Which album post-POP do you like the most (or hate the less)?

Quote from: THRILLHO on December 03, 2018, 09:12:05 PM

ya ATYCLB is WAY better than Bomb imo. Bomb was the first sinking-gut feeling i'd had over a U2 album were i thought oh lord this is what we get now? THIS? i was SO SO mad at that album. skipped the tour even. and yes i know ATYCLB and Bomb aren't THAT different and i was high as a kite over ATYCLB when it came out, dont know what to tell ya.

It's unbelievable that it only has 1 vote, ATYCLB is bloody light years better than HTDAAB, It was produced by Eno and Lanois for goodness sake! I'm convinced that this poll has been tampered with, haha

Given I am the only idiot who voted for ATYCLB I'd like to believe that too   

I think that there is an element of a sentiment that i hold - which is that ATYCLB is the album that marks u2's retreat into pop rock and MOR beigeness and in many ways is the template the band have largely worked off since.......this has built up some resentment towards the record through things like the repeated attempts to rewrite Beautiful Day and the chugging clunky 'rockers' that are the spawn of the devil that is Elevation.

I think that there is an element of a sentiment that i hold - which is that ATYCLB is the album that marks u2's retreat into pop rock and MOR beigeness and in many ways is the template the band have largely worked off since.......this has built up some resentment towards the record through things like the repeated attempts to rewrite Beautiful Day and the chugging clunky 'rockers' that are the spawn of the devil that is Elevation.

So purge yourself of the negative resentment and give us a fair and objective view on the album. 

Quote from: an tha on December 11, 2018, 08:49:39 AM

I think that there is an element of a sentiment that i hold - which is that ATYCLB is the album that marks u2's retreat into pop rock and MOR beigeness and in many ways is the template the band have largely worked off since.......this has built up some resentment towards the record through things like the repeated attempts to rewrite Beautiful Day and the chugging clunky 'rockers' that are the spawn of the devil that is Elevation.

So purge yourself of the negative resentment and give us a fair and objective view on the album. 

Shite 

Quote from: restofit on December 10, 2018, 08:39:44 PM

Quote from: THRILLHO on December 03, 2018, 09:12:05 PM

ya ATYCLB is WAY better than Bomb imo. Bomb was the first sinking-gut feeling i'd had over a U2 album were i thought oh lord this is what we get now? THIS? i was SO SO mad at that album. skipped the tour even. and yes i know ATYCLB and Bomb aren't THAT different and i was high as a kite over ATYCLB when it came out, dont know what to tell ya.

It's unbelievable that it only has 1 vote, ATYCLB is bloody light years better than HTDAAB, It was produced by Eno and Lanois for goodness sake! I'm convinced that this poll has been tampered with, haha

Given I am the only idiot who voted for ATYCLB I'd like to believe that too 

I listened to the album yesterday and enjoyed more than I normally do. It might actually rise to the top of this list for me at this point, but my vote is already cast.

Quote from: il_capo on December 11, 2018, 06:28:28 AM

Quote from: restofit on December 10, 2018, 08:39:44 PM

Quote from: THRILLHO on December 03, 2018, 09:12:05 PM

ya ATYCLB is WAY better than Bomb imo. Bomb was the first sinking-gut feeling i'd had over a U2 album were i thought oh lord this is what we get now? THIS? i was SO SO mad at that album. skipped the tour even. and yes i know ATYCLB and Bomb aren't THAT different and i was high as a kite over ATYCLB when it came out, dont know what to tell ya.

It's unbelievable that it only has 1 vote, ATYCLB is bloody light years better than HTDAAB, It was produced by Eno and Lanois for goodness sake! I'm convinced that this poll has been tampered with, haha

Given I am the only idiot who voted for ATYCLB I'd like to believe that too 

I listened to the album yesterday and enjoyed more than I normally do. It might actually rise to the top of this list for me at this point, but my vote is already cast.

We listened to it recently and i was blown away - it had been several years since i had heard it so despite being familiar to me it all sounded fresh and new. 

I'm a little surprised that SOI got double the love that SOE did.

I'm a little surprised that SOI got double the love that SOE did.

Me too, but I'm more surprised that HTDAAB has 5 times the votes of ATYCLB. 

Quote from: Shank Asu on December 12, 2018, 10:19:09 AM

I'm a little surprised that SOI got double the love that SOE did.

Me too, but I'm more surprised that HTDAAB has 5 times the votes of ATYCLB.

I voted for Bomb. It's good- not classic good, but good.

Good news for the No Line lovers out there. Vinyl reissue coming in Feb 2019

https://www.u2songs.com/news/new_line_on_the_horizon_next_year

Good news for the No Line lovers out there. Vinyl reissue coming in Feb 2019

https://www.u2songs.com/news/new_line_on_the_horizon_next_year

Imagine how great those middle 3 clunkers will sound on Vinyl! 

ATYCLB, it's probably the last formative album for me personally and still resonates those feels of being in a time and place. Memberberries.