War

1. Sunday Bloody Sunday: 10/10
2. Seconds: 9/10
3. New Year's Day: 10/10
4. Like A Song...: 10/10
5. Drowning Man: 9.5/10
6. The Refugee: 9/10
7. Two Hearts Beat As One: 8/10
8. Red Light: 8.5/10
9. Surrender: 8/10
10. '40': 8.5/10

🤍 War: 9/10 🤍

As a certified cringe GEN-Z whomst by being amongst the internet culture I have always joined the the hive mind in thinking that U2 sucks and only boomers like them even though I only heard like that one song of theirs out in the wild. Well today I finally listened to their album called "WAR" and for like the 90% of the runtime my bias against them was becoming my actual thoughts of them. It was the boring 80's alternative rock that I don't care for...

Then I heard "Red ... read more

1983!

Well, not bad. Not too bad, I shall say. Nowadays, U2 has a reputation for being fodder solely for uncool boomers, but alas, there was a time where things were much different. So, is prime and young U2 "cool"? No, not really. It's like Foo Fighters. Kind of cool, but they never really were truly cool at any point. Can I talk about anything but coolness? No?

Ok, cooling off here with "Sunday Bloody Sunday", the opening track. It's a highlight for sure, ... read more

A really thought-provoking and politically charged album with great, delicate production and catchy songs. Love just how emotional Bono sounds here and I really like the instrumentals here. This post-punk style works really well for them. Only thing is, certain songs here feel a bit weaker than others.