Zooropa was an experiment in character, irony, style, and substance for U2. The strangest thing had happened. Bono was singing things that might mean more than they seemed to. They were ambiguous, insincere, and maybe, perhaps, they might not even be true. This was refreshing, and cast the band in a new light. They were now interesting, intriguing, even. There was more to them than there had been before, layers to peel away and discoveries to be made. And though they never recaptured the moment, they were, for a year or so, on the road to making exactly the music I would come to love as I got older. They could have been my favourite band, with a few more like Zooropa. So I'm going to tell you about the best U2 album you might never have heard.
