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I totally and utterly agree with the other review here (by Kooeyman). I came here to write a review about an album I've been listening to for years and its already been said!



I never disliked this album when it came out even though the general verdict was 'crap'. It wasn't, however, an album I played on a regular basis. I would always play 'DO YOU FEEL LOVED', 'MOFO', 'LAST NIGHT ON EARTH' and 'GONE' as though they were the U2 classics I had spent most of my music life with. It was the tracks 'STARING AT THE SUN', 'IF GOD WOULD SEND HIS ANGELS' (oh my god - worse than NUMB!) that would put me off this album.



Its not a techno dance album. The latter half of this album is infact heavier than most of their other work. If there is a U2 album that has been misunderstood then it has to be POP (probably something to do with the album's title - really, Erasure came up with the title before U2 - not a 'band' you want to follow I would definately say!!!)



Now with some perspective, I can listen to the whole album all the way through and absolutely fall into it. Its GREAT! Its better than ATYCLB (overrated in my opinion) and HTDAAB by far.



Then again, time may well do the same for the above 2 albums.

May not have liked it in '97, but it's growing on me now

I remember at first, I really wasn't into this CD. The first 7 songs were great, but thought the rest of the songs were pretty disposable. Then 8 years later, I start playing this CD again. I'm not sure if it's because ...Atomic Bomb is that bad, but Pop is really starting to grow on me.



Though at times the experimentation may fail, at least they had some type of spark with this CD. Though the least of my favorite 3 CD's from the 90's era, it holds its own quite well.

Im not a kid

I actually know tons about music, I just dont have an amazon accont so please listen to me.

With that being said, Pop is the third album of a techno trilogy. Why they maid this series, I dont know. Some earlier reviewer seemed to have a good idea, but Im hear to talk about the album.

I got this album after I got Joshua Tree, All that you cant leave behind, Rattle and Hum,and live at slane. When I first listened to it, I thought it was alright, but it didnt have the beutiful music u2 is capible of, exept staring at the sun which i didnt like because I was used to the awsome slane acustic version. I kind of stoped listing to it and after a while someone stole it from me and I didnt make an atempt to re purches it.



Now, Ive since gotten "achtung baby" and "how to dismantle an atomic bomb" both in which are good albums, but I have goon back to hearing some of these songs and am thinking, why havent i gotten this again? the songs bring you back if you havent listened them for a while. I find most of the techno on this is better then the techno songs on achtung baby, and amazing. So the follwing discriptions are of my impression going back to the songs.



Discoteque' is such a great pop,distorted,rock tune with amazing guitar and vocals.

Do you feel loved sort of lifts you out of your seat, kind of like city of blinding lights from "htdaab"

mofo a guilty pleasure if you like it, which i think you will a he he he

I love staring at the sun which isnt really techno but you know.

Miami-ummmmmmm it has a great distorted rock riff thats simple but addiciting with bono screaming MIAMI!!!! in the back round.

Last night on earth-jeez i love to have this HTDAAB like song back.



theres a couple of other pretty good ones, but keep in mind, U2 has never really produced an album containg all outstanding songs, just ones with like 6 outstanding ones.



one thing I want to add, people who put this album down because of the style, I can understand. But please keep in mind, all of U2's 80 material sounded the same kind off, like guitar style and fillers that sound the same, even though that was the time they produced music masterpieces. They needed a change. Their collection needed more variety, which might be why zoology. They just found a more popular way with ATYCLB and HTDAAB. People who put them down cuz they think u2 betrayed people can go listen to the consistant sounds of New Found Glory and blink 182, but at least this band gave you 3 diffrent styles of varitey, here are the techno three, take them or leave them.