U2's 'Unforgettable Fire' Documents an Early Shift in the Band's Sound

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | November 10, 2009
Best considered as a warm-up for U2's next album, the classic The Joshua Tree, 1984's The Unforgettable Fire finds the quartet retreating from the overt commerciality of War and, with the help of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, gradually shifting to a more ambient sound.

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