Alan McGee: 'No classic U2 albums'

Alan McGee has said that despite writing brilliant one-off songs, U2 have still not recorded a classic album.

The former Creation Records founder told The Guardian that he remains unconvinced by the band's LPs, despite having "an almost Pavlovian purchasing response" to their work.

McGee said: "For more than 29 years I've been compulsively buying U2 albums looking for the song.

"It's fair to say U2 don't make classic albums. But they do make classic songs. And I'm always on the hunt for the next one."

He added: "Throughout their many transformations, nothing has changed in my relationship with the band.

"They still haven't delivered an album I could call 'classic', but they've made plenty of great tunes."