Album of the Day

Under a Blood Red Sky, by U2 (1983): I'm not a huge U2 fan. I don't run screaming from the room when I hear them, but I get enough of their stuff out in the world without buying a lot of albums. I like Bono's new World Cup ads, too. But, I have to say that this brief live set from the days just before they became the Biggest Band in the World (tm) is pretty damn good (not quite like Cheap Trick's At Budokkan, but in the same vein). I bought it, I think, for the ripping "Sunday, Bloody Sunday," but the rest of the set is cool, as well.