
This is U2’s America album, in part because songs like “Bullet the Blue Sky” are explicitly about American subjects, but also because the band did their homework and got the sound of the country just right. “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” could be played under a revival tent, while you can road trip in the open space between the Edge’s guitar notes. Bono sings at or near the top of his range through out, but never more thrillingly than on “Where The Streets Have No Name,” which belongs with “Like a Rolling Stone” on the short-list of best album openers.