it hit me last night as i was falling asleep, com­pletely out of nowhere, and i couldn’t get to sleep because of it. (weird, i know.)

all of my favourite bands have an album that reminds me of every sea­son. let’s go to the evidence:

depeche mode:

win­ter: vio­la­tor, black cel­e­bra­tion
spring: con­struc­tion time again, songs of faith and devo­tion
sum­mer: music for the masses
fall: some great reward

the the:

win­ter: dusk
spring: naked­self
sum­mer: soul min­ing
fall: mind bomb

pet shop boys:

win­ter: nightlife
spring: please
sum­mer: very, intro­spec­tive
fall: behav­iour

peter gabriel:

win­ter: us
spring: so
sum­mer: iii
fall: up

coil:

win­ter: musick to play in the dark vol­ume 1, black antlers
spring: musick to play in the dark vol­ume 2
sum­mer: love’s secret domain, stolen and con­t­a­m­i­nated songs
fall: astral dis­as­ter, remote viewer

and so on. now then, let’s do U2:

win­ter:
spring: the joshua tree
sum­mer: achtung baby, zooropa, pop
fall: the unfor­get­table fire

there’s a hole there…and a really impor­tant one at that. win­ter might be my favourite sea­son — how can i pos­si­bly love a band that never made a “win­ter” album? if i squint my eyes — er, ears — i can maybe wedge in war in that posi­tion, but i think that’s mostly due to the video for “new year’s day”.

(though even if i had loved U2 ever, i’d feel pretty dirty about it con­sid­er­ing the crap they’ve done over the past ten years. musi­cally and otherwise.)

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