U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
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Artist: U2Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-06-15
Music Label: Island Records
Soundtracks:
- A Sort Of Homecoming
- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
- Wire
- The Unforgettable Fire
- Promenade
- 4th Of July
- Bad
- Indian Summer Sky
- Elvis Presley And America
- MLK
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Free Music Review: My favorite...not their best
Hit: 4 Stars
This CD broke right about the time that I was finishing high school and heading off to college and U2 was bridging the gap between being a college radio Irish band and musical supergroup. "The Joshua Tree" and other later discs will be lauded by most as the bands best...bit this one is my favorite.
It is a monumental jump in craft and production from the anger fueled "War". Songs like "Promenade" "A Sort of Homecoming" and the "Unforgettable Fire" provide the sonic foundation for songs like "Pride" and "Bad" (Which ranks up there with "Rosalita" as the best songs that I have ever seen performed live.)
There are a few uneven moments, but even with that being said...I would not call any of them mistakes. Almost 25 years after release I still pull this CD up and listen to it from start to finish.
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An appreciable leap forward in almost every fashion from the group's first trio of albums, The Unforgettable Fire is its first with the production team of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. And while they take a strong hand in wrestling U2's music out of the mainstream and into a more individualistic area, it's the songs themselves that demand a more subtle approach. Moody gems such as "A Sort of Homecoming" and the entrancing "Bad" set the table for more explosive fare such as "Pride," "Wire," and the title track. This is the album that made U2 a career act, showing that their music could grow by leaps and bounds, even at the hand of another, without sacrificing its soul. --Daniel DurchholzThe Unforgettable Fire finds U2 caught between the taut angry rock of War and the kinetic, spiritual energy of The Joshua Tree. That's not a bad place to be, but like any crossroads it has its moments of indecision. "Pride (In the Name of Love)," "Wire", and the heroic "Bad" rank with their finest work. "4th of July" and "Elvis Presley and America" do not; hence this album's unstable foothold in their canon. Its strengths make it a must for fans, but its weaknesses make War, Joshua Tree, or Achtung Baby a better place to start. --Michael Ruby
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