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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "Sometimes art and commerce can indeed go hand in hand. This 1987 release remains the band's top-selling CD and its first to hit No. 1 in the U.S. Three of the songs have achieved bona fide anthem status -- \"Where the Streets Have No Name,\" \"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For\" and \"With Or Without You.\" But some other cuts are precious to U2 buffs and casual listeners alike, especially \"In God's Country,\" \"Bullet The Blue Sky\" and \"Trip Through Your Wires.\" It is arguably the most uniformly superb rock album of the past 25 years.";

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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "Because this is early U2, and \"Pride (In The Name Of Love)\" is the only single that caused a real stir, it is often overlooked in the group's discography. But its 1984 release marked a coming of age. U2 had three studio albums and one live album under its belt before it. The public had become somewhat familiar with its sound from airplay of songs such as \"I Will Follow\" and \"New Year's Day.\" Now it could enjoy a fully matured work, including gems like \"Wire,\" \"Bad\" and \"A Sort Of Homecoming.\" As artistic breakthroughs go, it is rock's version of when Pablo Picasso embraced Cubism.";

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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "This won the Grammy for Best Rock Album for 1991. It is a daring career departure, coming after the raw and rambunctious \"Rattle And Hum\" live CD, and a feature-length documentary of the same name. The single \"One\" is a beautifully written musical treasure, but the album also contains indelible cuts like \"Mysterious Ways\" and \"Even Better Than The Real Thing.\" Although it isn't as consistently sharp as some of their other albums, it gets major points for bursts of brilliance, and for charting an imaginative course.";

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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "The most visceral of all U2 albums. This was its third release, in 1983, and it served notice that the band would be driven both by a love for rock and roll that came from deep in the soul, and by a political conscience. The hits from this disk include \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\" and \"New Year's Day.\" This became U2's first gold album in the U.S. and sold more than 4 million units. Bono said that this release was both a retaliation against overstylized music of the time and a vehicle for social change. Also, it rocks.";

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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "This 1993 release was recorded in six weeks, the fastest the band had ever put together an album. It is another highly successful effort by the boys not just to push their musical envelope, but to reshape it. Songs like \"Stay (Faraway, So Close!),\" \"Lemon,\" \"Some Days Are Better Than Others\" and \"Dirty Day\" are rare examples of creative risks that produce magnificent payoffs. Brian Eno was one of the co-producers, and the fresh new sound that resulted was rudely dismissed at the time by some critics. But then again, so was \"Sgt. Pepper.\"";

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DiscDebate_U2[i-1].body = "This 1997 CD isn't bad, just disappointing. And it isn't completely a dance album per se, but the cuts that have a dance beat dominate and provide the identity here, which feels like something out of character. It's a fine experiment that doesn't succeed. There isn't one song here that would be considered memorable, although \"Gone\" is close.";

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