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| From | "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> |
| Subject | U2 |
| Date | Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:03:02 -0800 |
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> I thought the album in its entirety was better than their last one. Didn't once think about finding the remote
to skip ahead.
Pitchfork's review:
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/u/u2/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb.shtml
excerpt:
"Vertigo" is followed by a pair of swirly half-ballads, the
plodding, overblown "Miracle Drug" and the super-sappy
"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own", before
we're mercifully handed "Love and Peace Or Else", a s
narly, throbbing bit of solace. "Love and Peace" opens
with a platter of ominous noise, shaky guitar grumbles
rubbing up against high-pitched whines. Drums rumble,
and Bono lodges his best semi-seductive demand: "Lay
down, lay down." "Love and Peace" is chased by the
equally exhilarating "City of Blinding Lights", an earnest
and galactic fight song, and the sort of track that's best
enjoyed in cars and airplanes, simply because it encites
so much giddy movement. But "City of Blinding Lights"
is the record's climax, and How To Dismantle An Atomic
Bomb begins its gnawing descent almost immediately,
culminating with disastrous closer "Yahweh", a whiny,
monotonous mess that's easily one of the worst songs
U2 have ever recorded."
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