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U2 | Format: Audio CD
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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
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  4. If God Will Send His Angels 5:24£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Staring At The Sun 4:36£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Last Night On Earth 4:45£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Gone 4:26£0.89  Buy MP3 
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Listen  9. The Playboy Mansion 4:37£0.69  Buy MP3 
Listen10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress 5:14£0.69  Buy MP3 
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Listen12. Wake Up Dead Man 4:52£0.69  Buy MP3 

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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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CD Island Records, CIDU210 524 334-2, 1997 12 Track

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5.0 out of 5 stars LAST GREAT U2 ALBUM 19 Nov 2011
By B. Iddon
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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4.0 out of 5 stars Glam Rock for the 90s.... 19 Oct 2000
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Format:Audio CD
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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4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good 16 Nov 1999
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I've never been much of a U2 fan, finding all of their albums, including the Joshua Tree incredibly tedious. But for some reason Pop appeals to me in strange way. It was Last night on Earth, which got me originally. It's catchy yet simple riff gliding over the contemporary backing. David Holmes assistance is invaluable in making this an experimental pop record. Better than the old stuff!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Alka Seltzer, please
Achtung Baby felt like an album full of hope and belief in a better world after the fall of communism. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Morinehtar
3.0 out of 5 stars How the Mighty Have Fallen: Merely 'OK'
This is the worst U2 album I ever purchased and heard, with over half the tracks not coming up to the expected standards. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Nicholas Casley
5.0 out of 5 stars 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 13 months ago by Alex Williams
2.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 6 Sep 2010 by robbo's liver
5.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 31 July 2010 by Baz knapp 31/7/10
5.0 out of 5 stars 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 on 8 Jun 2010 by joshthetree
3.0 out of 5 stars 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
1.0 out of 5 stars 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
1.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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