Originally posted by dougman23:To me, No Line was more like a soundtrack to a movie. Very sound landscap-y. I can listen to it when I need to concentrate elsewhere and it washes over me. The Unforgettable Fire, outside the hits, does that. Atomic Bomb was, to me, an uneven album, but I love Yahweh and even Vertigo, and City of Blinding Lights was good the first 100 times.
I really think SOI was the best pure release in the "2nd era" of U2 for songs. I do not hate Leave Behind like so many...I think it is good to great for 2/3rds. But outside a song or two, the songs aren't all timers for me (I really like Kite and In a Little While). SOI brought more songs that, if released in a different era, would have resonated. Cedarwood, Joey Ramone, Every Breaking Wave...