, both musically and lyrically.
89	* LocationSong: "New York."
90	* MinimalisticCoverArt: The [[MilestoneCelebration 20th Anniversary Edition's]] cover is just a black icon of a suitcase with a heart symbol on it in the middle of a white background.
91	* MoodWhiplash: "Wild Honey," a lighthearted love song, was deliberately put in to break up the album's heavy mood. This is especially striking since it comes right before "Peace on Earth."
92	* NewSoundAlbum: The band deliberately did a 180 from their last album ''Pop'' which was dark and heavy on the electronica. In some ways it was a return to their old straight-ahead rock sound, though it doesn't have the post-punk or roots-music flavors of the 1980s albums.
93	* OneWomanSong: Played with in "Grace": it's an ode to a woman who's actually an AnthropomorphicPersonification of divine grace.
94	* OneWordTitle: "Elevation," "Kite," "Grace," and "Always."
95	* PepTalkSong: "Stuck in a Moment" (see GriefSong above) and "Walk On." The latter was originally written for Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but after 9/11 it became a PepTalkSong for all of America.
96	-->''And if your glass heart should crack\
97	And for one second you turn back\
98	Oh no, be strong...''
99	* {{Pun}}: In the middle of the uplifting "Walk On," Bono sneaks in a sour joke: "Home, it's where the hurt is."
100	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: "Peace on Earth" is directed straight to the Big Guy:
101	-->''Jesus, sing a song you wrote\
102	The words are sticking in my throat\
103	Peace on Earth\
104	Hear it every Christmas time\
105	But hope and history won't rhyme\
106	So what's it worth\
107	This peace on Earth''
108	* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: "The Ground Beneath Her Feet," with lyrics by Creator/SalmanRushdie, is based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It describes the lead-up to the rescue attempt rather than the rescue itself, however.
109	* SecondPersonNarration: Used in "Beautiful Day," though it switches briefly to first person in the "touch me..." verse.
110	* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Played with in "Beautiful Day," which mixes conventionally awe-inspiring images with some unconventional ones:
111	-->''See the world in green and blue\
112	See China right in front of you\
113	See the canyons broken by clouds\
114	See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out\
115	See the Bedouin fires at night\
116	See the oil fields at first light...''

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