For me, October is one of the most underrated albums - Gloria, Rejoice, Fire and With a Shout still pack a punch but the whole thing is a joy to listen to. War is my favorite album and I completely agree with your appraisal of it. The whole thing is fantastic but it’s the lesser known songs that are the real gems on there. Seconds and Surrender are my favorites too but I adore the whole album. The Joshua Tree is good but I always thought Mothers of the Disappeared was a weak end to the album. Too slow and morose. Rattle and Hum is a strange one. Overall, it’s a terrible album, but is peppered with some astoundingly good songs (Heartland, Desire, Angel of Harlem, All I Want Is You). Great to hear some love for Lemon! Great video, really enjoyed this 👍
I apologise for the length of this comment but I love expressing my opinions about my favourite bands and U2 is certainly one of them; I'm very young and I got to U2 through my dad who loved their popular stuff and introduced me to their classics at a very young age; this year I finally got to listen to their whole discography and encounter some gems I had never heard before. Now I finally have an opinion on each one of their albums, so I'll just say those in the shortest way possible: Boy is a great debut in my opinion, it's not exactly my music taste but I absolutely love the first three songs, especially I Will Follow I'm not a great fan of October and I agree that it is worse than Boy, although I still love a couple of songs, especially Is That All? and With A Shout In terms of War I absolutely agree, it's a great record with great singles and great lesser known tracks; I'm a big fan of Seconds, but my favourite songs overall would be Two Hearts Beat As One and New Year's Day The Unforgettable Fire is an absolute masterpiece, one of my favourite U2 albums; I just think it's incredibly beautiful and captures a lot of feelings that are otherwise difficult to capture; my favourites on that one are A Sort Of Homecoming, Pride and Bad The Joshua Tree is also a great album, however to be honest I don't enjoy most of the non-singles a whole lot; still there are some great songs, such as my favourite Bullet The Blue Sky; in terms of singles I adore Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and In God's Country I must agree that Rattle And Hum is a missed opportunity; I love God Part II, Angel Of Harlem, Heartland and All I Want Is You, but not only is the genre not really what I'd normally listen to, the album does feel confusing when U2 songs are mixed with covers, live versions and even the American national anthem Achtung Baby is an album that deserves all the love it gets; it's not my favourite U2 album but it's definitely close to this title and I agree that it's a masterpiece in terms of reinvention; I especially love the tracks Acrobat and Until The End Of The World Zooropa is actually a record I don't like, I feel like it's a bit too dark and eerie for me, but I still enjoy a couple songs, such as the title track, Stay and The First Time Pop is an album I have mixed feelings about and I don't particularly love it; to be honest I really dislike the second half of the album (with the exception of Gone), but I think the first half is really underrated; the album contains two songs I absolutely love: Last Night On Earth and Gone (which is my favourite U2 song overall) All That You Can't Leave Behind is a bit too much light, I will agree, but I still really enjoy it, and though I really dislike the last two songs on it, I still love Beautiful Day, Wild Honey, When I Look At The World, Walk On and others as well How To Assemble An Atomic Bomb is one of my favourites, because I actually knew a lot of the songs on it prior to listening to the entire U2 discography (thanks to my dad liking this album); my favourite is Yahweh, but I'm also a big fan of All Because Of You, Crumbs From Your Table and City Of Blinding Lights No Line On The Horizon might just be my favourite U2 album, I love its sound and its sort of Arabic vibe; I basically love all the songs (with the exceptions of Cedars Of Lebanon and Get On Your Boots), my favourites being Magnificent, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, Stand Up Comedy, Breathe, Unknown Caller and FEZ / Being Born Songs Of Innocence is another one of my favourites, I think it's a great combination of U2's 80s sound with some newer elements and it contains in my opinion one of the greatest streaks of five songs in a row (those being The Miracle, Every Breaking Wave, California, Song For Someone and Iris); it also contains the song Cedarwood Road which is my favourite from this album and my second favourite U2 song Finally, I agree on Songs Of Experience; I dislike this album, I'm not a fan of the majority of the tracks, it sounds way too "poppy" and artificial; there are two songs I love though, those being Get Out Of Your Own Way (cause I have great memories with it) and my favourite from the album, The Blackout Absolutely great video I really enjoyed it
AMAZING comment, friend! This video exists for all of the U2 discussion you can bring! And IMO, you have pretty great taste! Love the love for The Unforgettable Fire!!!
For me, October is one of the most underrated albums - Gloria, Rejoice, Fire and With a Shout still pack a punch but the whole thing is a joy to listen to.
War is my favorite album and I completely agree with your appraisal of it. The whole thing is fantastic but it’s the lesser known songs that are the real gems on there. Seconds and Surrender are my favorites too but I adore the whole album.
The Joshua Tree is good but I always thought Mothers of the Disappeared was a weak end to the album. Too slow and morose.
Rattle and Hum is a strange one. Overall, it’s a terrible album, but is peppered with some astoundingly good songs (Heartland, Desire, Angel of Harlem, All I Want Is You).
Great to hear some love for Lemon!
Great video, really enjoyed this 👍
Feel like I need to re-evaluate October!
I agree about JT and Mothers…that album deserves a stronger closer.
I apologise for the length of this comment but I love expressing my opinions about my favourite bands and U2 is certainly one of them; I'm very young and I got to U2 through my dad who loved their popular stuff and introduced me to their classics at a very young age; this year I finally got to listen to their whole discography and encounter some gems I had never heard before. Now I finally have an opinion on each one of their albums, so I'll just say those in the shortest way possible:
Boy is a great debut in my opinion, it's not exactly my music taste but I absolutely love the first three songs, especially I Will Follow
I'm not a great fan of October and I agree that it is worse than Boy, although I still love a couple of songs, especially Is That All? and With A Shout
In terms of War I absolutely agree, it's a great record with great singles and great lesser known tracks; I'm a big fan of Seconds, but my favourite songs overall would be Two Hearts Beat As One and New Year's Day
The Unforgettable Fire is an absolute masterpiece, one of my favourite U2 albums; I just think it's incredibly beautiful and captures a lot of feelings that are otherwise difficult to capture; my favourites on that one are A Sort Of Homecoming, Pride and Bad
The Joshua Tree is also a great album, however to be honest I don't enjoy most of the non-singles a whole lot; still there are some great songs, such as my favourite Bullet The Blue Sky; in terms of singles I adore Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For and In God's Country
I must agree that Rattle And Hum is a missed opportunity; I love God Part II, Angel Of Harlem, Heartland and All I Want Is You, but not only is the genre not really what I'd normally listen to, the album does feel confusing when U2 songs are mixed with covers, live versions and even the American national anthem
Achtung Baby is an album that deserves all the love it gets; it's not my favourite U2 album but it's definitely close to this title and I agree that it's a masterpiece in terms of reinvention; I especially love the tracks Acrobat and Until The End Of The World
Zooropa is actually a record I don't like, I feel like it's a bit too dark and eerie for me, but I still enjoy a couple songs, such as the title track, Stay and The First Time
Pop is an album I have mixed feelings about and I don't particularly love it; to be honest I really dislike the second half of the album (with the exception of Gone), but I think the first half is really underrated; the album contains two songs I absolutely love: Last Night On Earth and Gone (which is my favourite U2 song overall)
All That You Can't Leave Behind is a bit too much light, I will agree, but I still really enjoy it, and though I really dislike the last two songs on it, I still love Beautiful Day, Wild Honey, When I Look At The World, Walk On and others as well
How To Assemble An Atomic Bomb is one of my favourites, because I actually knew a lot of the songs on it prior to listening to the entire U2 discography (thanks to my dad liking this album); my favourite is Yahweh, but I'm also a big fan of All Because Of You, Crumbs From Your Table and City Of Blinding Lights
No Line On The Horizon might just be my favourite U2 album, I love its sound and its sort of Arabic vibe; I basically love all the songs (with the exceptions of Cedars Of Lebanon and Get On Your Boots), my favourites being Magnificent, I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight, Stand Up Comedy, Breathe, Unknown Caller and FEZ / Being Born
Songs Of Innocence is another one of my favourites, I think it's a great combination of U2's 80s sound with some newer elements and it contains in my opinion one of the greatest streaks of five songs in a row (those being The Miracle, Every Breaking Wave, California, Song For Someone and Iris); it also contains the song Cedarwood Road which is my favourite from this album and my second favourite U2 song
Finally, I agree on Songs Of Experience; I dislike this album, I'm not a fan of the majority of the tracks, it sounds way too "poppy" and artificial; there are two songs I love though, those being Get Out Of Your Own Way (cause I have great memories with it) and my favourite from the album, The Blackout
Absolutely great video I really enjoyed it
AMAZING comment, friend! This video exists for all of the U2 discussion you can bring! And IMO, you have pretty great taste! Love the love for The Unforgettable Fire!!!