Last two albums not included No Rattle& Hum No Under a Blood Red Sky No Wide Awake in America and No Passengers (if you have that album, everything you know is right)
Joshua Tree for sure, though I did really enjoy how to dismantle an atomic bomb more than I thought I would (everything except vertigo...hated that song)
"New Year's Day" alone makes War the best for me, but I really like the focus and sound of that album. To me, it endures in a way that some of their other work will not / does not. Bonus points for "Sunday, Bloody Sunday."
Joshua Tree Rattle and Hum Achtung Baby They are my favorite band by far, not to excited about the latest album though.
The Unforgettable Fire (1984) followed by Achtung Baby (1991) Both of these albums marked a big change from U2's famous stadium sound to something was a hybrid of post-punk and arena rock in the 1984 album, to post-punk and Avant-Garde/neo-psychedelic/Acid House by 1991.
Recently AV Club did an article about why POP is misunderstood and underrated. Hopefully when the 20th anniversary comes around, more people will give it another look. I'm of the opinion that people got caught up in the marketing of the album and didn't even bother to give the music a chance. http://www.avclub.com/article/u2s-electronic-heavy-pop-deserves-more-respect-its-209012 Still, Achtung Baby is my choice <iframe width="853" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/h0HtcouY2zQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
This sounds like history repeating itself. Loved Zooropa and Pop. I think people thought the whole album sounded like Discotechque , but it doesn't. For the people thinking they never write any Sunday Bloody Sunday songs, they always do. there's the protest song on Pop. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/t2c5MV1AISY?list=PLE83F482CFF353AD8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
https://www.list.co.uk/article/65188-lars-ulrich-inspired-by-u2-album-download/ Metallica drummer, Lars Ulrich has admitted that he was "immensely" inspired by U2's shocking automatic iTunes download for their new album, 'Songs Of Innocence'. Metallica's Lars Ulrich has praised U2 for giving away their album on iTunes. The drummer has come out in favour of U2's controversial decision to make their new album, 'Songs Of Innocence', an automatic and free download for over 500 million Apple users, calling it "immensely" inspirational and even compared the record's release to "reinventing the wheel". Talking to Billboard, Lars said: "It's 2014 and anybody who thinks outside the box, or attempts in any way, shape or form, to break the status quo in the world of music, should be applauded. To me, it's not about whether the endeavour is a success or not. It's the fact that they have the balls and the foresight to throw something radical at us." U2 frontman Bono recently insisted the giveaway was "punk rock" and he was happy to "shake things up" in the music industry with the release. He said: "That's always been the way. It was the same on our first album. That was kind of why you got into a band, to stir things up and annoy people. That's the whole punk rock thing... the only thing that could have gone wrong would have been being ignored." The 'One' rocker then pointed out over 38 million people listened to the record within a week of release, so he feels fulfilled by the decision. He added: "If you're a songwriter, if you're in a band, that's all you can ask for. Whether they take them to their heart is something else."
IT's kind of a toss up between War, October, and Boy. They are all really good albums. Joshua Tree was their first album that wasn't solid all the way through. After that most albums had some excellent stuff on it, but also some pure crap. Recently the pure crap has been outnumbering the excellent stuff.
