The 'Pop' Enigma: Revisiting U2's Most Misunderstood Album 20 Years Later
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U2 announced in January that they would do a full 30th anniversary tour for 1987's classic The Joshua Tree album. But what about the other round-number U2 commemoration due this year, tethered to a project the group has all but disowned since its release -- 'Pop,' the daring techno-rock demonstration that baffled fans in 1997 with its opacity?
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