HenryToday's #1001albums is Achtung Baby by #U2. I was very much expecting to be underwhelmed...but now after two listens, I don't hate it? My previous opinion being that the artistic value of anything U2 did after about 1987 is basically a rounding error.
Brian Nicar@hl It's not bad, but they kind of lost the plot after that one. Granted, they were trying something new...
Jake in the desert@jake4480 @wendigo I'm always for bands trying new things; they can't keep doing the same stuff, and even if the end result is not great. It shows they're curious and want to push their musical skills further.
In U2's case they seemed to try some random stuff, and then instead of incorporating what they'd learnt there, they just went...super bland.
Ben Daubney 
@bendaubney any particular tracks on Pop that you like? To me the album always felt a bit like they were told to do dance music, but couldn't somehow commit to it. Apart from Staring At The Sun, which I always think is an Oasis song.
@bendaubney Thanks. I'll try and give it a listen over the weekend.
Also I second the feeling for ATYCLB - I somehow feel that I like it, but whenever I've listened to it I can't find where that feeling comes from and just it's U2 blandness again. I /think/ it's because it was so hyped and presented as this amazing thing at the time, my subconscious absorbed the marketing, resulting in this distant feeling of it being good.