Pop
by U2

From craola 08/27/2018 23:06 | #220173 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

arguably the band's best album and absolutely they're most underrated and misunderstood.

the rhythm section is as strong as anything u2 has done. adam clayton and larry mullin jr are playing at another level that we don't see much from u2.

by this point in his career, bono has backed down from shouting his way through songs, and he delivers his coldest, most down-to-earth lyrical performance here. there's a glimmer of hope in his words as always, but he's so chalk full of anger. it's pretty chilling at times. you won't hear any "all you need is love" tracks on this album. instead, you get "wake up dead man" and "get up off your knees".

and you've got to give the edge a lot of credit for backing off of his trademark shimmery delayed riffs in favor of something altogether different.

there's a lot of merit to the position that the backlash from critics and fans alike is what watered down the u2 we have left in the years that follow. this was the band's last great risk, and it's a beautiful risk.

Pop, released in March 1997 was apparently unfinished, but had to be released to coincide with the start of the popmart world tour. It's really the final part of a trilogy after, acthung baby, and, zooropa, and even though it gets a bad rap it features some fantastic songs. Opener, discotheque, is a great track, full of colour and feel, a great dance track, and, staring at the sun, is another excellent cut. Mofo, is probably the most dance orientated track, and, Miami, is the most arty, both are brilliant. Other standouts are, if God will send his angels, last night on earth, and, gone, and, do you feel loved, is another of the dance influenced songs. Pop, is an underrated album, although, as always with U2, the first half is stronger than the second half. Still, it deserves re-evaluation.

From InsanityPrawnBoy 10/12/2020 15:12 | #259206 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

For this to be rated as the 11th best U2 album seems ridiculous to me. It should be in the top five.

1997 was a really terrible year for music. Apart from OK Computer there weren't many great things that came out imho. Pop is good though. My question after I listen to an album is do I want to listen to it again? Not just, do I want to hear some songs off it again, but do I want to listen to the album again? Pop is an album I want to listen to again. (Edited)

this album with a good name and a good cover would be considered among the 20 best albums ever