VA - The Mojo Anthology (2018)

For the 300th anniversary issue of the UK Music magazine MOJO, a special collection of tracks was put together and attached to the issue, which commemorates The Beatles’ White Album. Also included in the magazine is an piece with The Edge which looks back to issue #1 of MOJO magazine.

The CD, titled The MOJO Anthology includes an exclusive new mix of U2’s “Lights of Home”, mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. Stent has collaborated with U2 in the past, notably on the album Pop and on the single “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”. Of the tracks on the album, six are previously unreleased, including the U2 mix. This isn’t a dance remix. It’s more subtle, an alternate mix of the recording that found its way onto the album. Changes in levels on instruments, a bit grittier than the original but not a full on remix the track. The original mix of “Lights of Home” on the album was done by Jacknife Lee. It is known in the lead up to the completion of the album, the recorded tracks for some songs were sent to multiple producers to have a trial at the final mix of the song, “You’re the Best Thing” had been sent out in this manner.