U2: In High Resolution Audio

Digital Streaming Offerings

High resolution audio refers to any digital audio format that is of a higher quality than the CD standard for audio. There is no set format that is labeled “high resolution” and it can include a variety of bitrates and frequencies, which helps lead to some confusion.

CD standard sound is 44.1kHz and 16-bit. But what do those numbers mean?

The first number, 44.1kHz, is the sampling frequency. It is the number of times the sound is sampled in one second when building the digital track. The more times the sound is sampled, the more true to the original sound the digital file is. The audio on a CD has approximately 44,000 samples in a second. High resolution files are often the same, but can also come in at higher frequencies such as 48.0kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, and 192kHz. As you can imagine, the more times the audio is sampled the more information that is captured, and the bigger the resultant file.

But some high resolution files are 44.1kHz, how are they high resolution? That’s where the second number comes in, which is known as audio bit depth. The audio on a CD has a bit depth of 16-bits. The bit depth determines how many amplitude values can be captured when the sample of sound is taken. The higher the bit depth, the more amplitude values are captured resulting in a file that is closer to the original audio, in other words, bit depth corresponds to the resolution of each sample. Most digital audio hasn’t strayed too far from 16-bits, but most high resolution audio is at 24-bit. I believe all of the U2 audio commercially available at high resolution is at 24-bit. (But at a variety of sampling frequencies from 44.1 – 96kHz.)

High resolution audio files are available as digital files only for U2, with the exception of live concert audio on Blu-ray and DVD, where the content has often had a 24-bit soundtrack. There are many services online that make this content available to purchase or to stream. Not all of the services out there offer the same quality either. Apple Music for instance has a far greater number of U2 albums available to stream in high resolution, than any other service. But Apple also caps the quality of the sampling frequency, meaning sometimes you will find higher quality files elsewhere.

Below we’ve taken a little look at the U2 offerings to date, where they can be found, and at what quality. We’ve tried to touch on the favourite services here at U2Songs, and more details about each is available at the end of the article. Spotify is not included in the lists below, as Spotify does not offer any tracks at CD quality or higher.

High Resolution Audio: Albums

The following is a list of all of U2’s albums available at high resolution, above CD quality, and notes about what format and where they are available. The albums are sorted in alphabetical order.

  • Achtung Baby (12 Songs – 2011 Master)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudio Masters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit kHz
  • Achtung Baby (Deluxe – 26 Songs – 2011 Master)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudio Masters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit kHz
  • Achtung Baby (30th Anniversary – 50 Song – 2018/2021 Master)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      Disc 2, Tracks 1, 6, 8-10; Disc 1, Tracks 2, 6, 7, 9; Disc 3, Tracks 3, 5, 7, 11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
      Disc 2, Tracks 2-5, 7, 11; Disc 4, Tracks 1-16; Disc 3, Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10; Disc 1, Tracks 1, 3-5, 8, 10-12 – 44.1 kHz / 24- bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit kHz
  • All That You Can’t Leave Behind (12 Song – 2017 Master)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Anniversary – 12 Song – 2020 Master)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      Tracks 3, 5, 6, 9-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • All That You Can’t Leave Behind (25 Song Deluxe Version – 2020 Master)
    • FORMAT: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • All That You Can’t Leave Behind (51 Song Version – 2020 Master)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Boy (Includes “Saturday Matinee” as part of final track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Includes “Fast Cars”)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • No Line on the Horizon (Includes “NLOTH 2”)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • October
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Pop
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Rattle and Hum
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Experience (13 songs)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
      Tracks 1, 6 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Tracks 2-5, 7-13 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Experience (17 songs)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
      Tracks 1, 6, 15, 17 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Tracks 2-5, 7-14, 16 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudio Masters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit (Booklet)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1KHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Innocence
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Innocence +
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Innocence (Deluxe)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Songs of Surrender
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      Disc 2, Tracks 1-3, 7, 8; Disc 1, Tracks 2, 5, 7; Disc 3, Track 10; Disc 4, Track 7 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • The Joshua Tree
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Joshua Tree (Deluxe)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Joshua Tree (Super Deluxe)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Unforgettable Fire
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Under A Blood Red Sky (2023 Remaster)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7Digital: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Under A Blood Red Sky (2008 Remaster)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • War
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Zooropa
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit

High Resolution Audio: Compilation Albums

  • U218 Singles (Includes “I Will Follow”)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit

High Resolution Audio: Singles & EPs

  • Ahmisa (2-Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Ahimsa (1-Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit (No longer available)
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Ahimsa (KSHMR Remix 1-Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit (No longer available)
  • Atomic City (Studio Version) [Single Track]
    • FORMAT: 96kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      Track 1 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Atomic City (Mike WiLL Made-It Remix) [Single Track]
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Ltd. Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Atomic City (David Guetta Remix) [2-track single]
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Ltd. Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Atomic City (David Guetta Remix) [3-track single]
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming Only): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Beautiful Day (Songs of Surrender)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • The Eternal Remixes
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Get Out of Your Own Way (Switch Remix)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Get Out of Your Own Way (Acoustic Version)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Get Out of Your Own Way (Afrojack Mix)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Invisible (RED) Edit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Lemon
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Lights of Home (Beck Remix)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way (Acoustic)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way (Beck Remix)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way (HP Hoeger Remixes)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way (3-Track Remixes)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Love is Bigger Than Anything in its Way (U2xCheat Codes Remix)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • One (Songs of Surrender)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Pride (In the Name of Love) (Songs of Surrender)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Stuck in a Moment (Acoustic Version)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Summer of Love (Remixes – 9 Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Virtual Road – Innocence + Experience
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      Tracks 1-4 – contains material which utilizes a limited amount of the available bandwidth
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Virtual Road – Live from Under A Blood Red Sky
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit Streaming
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Virtual Road – Popmart
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • The Virtual Road – U2 Go Home
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Trilogy (Remastered)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCMUMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • U2 at Live Aid
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Wide Awake in America
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • With or Without You (Songs of Surrender)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Your Song Saved My Life
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal-Island Records Studio Masters
      • Mora: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • You’re the Best Thing About Me (Acoustic)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit

High Resolution Audio: Other Items

  • 5 Seconds of Summer: CALM
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Artists Against Apartheid: Sun City (Deluxe Edition)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Steven Van Zandt Catalog Studio Masters
      Tracks 1, 2, 6-9 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Tracks 3-5, 10, 11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Mary J. Blige: The Breakthrough
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Mary J. Blige: Reflections: A Retrospective (Deluxe Edition)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Andrea Bocelli: Cieli Di Toscana
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Music Group Studio Masters
      44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit.
      • ProStudioMasters: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 96kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Chainsmokers: Memories…Do Not Open
    • FORMAT: 44kHz / 24-bit Versions
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Confidence Man: Re-Tilt
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Confidence Man: Tilt
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Confidence Man: Woman (Single)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Alice Cooper: Detroit Stories
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – earMUSIC Studio Masters
      Tracks 1-15 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Alice Cooper: Paranormal
    • FORMAT: 88.2kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – earMUSIC Studio Masters
      Tracks 11, 12 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM
      Tracks 13 – 18 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM
      • ProStudioMasters: 88.2kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • DMX: Exodus (Explicit)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Def Jam Recordings Studio Masters
      Tracks 11, 13 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • DMX: Exodus (Edited / Clean)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Def Jam Recordings Studio Masters
      Tracks 11, 13 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • DMX: Exodus (Instrumentals & Acapellas – Explicit)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Exodus – DMX/ Def Jam Studio Masters
      Track 7 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • DMX: Exodus (Instrumentals & Acapellas – Edited / Clean)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Exodus – DMX/ Def Jam Studio Masters
      Track 7 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Gavin Friday: There’s Nothing to Be Afraid Of (Peter and the Wolf)
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCMBMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd Studio Masters
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz/24-bit
      • Qobuz (Streaming / Download): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Martin Garrix with Bono and The Edge – We Are the People (Single – 2Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz/24-bit
  • Martin Garrix with Bono and The Edge – We Are the People (Single – 1Track)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Herbert Groenemeyer: I Walk
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball (2 disc)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Nonesuch Studio Masters
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Mick Jagger – Goddess in the Doorway
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • K’Naan – Country, God or the Girl (Deluxe Version)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • K’Naan – Country, God or the Girl (Deluxe Version – Explicit)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Little Steven: Born Again Savage
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Steven Van Zandt Catalog Studio Masters
      Tracks 1-11 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
      Track 11 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • HD Tracks: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Blue Moon Rising EP
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds: Back the Way We Came: Volume 1 (2011-2021)
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sour Mash Records Ltd Studio Masters
      Disc 3, Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6-12; Disc 2, Tracks 2-7 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Disc 3, Track 2 – 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit
      Disc 3, Track 6 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 96.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Pavarotti: Pavarotti Music from the Motion Picture
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Pavarotti: The 50 Greatest Tracks
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Pavarotti: The Greatest Hits
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Linda Perry: Citizen Penn Soundtrack
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Lakeshore Records Studio Masters
      Track 20 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1 / 24-bit
  • R.E.M. – Up
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Concord Records Studio Masters
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Robbie Robertson: Testimony
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Sharon Shannon: The Winkles Tapes 1989
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download): 44.1kHz / 24-bit (No Longer Available)
  • Michael W. Smith: The Spirit of Christmas
    • FORMAT: 96.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee: Los Angeles
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 48.0kHz / 24-bit PCM – Time-Life Music Studio Masters
      • HD Tracks: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Almost Everything…Patrick Kavanagh
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Music Ireland Studio Masters Disc 1, Tracks 2, 11-13 – contains material which has been processed by a perceptual audio coding algorithm
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7-Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Live Aid
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7-Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Live 8
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7-Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Moulin Rouge (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Apple Music (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Sing 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Sing 2 Soundtrack Album Studio Masters
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: Sing! Highlights
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      NOTE: 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Studios / Republic Records Studio Masters
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • ProStudioMasters: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Sing 2 Score
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: The Best of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Live
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • HD Tracks: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit
  • Various Artists: The Busk
    • FORMAT: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • 7 Digital: 48.0kHz / 24-bit
      • Qobuz (Download / Streaming): 48.0kHz / 24-bit
  • Zucchero: Chocobeck
    • FORMAT: 44.1kHz / 24-bit
      • Tidal (Streaming): 44.1kHz / 24-bit

Thanks to Joshua for the inspiration and fact checking.

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