Album Rating: 3.5

"I just don't get how people could hate this"



here's the thing about U2 fans:

there's a camp who've convinced themselves everything after Achtung Baby is garbage

and there's a generation who grew up on their 2000s material and prior hit singles but don't know the deep cuts

aside from complete diehards, that leaves this album and Zooropa the odd ones out

Album Rating: 4.0

also not helped by the fact that (speaking as someone who loves both the band and the album) the lyrics on this album are really really fucking bad like 90% of the time lol

Album Rating: 4.0

there's a camp who've convinced themselves everything after Achtung Baby is garbage



and there's a generation who grew up on their 2000s material and prior hit singles but don't know the deep cuts



aside from complete diehards, that leaves this album and Zooropa the odd ones out



DUDE, THIS IS SO FUCKING TRUE.

Album Rating: 4.0

Also I'm the only idiot who bought october, and I'm not regretful about it.

Album Rating: 4.0

a good cd good rock band on songs some pop

Album Rating: 4.0

Miami is the only weak song in the album for me.

Album Rating: 4.0

miami is the best on here for me prob tho I also love the shit out of gone, velvet dress and do you feel loved. mofo is definitely the weakest, tho lyrically that honor goes to the playboy mansion lol



october is okay. no real standout cuts but nothing bad. just kinda boring

Album Rating: 3.5

yeah Miami and Playboy are probably the weakest here, though Angels has always felt really out of place on here so it kinda rubs me the wrong way too



Velvet Dress is mad underrated

Album Rating: 3.5

Miami is my least favorite but I don’t dislike it. Playboy Mansion and Velvet Dress are both great and underrated.

Album Rating: 4.0

miami is so fucking cool tho. Love the way the two main drum patterns at the end play at the same time during the fade out and when the guitars hit before the beat switch is sick

Album Rating: 4.0

Pop is another "one hot minute" of the 90's.

Album Rating: 3.5

The grooves and atmosphere on Miami are pretty cool, there's just not enough dynamic range on the record version for the song to feel like it really goes anywhere imo. Live on the other hand - and as a tongue-in-cheek lead-in to Bullet no less? Whew.

Album Rating: 1.0

this the record where U2's remixes outperformed the original tracks. never a good sign.

Album Rating: 1.5

Miami is like the only song on this I return to. The song about the playboi mansion is gold too

Album Rating: 4.2

@toad nah



the remixes remove the charm and inventiveness of the originals and replace them with shitty generic pop structures and sounds



they're basically a straight precursor to Leave Behind and it's legion of middle-of-the-road successors

Album Rating: 4.0

discotheque is the only remix where i really noticed a dramatic difference in quality and sound but I haven't heard them since i was like 12

Album Rating: 3.0

Not their best, but it has some gems. Please is perhaps one my favorite U2 tracks of all time

Album Rating: 4.0

do you feel loved>velvet dress>gone>miami>please>wake up dead man>staring at the sun>last night on earth>discotheque>if god will send>playboy>mofo

Album Rating: 3.5

honestly never understood the hate for Mofo, it's one of the best here musically and even the spotty lyrics have far better moments than most of the other songs on this

Album Rating: 4.0

mofo is cool sounding but its also kind of atonal and grating



usually I'm a big fan of their b sides and non album material but holy fuck their happiness is a warm gun cover is lol