U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
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Free Music Review: One of the Greatest Classic Rock CDs of All Time!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite of all of U2's releases, with Achtung Baby and Joshua Tree very close behind. The CD is one of those rare CDs that you can't stand to listen to just one song or two; you have to listen from beginning to end. U2 had really found their sound with this release and it's done with perfection. The release starts out with "A Sort of Homecoming" - one of my all-time favorite U2 songs. It's catchy and very fun to sing along with, but not catchy in the commercial sense. "Pride" is a great rocker that most people know and enjoy. "Bad" is another one of my all-time favorite U2 songs - incredibly deep lyrics and Bono's interpretation gives the song a sense of awe. "MLK" is a very powerful, but short song that, like "Love is Blindness" - on Achtung Baby, I love to listen to the song in complete darkness. Try it sometime with both songs, you'll be amazed at the power of both of these songs in the dark without day-to-day distractions. I can't recommend this CD enough - it is a thrill from start to finish. I played this release a lot in the 80's and here in the new millenium, I still play it a lot. Many CDs can't stand the test of time, but this one sure does.Free Music Review: Warm
Hit: 5 Stars
I listened to this album too many times as a young person to be objective. I remember the first time I heard the opening guitar/drum lines of "Pride" on the car radio. It sent chills up my 9 year old arms.
I grew up to be a musician and producer heavily influenced by U2/Eno/Lanios. This album stands up to the test of time on many levels. I have only a few things to add that may not be known:
1. Technically speaking, the soundstage of this record is very unusual: thick, layered and warm for albums of this era. In fact, Eno's entire mix is not only a unique contrast to the "bright, excited" sound typical of 83/84, it is unique to ANY album I've ever heard. This is 100% intentional on Eno's part. Listen to this on a good set of monitors and it will engulf you.
2. Larry Mullen recorded several final drum tracks with loud and live monitors in the drum room, which bled into the tracks and perhaps lend an amount of bleed and tonal characteristics of amplification.
3. The Edge has stated that this is the album that he feels stands up best over time, and he still enjoys listening to it.
A classic.
Free Music Review: Remaster This Masterpiece NOW
Hit: 5 Stars
Why are U2 making their legions of worldwide fans suffer through the excruciatingly awful sounding albums that remain on the market. None have yet to see a remaster job on the level of the new Joshua Tree reissue: Boy, October, War, The Unforgettable Fire, and Achtung Baby. Hell, even Rattle and Hum and the EP's Wide Awake and Under a Blood Red Sky need to be remastered from the original tapes (not just remixed from the existing stock). Am I the only one who would buy these? Soooo many lesser bands have had their entire catalogs reissued, why not one of the biggest selling bands in the world?
I'm not asking for vault-clearing excess, but I need to hear The Unforgettable Fire the way it was meant to be heard (some of the era's B-sides would also be nice). Yes, I know many have made it on to the Greatest Hits CD's. This is U2 nearing it's creative peak (culminating with JT) and picking up again with Actung Baby. Get this CD out now, please. Stop making lackluster "new" records long enough to correct this grievous error, and possibly win some new fans in the process.
Free Music Review: So many are missing the REAL beauty here
Hit: 5 Stars
I am absolutely amazed by the reviewers who state: "Promenade", "4th of July", "Indian Summer Sky" and, in particular, "Elvis Presley and America" are somehow weak or sub-par. These are some of the best moments U2 has EVER created. This is clearly a band in the begining stages of musical and emotional maturation and unabashedly unafarid to put it out there as such.
His 1st person observation in "Promenade" is nothing short of breath-taking, and the way "4th of July" creeps into my skin is almost frightening.
The only thing that "Indian..." and "Wire" share in common is tempo, and even that's not quite the same.
A little known fact: Bono made up the lyrics on the spot to "Elvis...", that's why it's so ethereal. it still makes me cry when he and the band crescendo together towards the end, begging to be forgiven.
listen to these songs again and TRY TRY TRY to remove yourselves from the constraints of pop music and what is only heard on the radio. allow yourself to feel and be moved by these gems, they are brilliant.
Free Music Review: U2's best by a whisker
Hit: 5 Stars
While "Joshua Tree" is probably U2's most universally acknowledged album, this is their best, both in musicianship and originality. The Edge has sometimes sounded better, but has never before or since been able to get the beautiful sounds from his guitar that he did here. Bono has also never sung so nicely. Mullen's drumming is more than adequate. Clayton...well...Clayton has never added much to the band in my opinion, but he does only what he needs to, which is good. Eno's production is fantastic."Pride", which is one of U2's most famous tunes, is the tamest of all the songs. "A Sort Of Homecoming", the title track, and a host of other songs make you feel like you could float away. "Wire" is just an insane hodgepodge of guitar harmonics and rhythms that completely boggle one's mind. The song is the opposite of the aforementioned but has the same cathartic effect by the time its over. "Bad" is an indisputable classic. This is a must-own for all rock fans and fans to true alternative music.