History Music / PopAlbum

* LocationSong: "Miami".

* DownerEnding: "Wake Up Dead Man" is probably their bleakest closer to date, where the protagonist sees the world in shambles and pleads desperately for Jesus to wake up.

* {{Determinator}}: The repeated one-line chorus of "Gone". The song itself really, which is about trying to find the oneself identity no matter what.

* RearrangeTheSong: Owing to the rushed state of the album, a lot of the songs were performed live differently from their studio counterpart. Some of those versions ended up in their ''The Best of 1990-2000'' and a rerecorded version of "Please" was released as a promotional single for the album.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: Bono actually gives one during the payoff of "Miami", screaming "''MIAMI''" twice.

* FaceOnTheCover: The cover has the close up of the band members' faces in different colors in front of a white background.

* {{Determinator}}: The one-line chorus of "Gone". The song itself really, which is about trying to find the oneself identity no matter what.

* {{Determinator}}: The one-line chorus of "Gone". The song itself, really is about trying to find the oneself identity no matter what.

* {{Determinator}}: "Gone" is about trying to find the oneself identity no matter what.

* {{Determinator}}: "Gone" is about trying to find the oneself identity no matter what to the point they incidentally lost everything they had.

* FaceOnTheCover: The band members' faces are on the cover.

* OneWordTitle: "Mofo", "Gone", "Miami" and "Please".

Following the [=PopMart=] Tour, which was mired in technical difficulties and was treated by the band as more of a self-parody, even U2 began to despise the work. U2 has since re-recorded many of the songs; Bono has since claimed that the album wasn't even finished when it was released. They wouldn't even use the songs from the album while touring again until 2018, after its remaster.

Following the [=PopMart=] Tour, which was mired in technical difficulties and was treated by the band as more of a self-parody, even U2 began to despise the work. U2 has since re-recorded many of the songs; Bono has even said that the album wasn't even finished when it was released. They wouldn't even use the songs from the album while touring again until 2018, after its remaster.

* PerishingAltRockVoice: ''Pop'' is pretty notable for featuring Bono's most restrained vocal performances. Even the most powerful vocals that he's very known for are much more limited on the album in comaprison.

* AlternativeDance: Prominent in the album, especially in the first three tracks with later songs blending this with their traditional sound or industrial elements.

* PrecisionFStrike: "Waske Up Dead Man" has the only known F-word used in their discography.

* ProtestSong: "Please" is about the conflicts in Ireland.

* DownerEnding: "Wake Up Dead Man", where the protagonist sees the world in shambles and pleads desperately for Jesus to wake up.
* FaceOnTheCover: The bandmembers' faces are on the cover

* DownerEnding: "Wake Up Dead Man, where the protagonist sees the world in shambles and pleads desperately for Jesus to wake up.

Retrospectively, multiple sources, including Allmusic and ''Spin'' magazine, refer to ''Pop'' as U2's nadir period. Though in counterpoint, Sal Cinquemani of ''Slant'' said in 2003 that ''Pop'' was "better (and deeper) than anything on" their next album, ''Music/AllThatYouCantLeaveBehind'', and complained that "the reason why Pop wasn't a bigger hit in the U.S. is a mystery".

In the aftermath of ''Zooropa'', the members of U2 did some side projects. Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen were involved in the the soundtrack for the 1996 film adaptation of ''[[Film/MissionImpossible1996 Mission: Impossible]]''. They also offered "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", a song off the cutting-room floor from the previous album, for the soundtrack to ''Film/BatmanForever''.