Wish they would just put out some 5.1 options w/DTS. Esp. JOSHUA TREE.

It’s coming…hang in there.

I remember the Rolling Stone review for The Unforgettable Fire when it was first released. They weren’t too crazy about it. Here the magazine is calling it a ‘classic’ (which it is), when they obviously failed to recognize that this was the fully realized U2 sound for the first time.

U2 reissues are kinda pricey!!!

Sheesh, haven’t they made enough money already??

This is almost my favorite U2 album of all time. I dont like “Elvis Presley and America” much at all, so if you were to put “Three Sunrises” in its place, then it would be my favorite. This new release is gonna be outstanding, I cant wait for it!

I hope they have a live version of “Bad” as it is such a beautiful song.

This should be cool. TUF was their last truly great record. I always considered JT a total sellout other than a couple of good songs.

As much as I like “Joshua Tree”,and with as much affection as I have for the first U2 album I ever purchased,”War”,”The Unforgettable Fire”is my favorite.The band really caught lightning and magic in a bottle,and this timeless record really represented well what rock music in 1984 should have been about,rising above the “forgettable”synth-pop MTV exposed groups of that era.Who could not recall Bono and the boys performing “Bad” at Live-Aid,what an awe-inspiring moment.

“The Unforgettable Fire” definitely belongs to my favourite albums of all time. As a result of the collaboration with Brian Eno it perfectly connects U2´s energy with atmosphere. This is really a kind of record that has broken down many barriers sonically, vocally and lyrically. I absolutely love the title track. Through the layers of soundscapes it´s rather music played by an orchestra than just a song. And I think that particularly Bono has found a wide range of expression. The way his voice changes between softness and a kind of aggression just shows what this album has made possible. “Wire” is breathtaking because of its big sound and speed and with “Pride” U2 have written one of their most important political anthems. And “Elvis Presley and America” is an outstanding improvisation.

The Unforgettable Fire is the best U2 album to date. Period. Nothing comes close. Period again. After a bad italian pressing on LP (record, carrier for music in the good, old times, anybody remember?) in the 80ies and a miserable sounding CD in the 90ies now hopefully the album sounds in a way it deserves. Thank you!

The moral of the story is when your new stuf isn’t selling, make something new out of the old stuff and get ‘em to buy it all over again.

it’s great to see fans really dig unforgettable fire. it was my first u2 album and may be my favorite (i don’t know… achtung baby i think has the edge — no pun intended).

but it’s interesting becuase i’ve been a hard-core u2 fan for more than 25 years now, and it seems that all along, everyone dissed UF. don’t know why, but everyone seemed to laud joshua, achtung and war above unforgettable fire.

i’ve always thought the album was absolutely excellent, with the shorter songs being the perfect mood pieces that linked the longer songs together.

what i am fed up w/ is u2’s own mythologizing of its past. $55 for a boxed set for just one album? for heaven’s sake, even the beatles don’t do this. i think it’s reprehensible that they’re charging this much for two cds and a dvd of something that 90 percent of the people who buy own 90 percent of on cd (let’s face it, this isn’t aimed at the person who’s plunking down cash for this for the first time) and can watch 90 percent of what’s on the dvd on youtube.

when it comes down to it, you’ll watch the dvd once and put it back in the box. just buy the double CD and get the music — that’s what you want and need. i fell for this w/ the Joshua Tree reissue. I’m not falling for it a second time.

I hope they re-issue “Rattle And Hum” with a dvd of the complete last Point depot concert .
And of course “Achtng Baby”….with a dvd of the Wembley stadium concert!!!

Anyone agree?

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