At this moment in time I am collecting cds by certain artists, with the intention of getting the complete collections. In some cases this isnt possible-have you seen the prices for Rolling Stones and beatles cds?.U2 has been one of the first bands on my list, they are a band i have had a love and hate relationship with. I remember there intial power when they came out, due to the excellent guiatr work on the first few albums. From boy in 1980 up until probably the Joshau Tree , the guitar was the lead instrument. They were quite distinctive from the other acts of the day where the Edge was playing Guitar as a rythmn lead, with very strange tuning techniques.
From about 1987 onwards the songs featured more keyboards and other sounds added by Eno and that helped bring their music to a much wiser auidence, particalary in the US. They achived a commercial success with the Joshaut Tree, but this was followed by the largly dissapointing Rattle and Hum, U2 then regrouped to record a string of excellent albums in the 90s like Zooropa and Actung Baby, but then again lost their way a bit with the Pop album in 1998.
I have been going through the albums and have to say that the power of their 1981 album called 'October ' is probably my favrioute. All though i must admit the cover is a bit naff.
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