U2

U2 joined the pantheon of World's Biggest Rock Bands with an album that deserved its monster sales and instant classic status. Great songs ("Running to Stand Still") and hit singles (the three opening tracks) abound.

The stakes are enormous, and U2 knows it. Its last album, The Unforgettable Fire, contained
"Pride (In the Name of Love)," its biggest-selling single ever, and last year the band was the
musical heart of Amnesty International's Conspiracy of Hope tour. Now, it seems, U2 is
poised to rise from the level of mere platinum groups to the more rarefied air above. For a
band that's always specialized in inspirational, larger-than-life gestures – a band... More >

Let it build and ebb and wash and thunder in the background and you'll hear something special--mournful and passionate, stately and involved. Read the lyrics and you won't wince. Tune in Bono's vocals and you'll encounter one of the worst cases of significance ever to afflict a deserving candidate for superstardom. (Grade - B)