U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
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Free Music Review: All That You Can't Leave Behind
Hit: 4 Stars
All That You Can't Leave Behind~ U2 is a very good album which is mared by the bands strange decision to "recruit" people to join organizations such as Amnesty, Greenpeace and other political groups. I love the music, and Bono is a very tallented singer and muisician and the rest of the band are very tallented in their own right. The lyrics can be a bit wordy at times but for the most part they work splendidly. I have a great aversion to poiltics and art mixing and I therefore will not give this album 5 stars which it would have easily obtained without the politics. Maybe they can tone down the politics and focus solely on their music since then this excellent album can become even better.Free Music Review: Please Stop Supporting This Washed-Up Greed "Band"
Hit: 1 Stars
Are you still blinded by this sellout band?.
Do you still pretend to believe that they fight for human rights, end of poverty, drop the debt, etc?.
Yes, I used to be one of those blinded fans too, but no anymore. Please read this:
"U2 Fans Angry at Band's New Web Charge - Sunday Independient"
"U2 DEVOTEES have accused the band of exploiting vulnerable fans after the band's website introduced an entrance levy on the fan forum.
Until last week, those who logged on to U2.com could exchange opinions with other fans online free of charge, but now they must pay up the full $40 (?32) subscription charge to do so.
Now the band's supporters are so incensed that they have come together and organised a petition to save the U2.com fan forum called Zootopia.
U2 fan Declan O'Reilly told the Sunday Independent that the hundreds of fans who access the forum were hugely disappointed at the abruptdecision.
Mr O'Reilly, who runs a tribute website to U2 called Hanoverquay.info, said he was only made aware that the forum had been restricted to paid subscribers when he saw an emailed petition from a fan on his own website.
The fan explained that the website masters claimed that the charge was to cut out troublemakers on the forum. When Mr O'Reilly tried to access the forum, he was denied, but given no explanation why.
He said: "I am not a paid-up subscriber myself as while I attend U2 concerts and purchase the band's CDs, I don't believe in paying for the privilege of going on the website."
Mr O'Reilly added: "I am sceptical of the reasons why they introduced this charge and feel it is just a ploy to play on fans' vulnerabilities. I think that fans deserve a full explanation."
It is not the first time U2 have been accused of greed by irate fans. In January, the band's website message board bristled with complaints about the price of the Vertigo tour tickets.
One fan wrote: "They tout themselves as a benevolent band, and yet they charge top dollar." A spokesman for the band's management did not return calls for comment.
--Sunday Independent"
Free Music Review: U2's Worst Album
Hit: 2 Stars
Since when this album became a masterpiece? There are few good songs but it's nowhere near The Joshua Tree and definitly a minus masterpiece!!Free Music Review: In A Little While
Hit: 3 Stars
None of the reviews I read on the site mentioned the above song, fortunatly a professional review I read elswhere did. Described as "a song Otis Redding would have been proud to have written or sung"
On it's own it's enough reason to buy the album and rate it a worthy effort. So the message is;- "U2 can still produce the goods people, it's a Beautiful Day".
Free Music Review: best of the second rung
Hit: 5 Stars
being a 70s classic rock and jazz listener for a long time i never even considered u2 as a band to listen to! and then sometime in 2001 i stumbled on achtung baby. after listening to that magic, i felt sad that i had missed an album of this quality for 10 years (post release)!
after that i didnt waste much time picking the rest of the albums up and after a few years of listening it is my opinion that achtung baby, joshua tree and the unfogettable fire form the top rung in the u2 canon.
all that you cant leave behind, comes right next to it. it is far superior to albums like pop or how to dismantle or zooropa ... (all of which atbest shines only in parts). the direction lost in "pop" is reclaimed here with eno/lanois team back at the production helm.
musically the album is quite unique in u2's catalog (which is quite possibly the reason behind the fan followings extreme reactions to the album) and so there's some justification to the claim that it represents the middleground between their anthemic 80s and the clubby 90s. when listening to this album it would be useful to move away from the sound and images of achtung baby or joshua tree. the music in atyclb is different but good music in its own right. the songs/music are heartfelt and emotional - reflected both in bono's singing and edge's fretwork. edge's trademark stacatto strumming is replaced by sensitive shimmering and soulful lead work (especially the slide work in kite).
and there're far better songs in the album than the no 1 hit beautiful day. the last two songs dont do anything for me, but the rest of the album (stuck in a moment, walk on, wild honey, kite, when i look ...) whenever i play it, makes it a beautiful day for me. it is a great album - buy it!