Pop

by U2

Pop cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 March 1997
  • Label: Island
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 1:00:08
  • Community rating: 2.6/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Adam Clayton, Marius de Vries, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Pop' finds U2 pushing their 90s electronic experimentation to its absolute limit, resulting in a highly eclectic and heavily scrutinized alternative rock record. The band blends rhythmic alternative dance beats with unexpectedly dark, introspective, and religious songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Discotheque (5:18)
  2. Do You Feel Loved (5:07)
  3. Mofo (5:47)
  4. If God Will Send His Angels (5:22)
  5. Staring At The Sun (4:36)
  6. Last Night On Earth (4:45)
  7. Gone (4:26)
  8. Miami (4:52)
  9. The Playboy Mansion (4:40)
  10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress (5:14)
  11. Please (5:02)
  12. Wake Up Dead Man (4:52)

Credits

  • U2 - primary artist, music by, written-by
  • Mark Fisher - artwork [popmart art]
  • Willie Williams - artwork [popmart art]
  • Shaughn McGrath - artwork [treatments], design
  • Adam Clayton - bass guitar
  • Stuart Morgan - crew [studio], technician [bass guitar tech]
  • Sam O'Sullivan - crew [studio], technician [drum tech], coordinator [crew]
  • Fraser McAlister - crew [studio], technician [guitar tech]
  • Joe O'Herlihy - crew [studio], technician [monitoring]
  • Des Broadbery - crew [studio], technician [programming, keyboard and guitar tech]
  • Rab McAllister - crew [studio], technician [studio tech]
  • Steve Averill - design
  • Larry Mullen Jr. - drums, percussion, programmed by, loops, loops, other [kits], loops [howie b does larry mullen], loops [additional), other [kits], membranophone, programming
  • Andy VanDette - edited by [digital editing]
  • Rob Kirwan - engineer [assistant], recorded by [assisted by], mixed by [assisted by]
  • Bono - lyrics by, vocals, guitar, lyricist, vocal
  • The Edge - lyrics by, vocals, guitar, keyboards, organ, lyricist, background vocals vocal
  • Paul McGuinness - management
  • Aislinn Meehan - management [principle management dublin]
  • Anne O'Leary - management [principle management dublin]
  • Anne-Louise Kelly - management [principle management dublin], production manager [album]
  • Barbara Galavan - management [principle management dublin]
  • Brigid Mooney - management [principle management dublin]
  • Candida Bottaci - management [principle management dublin], production manager [album production assistant]
  • Cecilia Coffey - management [principle management dublin]
  • Cillian Guidera - management [principle management dublin]
  • Eileen Osborne - management [principle management dublin]
  • George Augusta - management [principle management dublin]
  • Gerry Watters - management [principle management dublin]
  • Holly Peters - management [principle management dublin]
  • Joy Warner - management [principle management dublin]
  • Sally-Anne McKeown - management [principle management dublin]
  • Sandra Long - management [principle management dublin]
  • Sheila Roche - management [principle management dublin]
  • Susan Hunter - management [principle management dublin]
  • Susie Smith - management [principle management dublin]
  • Suzanne Doyle - management [principle management dublin], production manager [studio band management associate]
  • Suzanne O'Dea - management [principle management dublin]
  • Trevor Bowen - management [principle management dublin]
  • Bess Dulany - management [principle management new york]
  • Kathy Araskog - management [principle management new york]
  • Keryn Kaplan - management [principle management new york]
  • Deborah Mannis-Gardner - management [sample clearance]
  • David Herbert - management [studio]
  • Howie Weinberg - mastered by
  • Howie B. - mixed by, producer [additional production], recorded by, mixed by [additional mixing by], turntables [inspirational decks], loops, turntables [decks], keyboards, loops [howie b does larry mullen]
  • Mark Stent - mixed by, recorded by
  • Steve Osborne - mixed by, producer [additional production], keyboards, producer [additional production by]
  • Gavin Friday - music consultant [consultant poptician]
  • Anton Corbijn - photography by [cover], photography by [interior]
  • Anja Grabert - photography by [interior]
  • St茅phane Sednaoui - photography by [interior]
  • Nellee Hooper - photography by [snapshots]
  • Cheryl Engels - post production, supervised by
  • Flood - producer, keyboards, mixed by
  • Alan Moulder - recorded by, mixed by
  • Conal Markey - mixed by [assisted by], recorded by [assisted by]
  • Femio Hernandez - recorded by [assisted by]
  • Richard Rainey - mixed by [assisted by]
  • Ben Hillier - programmed by, mixed by

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