Well....im not sure if this is on point for this thread or not, but i have always felt, that u2s studio albums, have osunded flat and 1 dimensional, compared to other albums, which came out at the same time. Not sure who is to blame for that tho. Maybe the sound Engineer? I can take any u2 album and compare it to any other album released around the same time. Often, the other albums sound so vibrant and alive, compared to the flat sounding u2 album. But hey.....i am a bit of a sound snob. Maybe its just me