Subtle Signs Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Pop kicks ass. I still think that a lot of people heard Discotheque and gave up on the album. I bet someday this will be recognized as one of u2's greatest albums. If god will send his angels is possibly my favorite u2 song ever. POPMART is one of the best shows I have ever seen, back in 97 at the Skydome in Toronto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Isnt this their first comeback album that flopped hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpUd_Jr Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 No U2 album has "flopped."Pop is the weakest release thus far, but it still was a success, and had the massive PopMart tour. It wasn't a comeback album because the early 90's were a massively successful time for the band.If anything All That You Can't Leave Behind is their one "comeback" album, having been released after Pop.And that certainly didn't flop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Isnt this their first comeback album that flopped hard?It wasn't a flop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 i wouldnt know, i just read about it in some worst comeback albums ever article and remembered the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EccoTides Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 i wouldnt know, i just read about it in some worst comeback albums ever article and remembered the name You're not too far off though - By U2 standards, the album was a significant commercial disappointment. So it was a "relative" flop, but by normal standards, it did pretty well.As for the album itself, I think it's terrific. I'm not a U2 fan, but their 90s work is fantastic, and Pop still sounds really unique and gutsy to this day. It's got energy and vitality, which is more than I can say for U2's albums after this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I personally love Pop and Staring At The Sun is one of my fav U2 songs, its good that they were trying something much much different at that point and it worked despite the lack of commercial success but as someone said the Popmart tour was stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Staring at The Sun is a great tune. Pop just got the Chinese Democracy treatment in North America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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