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Fascinante Sobremesa: Música para Deleitar la Noche
Handel - Messiah / D. Brown · Kallisch · Sacca · A. Miles · Rilling
Itz Da Joint [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]
Jacob van Eyck: "Der Fluyten Lust-hof" ("The Flute's Garden of Delights"), Volume 2
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There seem to be two major camps of U2 fans now: Those who dig the early albums (good and sensible people), and those who only like the ones from the '90s, putting everything previous down as "classic rock." But U2 only became a classic rock sort of band in 1984, with The Unforgettable Fire. The real early stuff, from '80 to '83, still comes off as edgy--and it's comparatively ignored. Here's a sampler: Under a Blood Red Sky is from a U.S. tour (1983's) in which U2 still thought of itself as a hungry little band from Ireland--and draws (fairly wisely) from the band's first three albums. There's nary a misstep on the entire disc, although it could stand a few more tracks. --Gavin McNett