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U2
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.5854
U2 Album Rankings
1
Opening with the ominous, fiery protest of "Sunday Bloody Sunday,"Warimmediately announces itself as U2's most focused and hardest-rocking album to date.
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2
Old school U2 fans, listen up. That album that U2 promised to give to you afterZooropacame out...
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3
Debating what U2 era was their best is sort of like debating whichStar Trekseries is best. Old U2, new U2, "Next Generation" or "The Original Series".
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4
A slower album than most, Bomb eventually reveals itself as a work of genius, wrapping religion, love and life into emotionally thrilling gifts.
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5
The stakes are enormous, and U2 knows it.
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6
I can't live if living is without you. I can't live, I can't give any more. Can't live if living is without you. I can't give, I can't give any more.
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7
IsRattle And Huma movie soundtrack, a U2 live album, an "in-the-process" look at how the band records, or just a hodge-podge of music?I think critics have been trying to figure this out for years, and
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8
U2 had only hinted at expanding their sonic palette on 1983's brilliantWar, with the closing song "40" showcasing a softer yet grandiose band.
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9
The Beatles going psychedelic onRubber Soul. Dylan plugging in the electricity onHighway 61 Revisited. Metallica embracing pop onMetallica.
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10
"Nowthisis what should have released instead ofPop," an average U2 fan may say after listening to U2's latest release.
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11
I Will Follow," the kickoff cut from the debut album by Irish whiz kids U2, is a beguiling, challenging, perfect single.
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12
This Irish band's incantatory power is no more vividly demonstrated than in concert, and this eight-song minialbum, culled from their last tour, gives ample evidence why people have been calling U2 th
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13
It is soberingly difficult, when considering this collection, to imagine that there will ever be another group remotely comparable to U2.
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14
Isn't it a natural for me to review an Irish band today? The Chicago River is dyed green (though it always seems to have that slimey color, so why bother dying it?), everyone I know is Irish for a day
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15
Track listing: 1) Gloria ; 2) I Fall Down; 3) I Threw A Brick Through A Window; 4) Rejoice ; 5) Fire; 6) Tomorrow ; 7) October; 8) With A Shout; 9) Stranger In A Strange Land; 10) Scarlet; 11) Is That
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16
Two new songs, classic cuts, plus a remixed look at the band's third decade once you absorb the idea that the sixteen tracks onThe Best of 1990-2000aren't the best songs U2 recorded during that decade
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17
Track listing: 1) A Sort Of Homecoming; 2) Pride ; 3) Wire ; 4) The Unforgettable Fire ; 5) Promenade; 6) 4th Of July; 7) Bad ; 8) Indian Summer Sky; 9) Elvis Presley And America ; 10) MLK.
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18
First single lifted from the much-hyped new U2 album, How To Dismantle Bono's Atomic Ego, Vertigo is a suitably rumbling rock epic with which to kick off proceedings.
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30
This CD single is from U2's 1993 album Zooropa. This was the first and only single released from the album in most parts of the world.
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33
One 12" vinyl single was released for the song "One." It is also a charity fundraiser, though the CD version has superior tracks.
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35
This CD single is the sixth from U2's 1997 album, Pop. It contains three non-LP tracks, including two studio songs and one live song.
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37
This CD single is the fourth from the band's 1997 album, Pop. All five tracks on this CD are exclusive to this release, making it a great single.
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46
This CD single is the second released from U2's 1991 album Achtung Baby. It contains five versions of the psychedelic rock anthem, including four remixes.
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47
This is the second single from U2's 1997 album Pop. It is no surprise that the "Monster Truck Mix" is produced by Butch Vig, because it sounds just like his band Garbage.
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56
Island and U2 realized that longtime fans of the band wouldn't need The Best of 1980-1990.
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