I must disagree...

[cookiemonster]

..with those that slated the new U2 album. I've just heard it today and it's outstanding. Finest album they've done since Achtung Baby and I've just got it from ITunes. So there.






<waits to be trounced by those with a finer taste in music>

 

[papercorn2000]

As a matter of principle, I disagree.
And yes, I do have a finely honed sense of what is right or wrong in these instances.

 

[ianrauk]

U2?

Never heard of them...
Are they as good as Duffy or Lily Allen or Adele?

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i got bored halfway through track 1. not really enough to qualify me to review it, but when some '80s stuff is more appealing, it's not a good sign…

 

[Melvil]

I don't like U2. Yesterday I tried to re-adjust my view by listening to all their albums on Spotify (thanks for the Spotify find Alecs!) - I tried, I really did. But it just didn't hit my buttons at all. I found it boring as. I listened to the Pixies instead.

Also, I just cannot take seriously a band that has someone in it called 'The Edge' - I mean, come on!

 

[fossyant]

I downloaded it at the weekend - think I'll buy it when I get paid.

 

[mondobongo]

Johnny Walker played Stand Up Comedy yesterday between Led Zeps Good Times Bad Times and The Who's Baba O'Riley and it just sounded like a 70s sludge unlike Zep and the Who mind you Johnny was in good form following on from the Who with Def Lep's Animal and Boston's More than a Feeling.

Personally I thought War was U2's last great album and it all went downhill from there

 

[alecstilleyedye]

mondo has it right, although the unforgettable fire is ok.

 

[Mr Pig]

Every U2 album sounds good the first time you hear it. That's why they sell so many. By the time you realise you've been had, again, it's too late.

 

[got-to-get-fit]

2 words .....sexy + boots ....

WTF