LT42 My brother is good friends with Gore, spent a lot of time with him in Santa Barbara. An incredibly sound and down to earth chap. It was Depeche Mode and U2 in the 80s for me, of course.
alistair LT42 I share your love of U2. From Boy to Pop, they were excellent. Zooropa tour was superb. REM also had a long purple patch
Homegrove Wasily yeah, usually if one likes one, then he likes them all, but there’s always a favorite.
Homegrove alistair you’re a brave man rating anything beyond Achtung Baby. I was the same, but can’t listen to Zooropa or Pop anymore.
LT42 Homegrove you’re a brave man to slate ANYTHING concerning U2. If I had a signature on here, that would be mine.
Dan Violator is a tremendous album. I was given a tour of the The Church Studio in Crouch End where it was recorded.
apyssjw Dan is that the mute studio mentioned in the album’s Wikipedia page, or something else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violator_(album)
alistair Have to say Exciter is seriously underrated. Handful of excellent tracks and Mark Bell’s production is 👌
Homegrove Smallman1 no time like the present mate. Danny Tenaglia’s remix of I Feel Loved is overrated IMO. Just to get that out of the way.
Along_the_Wire Love Depeche Mode, but after Songs of Faith and Devotion, I pretty much stopped bothering. Though Songs of Faith and Devotion was a bit of a let down, but having revisited it after the last Depeche Mode thread (by the way, H), I love it.
Old-Dutch The U2 Pop tour concert at Wembley was the best concert I’ve ever been to. Absolutely incredible
LT42 Along_the_Wire Maybe now, yes, but they’re overall output since 1980 is HOF worthy. It’s written in stone.
