I bought it on the day (in the late morning) of its release during my last year of university. My buddy came by my house that evening (while I was out) and "borrowed" it. I came home about midnight and noticed it was missing - my roommate told me that this "friend" of mine (we are actually still friends had taken it. I proceeded to march right over to his house, banged on his bedroom door until he woke up, scolded him, and took it back.
I can remenber the first sound of Pop with Discoteque and Holy Joe and it was weird ... they were going far with those changes ...from Angel of harlme / all i want is you to Discotque /Miami passing through Zoo station/The Fly ...that was disconcerting for moments ..but when i listened to all Pop i saw that the magic of U2 was there