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  1. My Pop deluxe

    CD I Album

    01 - Discotheque (05:19)
    02 - Do You Feel Loved (05:07)
    03 - Mofo (05:49)
    04 - If God Will Send His Angels (Single version) (04:35)
    05 - Staring at the Sun (04:36)
    06 - Last Night On Earth (Single Version) (04:16)
    07 - Gone (04:26)
    08 - Miami (04:53)
    09 - The Playboy Mansion (04:40)
    10 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress (05:15)
    11 - Please (Single Version) (05:49) - I like the original version too
    12 - Wake up Dead Man (04:52)

    CD II Bonus track

    13 - Holy Joe (Garage Mix) (04:21)
    14 - Numb (Emergency Broadcast Network Mix) (04:57)
    15 - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (The Gun Mix) (04:46)
    16 - Staring At The Sun [New Mix] (04:49)
    17 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (04:45)
    18 - Gone [New Mix] (04:34)
    19 - North And South Of The River (04:38)
    20 - Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad (04:13)
    21 - Slow Dancing [Featuring Willie Nelson] (04:02)
    22 - Dirty Day [Junk Day Mix] (04:42)
    23 - Lemon [Jeep Mix] (05:30)
    24 - Holy Joe (Guilty Mix) (05:09)
    25 - Discotheque [New Mix] (04:42)

    CD III Please (Popheart Live EP)

    26 - Please (Live From Rotterdam) (07:11)
    27 - Where The Streets Have No Name (Live From Rotterdam) (06:33)
    28 - With Or Without You (Live From Edmonton) (04:40)
    29 - Staring At The Sun (Live From Rotterdam) (05:33)

    CD IV Live from Leeds - 1997-08-28

    30 - Pop Muzik (03:24)
    31 - Mofo (04:38)
    32 - I Will Follow (02:42)
    33 - Gone (04:37)
    34 - Even Better Than The Real Thing (04:08)
    35 - Last Night On Earth (06:35)
    36 - Until The End Of The World (04:52)
    37 - New Year's Day (04:56)
    38 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (04:02)
    39 - I Still Haven'tFound What I'm Looking For (05:22)
    40 - All I Want Is You (02:36)
    41 - Staring At The Sun (06:11)
    42 - Singing In The Rain (02:39)
    43 - Miami (05:52)
    44 - Bullet The Blue Sky (06:15)
    45 - Please (06:43)
    46 - Where The Streets Have No Name (06:59)
    47 - Lemon Interlude (02:56)
    48 - Discotheque (05:52)
    49 - If You Wear That Velvet Dress (03:10)
    50 - With Or Without You (07:33)
    51 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (05:41)
    52 - Mysterious Ways (05:46)
    53 - One (05:39)
    54 - Rain (03:12)

    55 - Wake Up Dead Man (1997-11-23 - San Antonio) (3:31)
  3. Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:How to appreciate Pop (from someone who hated it at the time and nearly gave up on U2) - ignore the sound and concentrate on the lyrics. The 90s trilogy was the peak of Bono's lyricism, with none better than So Cruel but then he lost his way as he got caught up in all his extra-curricular activities. There are some absolute clunkers on the next three albums and far less gems.


    I love the sound on Pop but I agree with you that 90s trilogy was the peak of Bono's lyricism. I would go further and say that Pop itself represents his best lyrical work...even the Playboy Mansion with its dated cultural references still has such a brilliant contrast between the "pool" at the party and the waters of baptism, for instance. Bono at his metaphorical best finding the sacred in the midst of the secular (or, as he puts it on Mofo: "looking for the baby Jesus under the trash.")
  5. So 25 years of Pop and still no boxset. Alright for me this time I wasn’t expecting anything but good excuse to give the album some extra love today and this upcoming weekend in general in fact with some great live performances to go with and alternate versions of songs.
  6. I reckon Mofo should have been the first single. It would’ve done well and for the album
  7. Yep, Pop was the first time they chose the wrong lead single. A clear precursor of NLOTH, SOI and SOE.
  8. Gone, Do you feel loved, Discotheque, Staring at the Sun ....... those 4 songs are enough to appreciate POP album.
  9. If you don't appreciate the POP album, please show yourself the door.
  10. Originally posted by deanallison:So 25 years of Pop and still no boxset. Alright for me this time I wasn’t expecting anything but good excuse to give the album some extra love today and this upcoming weekend in general in fact with some great live performances to go with and alternate versions of songs.


    Such a shame they have yet to honour this masterpiece
  11. Do you think Mofo would have been the best choice? I dunno. Don’t get me wrong, I really like the song. I just think it “meanders” too much to be a good radio hit/single - even for 1997.

    I’d have gone with Gone.
  12. I'm assuming they haven't shared the anniversary on social media or their website yet.