Originally posted by mrbullet:No. It would ruin the 3 album cycle they seem to have adopted.
Phase 1
Boy
October ----------------------------------------- EARLY DAYS
War
phase 2
Unforgettable fire
Joshua tree ---------------------------------- CHANGE & GROW
Rattle & hum
phase3
Achtung Baby
Zooropa --------------------------------------- GIANT LEAP FORWARD/EXPERIMENTATION
POP
phase4
All that you can't leave behind
Atomic bomb --------------------------------- CLASSIC SONGWRITING/BACK TO BASICS
No line on the horizon
Even the 'look' of the band is similar in each phase.
Dear mrmullet, Bono didn't have a mullet in 1987.