An Cat Gav
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Ah ok, my bad, I had the Million Dollar Hotel songs pegged in my memory as hailing from the latter part of 1999. Still inclined to say that their writing and recording probably happened before 2000 proper, and sonically they bear all the hallmarks of the tail end of the nineties.
I totally agree with the last part, TGBHF and Stateless certainly sound different to what was to follow. I remember thinking at the time that this was exactly how I wanted U2 to sound at this stage of their career, like a more assured, mature yet still adventurous version of the band that had recently made Pop and OS1, a whole album like this would have rounded off the 90s perfectly.