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U2 formed in 1978 after Larry Mullen pinned a 'musicians wanted' ad to the notice board at Dublin's Temple Mount School. Adam Clayton had discovered rock'n'roll as a thirteen year old, buying his first acoustic guitar and then talking his parents into buying him a bass guitar. 'It just sounded good to me. Deep and fat and satisfying.'
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  • Audio CD (30 May 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
  • ASIN: B000001EAQ
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 8,743 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Discotheque 5:20£0.89
Listen  2. Do You Feel Loved 5:07£0.69
Listen  3. Mofo 5:47£0.69
Listen  4. If God Will Send His Angels 5:24£0.69
Listen  5. Staring At The Sun 4:36£0.89
Listen  6. Last Night On Earth 4:45£0.69
Listen  7. Gone 4:26£0.89
Listen  8. Miami 4:52£0.69
Listen  9. The Playboy Mansion 4:37£0.69
Listen10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress 5:14£0.69
Listen11. Please 5:02£0.69
Listen12. Wake Up Dead Man 4:52£0.69

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BBC Review

The Edge described Pop, rather disingenuously, as being, ''about as far away from U2 as it is possible to be". This was strange considering that their last album, in collaboration with Brian Eno, had been the very un-U2 Passengers album. This was the point where, despite their epic status as world superstars, U2 were finally proven to have feet of clay.

It's the sound of a band not reinventing themselves (as they did on Achtung Baby), but straining to keep up with the zeitgeist. In 1997 Britpop was on the wane, and dance music was now mainstream. The band employ Howie B, Steve Osborne and Flood to pep up some quite straightforward songs with loops, samples and bubbling synths. But despite the fairy dust they still have a somewhat dour heart.

Opening single Discotheque may have had a jolly camp glitterball romp of a video, but the irony seemed forced. By Last Night On Earth and Gone the party mood's soured and the other blast of fresh air: Mofo, has been forgotten. Closer, Wake Up Dead Man, may be the grimmest thing they ever committed to tape.

The number of singles released from Pop (six out of 12) just drove home the point that maybe U2 had strayed too far. Barely any of this material was used in subsequent gigs, and on their next studio outing they returned to what, after all, they knew best: pure stadium rock. --Dennis O'Dell

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
LAST GREAT U2 ALBUM 19 Nov 2011
Format:Audio CD
For me POP is the last special U2 album.After this they just produced ordinary sounding music without that something special that made U2 so,well special.Such a shame because i always looked forward to every new release the band came out with.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Massively underated. 15 May 2005
Format:Audio CD
Pop is certainly not the disaster many make it out to be. It is difficult to see where people are coming from when they label this excellent effort a letdown. The excellent discotheque and MOFO set the tone and establish the glamrock genre of the album. However, this is not a one-dimensional album. If God will send his angels and staring at the sun are beautifully crafted gems that prove the versitility of the band. The excellent gone, last night on earth and please make this excellent fare.
Could have been U2's best album, but I am not a fan of if you wear that velvet dress, the playboy mansion or Miami, and as a huge U2 fan it is a rarity for me to dislike so many songs from any one U2 album.
Well worth the money, will stay fresh for a long time.
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If the glam rockers of the 1970s could come back now, after the musical changes from the last two decades, someone like Slade would be releasing singles like those on POP. Though to say that the whole album can be generalised like this would be wrong.

The most noticable difference in U2 since their late 1980s albums has been the difference in 'mood' in their songs. Gone were the love songs, and small political messages towards the US, now the band were digging at commercialism and consumerism. Along with this change, Larry Mullen Jr (the U2 Drum machine) has evolved with the times, and this is very noticable on POP - it's U2 to a different beat.

The songs... aha, what was that 'Discotheque' all about? Well, it was OK wasn't it? 'Please', 'God will send his angels', 'staring at the sun'... You've probably heard them. However, 'Miami' and 'Mofo' could be the most experimental songs on there, both with beats to die for and 'sing-a-long-a whatever' lyrical mix.

Basically, some people will be disapointed with the fact that this album, along with Achtung Baby and Zooropa, is not the Joshua Tree. However, it isn't 1987 - so U2 should be commended for their way of making new music, and not the way they don't make the same past successes all over again....

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Misunderstood Masterpiece!
I remember when 'POP' came out about two weeks before my 13th birthday. I think I had just got into U2 after hearing one of their finest songs ' Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alex Williams
I bet they wish 'no line' had sold this many!
Originally released in 1997 to a mixed reception,this was U2 hitting rock bottom(at the time),via an apparent midlife crisis as they all approached 40. Read more
Published 21 months ago by robbo's liver
POP the classic album way ahead of its time.
Hello readers,

Ok personaly i think POP is an absolutly brillient album,
A masterpiece, Deffinatly worth a rating of 5 stars, well thats my opinion anyway,
And... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Baz knapp 31/7/10
One Size Fits All
U2's Pop is probably their most under rated album and probably their finest. Though it was released in 1997, today it still sounds as fresh and shiny as it did 13 years ago, it... Read more
Published 24 months ago by joshthetree
Not a great 60 minute album
If you're only curious then I suggest skipping this album and instead buying the 1990-2000 Best Of as it has the three best songs on this album. Read more
Published on 28 May 2010 by BS on parade
Dreadful
Dreadful. The depths to which this over-rated band have stooped are reached and even exceeded in this criminally bad album. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2009 by Nostromo
not received yet
i am sure it is ok, but i don't know as I still didn't received this item !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Published on 29 April 2009 by Alena Elicerova
Pop by name, not by content!
Excellent album by U2 and easily one of their best! It's called Pop and many think it's all dance music. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009 by T. Heffernan
Why are you even thinking about this ?
I mean really ? Discotheque aside, there is no reason to listen to this album, ever. If you're a U2 fan then why aren't you listening to Joshua Tree, Actung baby, Zooropa or... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2008 by Richard Self
stray effort
U2 I feel tried to become a part of the times with this album, and in my opinion, it didn't suit them. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2008 by Mr. P. S. JOHNSON
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