From the outset, U2 went for the big message -- every song on their debut album Boy sounds huge, with oceans of processed guitars cascading around Bono's impassioned wail....
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U2 sounded so confident and assured on their debut that perhaps it was inevitable they would stumble slightly on its follow-up, October. The record isn't weaker than its...
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Opening with the ominous, fiery protest of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," War immediately announces itself as U2's most focused and hardest-rocking album to date. Blowing away the...
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War turned U2 into arena rock stars, and the EP Under a Blood Red Sky captures the band on its supporting tour as the bandmembers adjusted to their larger audiences....
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Highlighted by the memorable "Bad " and "Pride (In The Name Of Love)," The Unforgettable Fire hints at the majestic pop that would follow on The Joshua...
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In many ways, U2 took their fondness for sonic bombast as far as it could go on War, so it isn't a complete surprise that they chose to explore the intricacies of the Edge's...
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As U2 were completing the supporting tour for The Unforgettable Fire, they released the four-track EP Wide Awake in America. Comprised of two outtakes ("Three Sunrises,"...
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The Joshua Tree is a remarkable combination of great songs--"With Or Without You," and "Where The Streets Have No Name" among them--and huge ambient soundscapes, courtesy of...
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Using the textured sonics of The Unforgettable Fire as a basis, U2 expanded those innovations by scaling back the songs to a personal setting and adding a grittier attack...
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While the live half of this double set is full of curious concert souvenirs, the blues and Sun Studios experiments "When Love Comes To Town" (with B.B. King), "Desire," and...
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Functioning as both the soundtrack to the group's disastrous feature-film documentary and as a tentative follow-up to their career-making blockbuster, Rattle and Hum is all...
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Reinventions rarely come as thorough and effective as Achtung Baby, an album that completely changed U2's sound and style. The crashing, unrecognizable distorted guitars...
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U2 planned to record a new EP before launching the European leg of their ambitious Zoo TV tour in 1993, but the EP quickly turned into the full-length album Zooropa. Picking...
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This CD single is the second released from U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby. It contains five versions of the psychedelic rock anthem, including four remixes. Of course there is...
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"One" represents something of an improvement in the Achtung Baby singles series because of the decision to start using the singles as a medium for the release of non-album...
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This CD single is from U2's 1993 album Zooropa. This was the first and only single released from the album in most parts of the world. It was also the first U2 single since...
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This CD single is from U2's 1993 album Zooropa. This was the first and only single released from the album in most parts of the world. It was also the first U2 single since...
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When is less more? This CD single is from U2's 1995 contribution to the Batman Forever soundtrack. This single (from a great soundtrack to an offensively poor film) is light...
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Again delving into some Vegas-style self-mockery, Pop (1997) delivers a few great leaps ("Discotheque," "Miami") into matching the U2's pop-tune sensibilities with dense...
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While no one's ever accused U2 of being a Stryper in wolf's clothing, the group's new albm, Pop may well be the one that finally capsizes the arkful of questions that the...
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No matter which way you look at it, Pop doesn't have the same shock of the new that Achtung Baby delivered on first listen. Less experimental and more song-oriented than...
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This is the second single from U2's 1997 album Pop. It is no surprise that the "Monster Truck Mix" is produced by Butch Vig, because it sounds just like his band Garbage....
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As one of the most popular bands of the '80s, U2 didn't quite fit into any particular category. They were a post-punk band that quickly found acceptance from a hard rock...
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Island and U2 realized that longtime fans of the band wouldn't need The Best of 1980-1990. Unlike the proposed Best of 1990-2000, which would likely boast the non-LP "Hold...
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One 12" vinyl single was released for the song "One." It is also a charity fundraiser, though the CD version has superior tracks. The 12" has only three songs: the album...
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After the debacle that was Pop, even most die-hard U2 believers knew that the next one would either mark them as washed-up has-beens devoured by over-ambitiousness at the...
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Nearly ten years after beginning U2 Mach II with their brilliant seventh album Achtung Baby, U2 ease into their third phase with 2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind. The...
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This CD single is the fourth from the band's 1997 album, Pop. All five tracks on this CD are exclusive to this release, making it a great single. The version of "Please"...
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U2 has had a very good year. Make that a very good two years and counting. Destined for dismissal after the pretentious pomp of Pop and Zooropa, U2 returned victorious with...
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The story goes like this: poised on the brink of disappearing in their own earnestness in the wake of the Rattle and Hum, U2 revitalized themselves with Achtung Baby,...
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This CD single is the sixth from U2's 1997 album, Pop. It contains three non-LP tracks, including two studio songs and one live song. The studio tracks include an amazing...
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Ever since the beginning of their career, U2 had a sense of purpose and played on a larger scale than their peers, so when they stumbled with the knowing rocktronica fusion...
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