U2 BOY poll

Their best record. Voted "Electric Co."

Another Time, Another Place

I love "I Will Follow" so much, it's ridic

I Will Follow is an all-time anthem, and I should be ashamed for not voting for it, but Twilight moves me.

Twilight. This is a fantastic record.

Out of Control is one of my favorite songs in the whole entire world.

God this a such a good record.

I will follow is obv amazing too as is Twilight ahhhhhh I can't choose. No. I have chosen. I am sticking to Out of Control.

'Twilight'... could also have been 'An Can Dubh/Into The Heart'. There's something about this album that U2 were unable to capture afterwards.

*'An Cat Dubh'.

Can we have a YouTube Oi! poll to go with this one?

ha, very good

the real question is side one or side two?

also voted out of control. must replay this album sometime, i really loved it at the time

Side one!

Tough poll! It would be down to "I Will Follow" or "Electric Co." for me.

'electric co' barely over 'out of control'

wait for it....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8EGCC9NNvo

I love "I Will Follow" so much, it's ridic

I dunno if I love it so much because it rips "Public Image" but I'd play both a hundred times a day.

My first thought was "Twilight," but then I thought "A Day Without Me." Now I don't know what to think.

kinda dig the original "Out of Control":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TFDV9OgEto

Michael B - Ronan told me about the opening of Intermission years ago and I became obsessed with it for quite a while. It's just used so damn well. Also, that is a good movie available entirely on You Tube.

Forever intertwined in my mind with Remain In Light, as both were released in the fall of '80 and I replayed both incessantly on my car cassette deck. Hard for me to pick one track, as I consider the record so much a complete entity. Incredible album, but "boy" did I lose interest in them quickly thereafter.

when I saw'em in 2001 at the end of the Elevation tour in Miami, they played "Out of Control" suddenly.

Ah, wikipedia: The album's sexual overtones led to its enthusiastic acceptance by gays in American gay clubs shortly after its release.

You're thinking of Boi.

Oh Tarfumes, I like that OoC vers very much. Thanking you. I'd never heard it.

I was playing this album on Friday thanks to this poll, it's amazing

You're welcome, ENBB! That EP is so...cute. Probably the last time Bono's vocals could be described as "chirpy."

The first three U2 records mostly blend together in my mind, but listening to this one for this poll finally made me realize what a strong front-to-back album it is.

Still, the highlight for me has always been and remains Out of Control.

Haven't heard this in like 25 years, kinda wish I could hear it right now. Either "I Will Follow" or "Electric Co." for me plz.

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well alright

Played it this morning for the first time in 20 years. Its brashness and naivete sounded refreshing.

Yeah, I never think of it as an especially great or impressive record, but whenever I do put it on, it's a blast. "Out of Control" is one of my top five U2 songs, easily.

I've sung "I Will Follow" at karaoke and it's a blast/

Also, wtf is this:

For the American release and other international distributors, the album's cover image was changed,[19] due to Island Records' fears that it could be perceived as pedophilic.

Indeed, my vinyl copy, picked up used forever ago, is this one:

https://images.eil.com/large_image/U2_BOY-351400.jpg

my CD copy too

my lp too. i think it's cool!

great great album, i love "out of control" as well.

It’s a great album!

All the songs bang, but I prefer the single version of Out of Control

It's wild to have a band with as many career peaks as this one that still gets shit on all the time (often deservedly so!). If the band didn't get huge, I wonder if they would have just gotten put in a pile with, like, the Chameleons or the Sound or one of those bands. Or maybe they would have just hovered around for years as a sort of major cult band, like Siouxsie and the Banshees.