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Pop

by U2

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All Time

of 455,477

1,164
1990's

of 166,477

483
1997

of 22,650

53

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.2678 Pop is ranked overall as 3.2678 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.2900 Pop has an avg. critic score of 3.2900 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Try as they might, U2 do not take to postmodern irony easily. Take the band's Feb. 12 press conference to announce their upcoming PopMart world tour. ...more

Rolling Stone

The conventional, major-label A&R wisdom on electronica boils down to this: "If only we could find a rock band that plays dance music and can write real songs." U2 did just that on "Pop" -- and nobody cared. ...more

Yahoo! Music

Again delving into some Vegas-style self-mockery, Pop (1997) delivers a few great leaps ("Discotheque," "Miami") into matching the U2's pop-tune sensibilities with dense techno textures but then backs off to more traditional rock songstering. ...more

Yahoo! Music

While no one's ever accused U2 of being a Stryper in wolf's clothing, the group's new albm, Pop may well be the one that finally capsizes the arkful of questions that the band's nebulously articulated religious beliefs have always begged. ...more

Yahoo! Music

No matter which way you look at it, Pop doesn't have the same shock of the new that Achtung Baby delivered on first listen. Less experimental and more song-oriented than Zooropa, Pop attempts to sell the glitzy rush of techno to an audience weaned on arena rock. And that audience includes U2 themselves. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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". Both have die hard followings and are inflexible when it comes to their beliefs.I guess you...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Slant Magazine

Electronica is for those who like their music best served cold. At least that used to be the prevailing belief among rock purists, before the world's biggest rock gods starting wondering what all those knobs and buttons did over there on the other...read the complete review at Slant Magazine

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The A.V. Club

Read any media analysis of the slumping record industry, and you'll likely be inundated with insider quotes about how electronic music is the Next Big Thing, and how the fate of the industry rests on how many units U2's brand-new, heavily hyped,...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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