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Since his vocal peak was somewhere late 80s, I feel it's safe to say his very best days as a singer are behind him. We should just be happy he sounds better than he did late 90s. That must have been a rough decade.

Of course doing Sphere was for a big part about U2 being the first to do so. But it's hard not to view the Sphere run as the 4 of them getting some sort of feel if U2 would still work as a live band without Larry.

Interesting to see Joanna Newsom in that line up. Really hope she'll be releasing something new in the not too distant future. (Guided by Voices, Dinosaur Jr and Belle & Sebastian on one bill is also pretty great.)

I agree with all of this, except for Discotheque, which I think really works. And you left out "If God ... " which works for me, since the less that is said about that the better., A lot of the songs on POP seem to want to be two or three things at the same time. Which always result in not...

I like nothing better than flogging the old POP horse. For me it is at the bottom of their catalogue together with SOE. It's riddled with missed opportunities. The concept is good, but they already covered it all during ZOO TV and on Zooropa. Lyrically it has some of Bono's strongest and most...

Personally, I think it's a pretty great song and I find it intriguing it's the second track of the album. Sounds more like a tour de force you expect about 3/4 through an album.

Boy up and until Rattle & Hum is all driven by inspiration and energy. Everything after, except maybe Zooropa and that would also have been a dead end to pursue further rather quickly, is still at times inspired but also pretty labored. It's no coincidence 3 Achtung songs were built out of the...

I forgot Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You by Bonnie "Prince" Billy in my favourites list.

Favourites: Margo Cilker - Pohorylle Natalie Merchant - Keep Your Courage Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid Maria Jose Llergo - Ultrabelleza PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying Laura Cantrell - Just Like a Rose: The Anniversary Sessions The Gesualdo Six*/*Owain Park - Byrd: Mass for Five...

Been listening a lit to those first 3 Beastie albums this year. Amazing stuff. Hard, if not impossible, to pick a favourite.

Probably the greatest lyricist ever. What a waste. RIP

I really like this post :up:

Almost as much of a slog. Far from bad though. Will be interesting what André 3000 will release in another 15 years.

I'll definitely give that a go. Do hope it's less of a slog than that latest Carlos Niño & Friends album.

That was beyond brilliant. Never say die indeed.

R&H is the only non classic U2 album they could play 4 songs from that would mostly be considered near classic hits. War would be the only other album coming anywhere close. If the people in Spere are already not reacting that wildly to the less familiar AB songs, I don't expect them to double...

It's got a good riff, is well produced, but otherwise has nothing there that will ever prompt you to look for the song on a playlist because you really want to listen to it again. Not too dissimilar to something like "You're the best thing about me" but then with even less appeal.

Personally, I find Pageant somewhat overrated in the R.E.M. catalogue. That side one (+ I Believe) is all gold . Side two suffers too much from the pairing of What If We Give It Away and Just A Touch, which still feel like unfinished demo's.

The new Smashing Pumpkins (while a ridiculous triple album) is really, really good. I'm very pleasantly surprised.

Agreed on the new Metallica album. Probably half an hour too long, but still the most enjoyable thing they have done in quite a while. For me We Cater to Cowards by Oozing Wound still the metal album to beat in 2023 though. And I think I also slightly prefer Liturgy's 93696 over 72 Seasons.

The version on UF is special, but this version has a better balance. Or something. Love it

I admire Radiohead's approach to both music and the music business. I don't like their music much, though. People who think U2 and Radiohead truly are comparable must not be aware of how big U2 really was in the 80s.

U2 fans apparent inability to accept that they don't need to go see the band (a dozen times every tour) or that the band's decision on what they want to pursue is not what they want the band to do, is something to behold. Unfortunately not in a good way,

I did not like that they removed the essence out of Pride, but for some reason I do really enjoy the new With Or Without You (without it ever being anywhere near as spectacular as the original). So far sounds like this will be an interesting listen, though I do fear that all the songs will get...

Stumbled upon that one just after posting my 2022 list. Definitely an album worth checking out.