U2 The Unforgettable Fire
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TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
March 30th 2015


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I love the atmosphere this has

F1Aaron
September 28th 2015


19 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Anyone here like Wire? I really like the delay on Edge's guitar, very ringing and atmospheric

Rowan5215
Emeritus
September 28th 2015


48410 Comments

Album Rating: 4.6

Wire is great yea love Bono's outro too



I'M ALRIGHT JACK YOU GET OFF MY BACK

Rowan5215
Emeritus
June 13th 2016


48410 Comments

Album Rating: 4.6

no spoken words



just a SCUHHHHHREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAMMMMMMMM

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
June 13th 2016


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Wire and Bad are incredible





I'M WIIIIIIDDDDE AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKEEE

onionbubs
June 13th 2016


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Wire rips. made a best u2 song list and it was there.



HERES THE ROPE

HERES THE ROPE

NOW

SWING A LITTLE

Ocean of Noise
June 14th 2016


11368 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Love this album.

JustLikeBart
March 15th 2017


96 Comments


I don't understand the antipathetic consensus toward this version of Bad. It still slaps.

ashcrash9
Emeritus
April 6th 2017


3492 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the bridge in the t/t with those strings and crashing percussion is like, top 5 U2 moments ever



I hate how some of this is so skippable, especially with stuff as gold as that, A Sort of Homecoming, & Bad. Such a weird transition record

onionbubs
April 6th 2017


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

although i think itd have been even better if it included some of the many many great songs that never made the album i actually dont find most of this album skippable. granted a lot of the songs have grown pretty hard on me over time due to many listens to this



Im gonna try and create an alternate tracklist containing three sunrises on it, sixty seconds, love comes tumbling and bass trap in place of the lesser songs

onionbubs
April 6th 2017


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Here's what i got

Side 1 (kinda the side with the brighter sounding songs)

1. A Sort of Homecoming

2. Pride (In the Name of Love)

3. Wire

4. Bad

5. The Three Sunrises

Side 2 (the more atmospheric based side)

6. Love Comes Tumbling

7. Promenade

8. The Unforgettable Fire

9. Bass Trap

10. Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come

the instrumentals closing out the album adds an interesting flavor imo

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
April 6th 2017


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Interesting track listing. I think that idea works better for their 2000s albums, cause I wouldn't want to be without any of the tracks here. You omit the entire second half besides Bad, which I understand, but they're still great songs.

4th of July is a cool Eno sounding interlude, Indian Summer Sky has great guitars even if the chorus maybe doesn't really fit, Elvis Presley goes on too long but is still great, and MLK is a nice album outro with great Bono vocals.

Given the fantastic bonus songs from these sessions it would've made a great Californication kind of double album idea, or one disc be of hit songs, and the other be atmospheric soundscapes.

hasan
April 6th 2017


994 Comments


love the south park bout bono haha

onionbubs
April 6th 2017


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

oh i also love those songs but this is an album thats been around basically my entire music listening voyage so most of the back half has grown on me a fuck ton. plus i prefer those b sides over the majority of the back half anyways



a double album would be interesting now that you bring it up since there are some cool songs that i didnt even include there

onionbubs
April 6th 2017


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Here's my idea for a double album tracklist

Side 1

1. A Sort of Homecoming

2. Pride

3. Disappearing Act

4. Love Comes Tumbling

Side 2

5. The Three Sunrises

6. Bad

7. Wire

8. The Unforgettable Fire

Side 3

9. Promenade

10. Indian Summer Sky

11. Elvis Presley and America

12. MLK

Side 4 (Instrumentals)

13. Bass Trap

14. 4th of July

15. Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
April 7th 2017


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Nice. It's cool they made so much more music from these sessions, like the Boomerang songs and Yoshino Blossom

onionbubs
April 7th 2017


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

boomerang is cool yeah. interesting hearing some of the guitar part pop up in love comes tumbling as well



this and joshua are probably my favorite b side era

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
April 7th 2017


21027 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I feel the same. Bass Trap is amazing and their best b-side imo

BigHans
August 25th 2017


30959 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

BAD is the greatest song ever so theres that

TheNotrap
July 14th 2019


19369 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off

Pride is pure heavy metal



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