tim722
The Fly
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- Dec 8, 2006
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Well, for personal reasons.. TUF is my favorite U2 album. Something about where I was in my teenage years when it came out. It touched me on so many levels. And I listened to it from front to back so many times as I tried to fall asleep and drown out some of my family problems.
And after I flipped over to side #2, I usually fell asleep to Elvis Presley & America. Therefore I'm extremely touched by side #2. Although EP&A may make no sense to the average U2 fan...it's one of my favorites! And I'm thrilled it made the album.
The B-sides mentioned are good songs but I love it the way it is. To me, TUF is my personal favorite album.
The Joshua Tree is their best album to date..and I love that too.
But there's something so comforting as them completing the theme of the album instead of adding the more popular b-side songs. It's a beautiful album all around. It has a few commercial hits and delivers on it's theme. As does The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, & All That You Can't Leave Behind.
To me, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is not a great album. It's more like a bunch of songs put together acting like a great album. (Which it done a good job cause it won album of the year at the grammys.) But then again the grammy award voters usually mess up. How many different producers did U2 have on that album?
I'd love to go 30 years into the future and see which U2 albums stand the test of time. Mine would be in this order:
1: The Unforgettable Fire
2: The Joshua Tree
3: Achtung Baby
4: War
5: All That You Can't Leave Behind
6: Boy
7: October
8: Rattle & Hum
Bands should not try to make an album with 11 hit songs. They should experiment a little and make a complete album based on a theme.
Hopefully Eno & Lanois will producing their next album. Cause all the ones they have done have kicked AS*!!!!
And after I flipped over to side #2, I usually fell asleep to Elvis Presley & America. Therefore I'm extremely touched by side #2. Although EP&A may make no sense to the average U2 fan...it's one of my favorites! And I'm thrilled it made the album.
The B-sides mentioned are good songs but I love it the way it is. To me, TUF is my personal favorite album.
The Joshua Tree is their best album to date..and I love that too.
But there's something so comforting as them completing the theme of the album instead of adding the more popular b-side songs. It's a beautiful album all around. It has a few commercial hits and delivers on it's theme. As does The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, & All That You Can't Leave Behind.
To me, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is not a great album. It's more like a bunch of songs put together acting like a great album. (Which it done a good job cause it won album of the year at the grammys.) But then again the grammy award voters usually mess up. How many different producers did U2 have on that album?
I'd love to go 30 years into the future and see which U2 albums stand the test of time. Mine would be in this order:
1: The Unforgettable Fire
2: The Joshua Tree
3: Achtung Baby
4: War
5: All That You Can't Leave Behind
6: Boy
7: October
8: Rattle & Hum
Bands should not try to make an album with 11 hit songs. They should experiment a little and make a complete album based on a theme.
Hopefully Eno & Lanois will producing their next album. Cause all the ones they have done have kicked AS*!!!!