Right from the start U2 has been a band involved with politics and events going on around the world. An activist band. Many of their songs, a lot of their songs deal with these themes. With their fame and popularity they have been able to use it to bring focus to causes that they believe in. Bono has been instrumental in raising a lot of money to help those causes. Over the years the band has continued to release albums but they have also become a greatest hits band. By that I mean when a band has been around as long as U2 has and have as many hit songs as they do, people want to hear the hits. At some point releasing new music, while fulfilling to the band, becomes irrelevant to the fans.War is the bands 3rd album and is probably the bands most politically focused. All of the songs focus on the effects on war, both physically and emotionally. For myself, if I was to rank my favorite U2 albums, it would go: Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum, War and then all the others somewhere after that. Top five is not bad for a band that has released 14 albums total.
"New Years Day"
Sunday Bloody Sunday"
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