What is u2's Finest year?

[SeattleVertigo]

Don't you think 2005 was also one hell of a year?

Yes! It ranks up there for me.

Now the past couple of years, my interest has been migrating to other artists. Let's see what U2 comes up with next. I guess it's good in some ways that there's a fallow period like this.

 

[Screwtape2]

1986. Conspiracy of Hope Tour and the creation of the band's best work (The Joshua Tree and it's b-sides.)

 

[tpsreports2424]

Zoo TV Tour

it was the first change U2 had made best, an arguably the best change U2 has ever had..

 

[bonojr62]

1997-1998 When a giant lemon ruled the stage.

 

[Zoots]

1992 for sure! The year I not only discovered a whole bunch of new music but watched my first U2 videos, Mysterious Ways, EBTTRT, One,WGRYWH

 

[flameandthefire]

Finest year was 1993. Not a question about it. 1983 was another fine year with New Year's Day.

 

[flameandthefire]

best years: 1991-1993

Yeah dude, if I got to pick a period then you nailed it. That's it. That is it. That is the period we would all want to relive again if we could.

 

[catlhere]

On a vocal standpoint for Bono, and personally for how great the music was and how awesome their performances were, it's '87-'89 and to a slightly lesser degree '91-'93. But since we're talking about the entire band here and 1 specific year.

1987 = FACT

That year is their "11". Everything after has been a steady 10 though. But nothing in their career has, or ever will, match the impact and importance of U2 in 1987, period.

 

[pepokiss]

2005


biggest band in the world

 

[JCOSTER]

'87

I agree that '87 was monumental for them. They showed they were a force not to be reckoned with.

 

[sue4u2]

I agree that '87 was monumental for them. They showed they were a force not to be reckoned with.

Even though the first time I heard New Years Day in 1983,
I thought I had discovered this phenomenal band, and I was right. '94 was unforgettable.
But the question is - what year.
In 1987 I was pushed over the edge (no pun intended) of their brilliance.
At that point the love was complete.

 

[Zoots]

1983 = FACT

They turned to shit after that. FACT!!!111

 

[xaviMF22]

1983 = FACT

They turned to shit after that. FACT!!!111

that is a true statement

and 1992 FTW

 

[u2fan628]

1992

 

[last unicorn]

None of all of the above named.

Their finest time is still to come.

 

[socceroo]

'83-'84 because that's the golden age when they broke through between War & The Unfogettable Fire

 

[ZOOTVTOURist]

...their finest years are in front of them...

 

[pepokiss]

their noses are in front of them ...

 

[Irvine511]

1993, followed by 2001.

also, song for song, setlist for setlist, quality night after quality night, you'd be hard pressed to find a better tour they've done than Vertigo.

sure, Zoo TV changed the landscape forever and is a bigger achievement than the Joshau Tree, but Vertigo had nary an off night, and let's not forget that they'd play for barely 90 minutes in '87, as opposed to the solid 140 minutes we get these days, and 2 decades worth of material.

 

[Canadiens1131]

As far as their best year as a band,
1987

It's the year that made their career. Regardless of my favourite U2 album, the release of the Joshua Tree made them the band they are today in terms of focus and widespread popularity.

 

[indra]

1978. It was all downhill from there

When I saw the title of this thread I just knew some wag would come up with this answer!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

1984. When a mullet ruled the world.....