talking about the sound.
For me it's Bomb>ATYCLB>Pop. (Rattle and Hum is their worst)
I prefer a good/strong song collection to a weak album.
NLOTH I feel lacks the theme or the overall core essence U2's best work has - Boy was about adolescence, October was about faith, War - well, self explanatory, UF was based on that Hiroshima survivor paintings display, JT and Rattle and Hum were all about America, AB about the reinvention of the band, Zooropa about soaking in all the Zoo TV media overload, Pop about the crisis of faith and materialism, ATYCLB about "re-applying for the job" and writing a pop album (and unknowingly the unofficial healing album after 9/11) and Bomb about making a retro album, NLOTH is about ... ?
Yes, ATYCLB is U2's worst album with the exception of Beautiful Day and Kite being among their best songs, imo.
Bomb>Pop>ATYCLB
For me it's Bomb>ATYCLB>Pop. (Rattle and Hum is their worst)
I prefer a good/strong song collection to a weak album.
NLOTH I feel lacks the theme or the overall core essence U2's best work has - Boy was about adolescence, October was about faith, War - well, self explanatory, UF was based on that Hiroshima survivor paintings display, JT and Rattle and Hum were all about America, AB about the reinvention of the band, Zooropa about soaking in all the Zoo TV media overload, Pop about the crisis of faith and materialism, ATYCLB about "re-applying for the job" and writing a pop album (and unknowingly the unofficial healing album after 9/11) and Bomb about making a retro album, NLOTH is about ... ?