Mack_Again
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
all post-Pop albums are bad and you guys are in denial
[emoji38]all post-Pop albums are bad and you guys are in denial
Wish I had the free time to hang out on a forum for a band that I don’t think has done anything good in 20 years.
all post-Pop albums are bad and you guys are in denial
To me having a negative feeling about Grace would be like disliking MLK or The Ocean
Wish I had the free time to hang out on a forum for a band that I don’t think has done anything good in 20 years.
It's weird, I get the comfort-blanket angle, but the U2/Eno/Lanois connection was so long-running throughout their peak era that I think of them more as sorely missed limbs. Almost to the extent that U2 without them is like post-Berry R.E.M.
As Michael Stipe quipped, a three legged dog is still a dog, right? Yeah, but it can't hunt all that well.
Now, ok, not quite. They did very creditable work without the pair (Rattle & Hum, POP), but still.
all post-Pop albums are bad and you guys are in denial
Can someone repost the original track listing? I forget what it was
Agreed on POE. Though I’d still close the album with WILATW, which also benefits from a penultimate placement. I don’t include Electrical Storm because I think it’s wannabe Oasis crap.
You mean the other one on the Best of 1990-2000? I don't like either. And I don't see Eno credited anywhere.
Per the U2 website back in the day:
1. Beautiful Day
2. Elevation
3. Walk On
4. Stuck
5. Peace on Earth
6. Kite
7. New York
8. In a Little While
9. Wild Honey
10. When I Look at the World
11. Grace
So basically I keep that but replace Wild Honey with Electrical Storm (original mix) and swap its order with When I look. So much more balanced and a definite side A/side B feel that works. Peace also elevates as a song when put behind Stuck and before Kite, as opposed to being buried in the album a bit.