U2

Bono & Co's first foray into post-modern Euro pop and cold Kraut rock was one of the 1990s defining monster hits. Songs such as "The Fly" and "Zoo Station" experiment with sound, while "One" may just be their finest romantic ballad.

Having spent a good part of the Eighties as one of the most iconic bands in the world, U2
hardly needs to resort to a cheekily absurd title to draw attention to its first album in three
years. Then again, subtlety has never been one of the group's virtues. In its early days and
in its basic musical approach – a guitar, a few chords and the truth, to paraphrase one of
Bono's more garish assertions – U2 fell in with other young bands that cropped u... More >