| 1991
- Island  |
"Each
track is of approximately similar acoustic value…it’s
not often that I can say that with a straight face, but Achtung, Baby
provides me with that rare opportunity." |
|
|
2000 - Interscope
 |
"The album not only
helped to retain old fans, it earned them new ones. That said,
I still
wouldn’t go so far as to say that this disc is anywhere near
as perfect as The Joshua Tree or Achtung Baby. Instead, it is U2
doing what they do best—making concise, elegant pop-rock."
|
|
| 1980
- Island |
"A
few songs from this album are classic U2. A few seem dated, but still
shine of the greatness that was to come. Yet others are above average
tracks from this young band of talents." |
|
| 1981 - Island  |
"Listen
to it in full and compare it to the prior or subsequent album—it
cannot hold a candle to either nor does it come vaguely close to the
quality of the vast majority of all U2 albums." |
|
| 1997
- Island |
"Some
of the tracks heed to the constructs of the earlier balladry of The
Joshua Tree that guided the album to success. Some of the other tracks
modest attempts at dance. As a result of this dichotomy, Pop is a
bit difficult to digest." |
|
| 1988
- Island |
"If
you've never heard it or heard the songs, you won't be disappointed.
Much of it is live, but the screaming voices of fans doesn't by any
means overpower the talented band." |
|
| 1984
- Island |
"They
will be remembered for their ability to gracefully roll with the times.
Like 'em or love 'em, U2 is here to stay as are some of the songs
from The Unforgettable Fire." |
|
| 1983
- Island |
"It
echoes of unfulfilled talent and anger. There’s not a darned
thing wrong with speaking about politics in music, but sometimes a
band needs to let go and have fun." |
|
| 1993
- Island
|
"U2
is an amazing band, and Zooropa marked a changing and maturing point
in their career." |
|
| 1998
- Mo Wax
|
"It’s
entertaining and diverse, fun and frenetic, loud and soft. But genius?
No. The album would have been incomplete if not for the many different
vocal collaborations and would have sounded much like earlier DJ Shadow
works." |
|
| 1993
- Geffen
|
"They
were unlike anything that was currently on the music scene. They didn't
dress in flannel and wail on about death, drugs, and pain. Rather,
the band echoed of the glorious decade that also brought my birth...the
seventies." |
