U2’s landmark album 'The Joshua Tree' was originally going to be titled 'The Desert Songs' or 'The Two Americas.' During a photo shoot in the Mojave Desert with photographer Anton Corbijn, the band encountered the unusual Yucca brevifolia trees. Corbijn explained to the band that Mormons had named them 'Joshua trees' because the branches looked like the biblical Joshua reaching his hands up to the sky in prayer. Bono was captivated by the spiritual and desert imagery, and the band decided to change the album title. The iconic black-and-white cover photo of the band standing in the desert (though not next to the actual tree on the front cover) helped define the album's cinematic and spiritual tone. The album went on to win Album of the Year at the Grammys and made U2 one of the biggest bands in the world.