“This recently reissued live album from 1983-- a key document in understanding U2's meteoric rise-- shows them as true populists, unafraid to make direct connections with listeners at a time when many of their post-punk peers shied from such gestures.”
“This Irish band’s incantatory power is no more vividly demonstrated than in concert, and this eight-song minialbum, culled from their last tour, gives ample evidence why people have been calling U2 the best live band of 1983. Producer Jimmy Iovine and his chief engineer, Shelly Yakus, have toned down the distorted guitar-and-drums sound of the […]”
