"From the Sky Down" (documentary on the making of U2's "Achtung Baby") trailer

[Rolando]

Achtung is my favorite U2 album. It's been said before, every track is good or great! Their 80s stuff was really great, but kinda tired for for the 90s. Achtung had power, energy, strength. Yes it was a peak, and everything other than a peak is not as good. Zooropa was a pretty good throwaway, but much better than Pop!.

[Will Collier]

pinkoos wrote:
[quote=Will Collier]
Meh. That was when they started going downhill IYAM. Soon as I heard "The Fly" on the radio, I knew they'd blown it. But at least it's not as dreadful as "Zooropa" or "Pop"...

What are your favorites pre-AB? I'm of course partial to JT (like everybody else) not only b/c of the music but also what memories that music brings back (ahh, the innocence of high school!).

But I agree that things have gone "downhill" (relatively speaking of course), but I think it started after Pop (with the exception of Zooropa coming between AB and Pop).

Having said that I'm still a fan of the later albums, but just not as much as the War, UF, JT trifecta.
Probably Blood Red Sky. The Unforgettable Fire is a bit uneven, but the good stuff is really, really good.