I had a chum in high school - and still a friend I keep up with on occasion - who was a huge U2 fan. He was a "Born Again" type and U2 was a great way to get authentic underground rock and still be with the Faithful. He'd play me this and October all the time in the car (dubbed cassette of course), and I remember liking them. But here we are close to 40 years later and I never bothered to own them - and haven't even heard them since! I really like U2 at this stage. I prefer them in upbeat punchy mode more so than their later moody works. Especially when they became way too self-conscious of who they were. Good memories.
Ownership: LP: 1983 Island. Single sleeve. Slightly later US pressing (the first domestic release was 1981 incidentally). I wrote the following for a roundup from 2 months ago: "CD is a true commodity, and I'll replace it with the LP or a better CD if one exists. Now it just has to show up locally." And that day arrived today from a local store! In shrink just like this Discogs stock copy. CD can go.
12/2/21 (review / new entry)
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