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Free Music Review: The greatest album of the year. U2 is back!
Hit: 5 Stars
This album by U2 and M.Knopflers latest realease, is the best albums of the year. U2 is back, and that can't be wrong at all. I have listen to the new single Beautiful Day very much, and i have also seen the song and video on MTV, and VH1, and also on the swedish channel, ZTV. I also whatched U2 weekend, i didn't miss anything of that. It's a totally great song, it has the power of life, to make the life more better and interesting, this song and video is all about to leave the bad and boring, and hard things behind, and then to start a new beautiful day, or night again. And then i mean a lot's of things in life, to have fun, love, friendship, to relax, to be alone on the good ways..., well, and leaving wrong things behind you. Bono is a genius on writing great storytelling lyrics in U2's songs, about a lot's of things which is going on in the world. The video is great, it's illustrating the lyrics and the music in the song very good. I like the plane in the video, it's a emotionell power. It's a strong optimistic song. Bono on vocals, and the edge fantastic guitarplaying, like always. The rest of the songs on this record is great on similar ways, it's all about great ROCKpop, whith a lot's of soul. That means that it's the typicall U2 sound, real rockmusic again on the new record. "all that you can't leave behind", is also a mix of "Boy" and "Achtung Baby", well...the new album is very like many of the earlier U2 records to. All the U2 albums is totally great, the only album of them, which isn't so good as the rest, is "Zooropa", but even Zooropa was good enough, but also a little bit strange. Every U2-tour has been great, especially ZOO-TV-Tour, and Popmart-Live in mexico city. They are outstanding on Live-concerts. It's a lot of boring and bad poppartymusic going on on the charts in these days, but U2 and some other good rockbluespop-artists is making a big difference, cos they are much better, doing real rockmusic again, the guitarmusic will never die, (Groups, and artists like, U2, M.Knopfler, Waterboys, Chris Rea, and others is making the right guitarmusic.) U2 is gonna play on the MTV-awards Show to, they're gonna do the only really great perf. on that stage. All the stuff by U2 is totally great, and very solid, so i can't find any kind of reason to put less then 5 stars on the new album, it's 5 stars, no doubt. So if you also like U2, so buy all the stuff of them, it's whorth the money, and of cause the new record, you can't leave this kind of music behind. Thanks. / Bye.Free Music Review: To Be or Not to Be
Hit: 5 Stars
While in the production phase of their newest album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 promised themselves that if they failed to create what they believed was music at its full potential, they would put away their guitars and drums and retire from the world of music forever. Perhaps they were justified with this self-inflicted resolution. After their dismal 1997 album, Pop, and its equally misdirected PopMart tour, the boys of U2 found themselves without inspiration and lacking the will to go on. Maybe this was all the inspiration they needed. All That You Can't Leave Behind is the perfect title for this breathtaking example of what modern rock might be. It is U2's final realization that, although they have explored the deepest depths of the musical world (and have gathered idea upon idea of what their music should be) the only thing that they truly have is themselves, four endeavoring young (well, at least in their music) men with an incredible affinity for creating music that is as beautiful as it is memorable.
With the album's opener, Beatiful Day, it becomes obvious that U2 is taking a nose dive back off the ladder of musical exploration they have been climbing for the past 11 years. They are free for the first time. Unrestrained by their own ambition and appreciative of everything that they do have. Tracks like Stuck In A Moment and In A Little While whose R&B-like styles are something new for U2, yet somehow all too familiar. Elevation, the LP's most engaging song, keeps up a beat and tempo that begs you to sing along and dance hysterically while presenting a lyrical sensation that is flamboyant, immature yet undeniably fun. And while tracks like Peace on Earth and Walk On (and yes, even Stuck in a Moment) seem oversweeted with emotion and sentiment, after multiple listens (as with many other U2 songs) it becomes obvious that these songs show us a side of Bono that we have never really seen. A close personal encounter in which we come to a better understanding of himself and his music.
All That You Can't Leave Behind is U2's finest creation. I have failed to mention a multitude of songs from this Album but it would make for a painstakinly long review, there's just too much to talk about. If you began reading this review with doubt in your mind as to whether you should spend your money on U2's latest musical manifestation, doubt no more. What U2 has accomplished here is both noteworthy and music very much worth listening to. Take any opportunity you can to get your hands on this one.
Free Music Review: Bono, you were right, this is titanium soul.
Hit: 5 Stars
"It's not plastic. It's not silk. It's heavier than that. It's titanium soul." Focused... Beautiful... Brilliant.
This is one of the greatest albums I've listened to in a long time.
U2 have gone back to their roots, to the kind of music that made them so great in the first place: rich, spiritual, anthemic music. After the debacle that was the techno-geared Pop, the true U2 have now returned, thanks to the re-recruitment of producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, who worked with U2 on The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Every song on the album sounds like a single. In this age of teen pop and mindless rap-metal, a great pop-rock band doing what they do is a rare thing. But U2 are doing it. "Beautiful Day," the first single, is classic U2, an inspirational blast. "Peace on Earth" is a spiritual, moody song, the perfect type for Bono. And "Elevation" is faster-paced, more upbeat, catchy tune. And all throughout this, Bono's voice is still angelic (he has one of the most sincere voices in rock music), The Edge's glittering guitar still seems like it's chiming and echoing within the song itself, and the lyrics are still sublime.
Bono writes poetry and then puts it to the music of his voice. He makes you marvel at the potential songwriting has. He makes you desire to go out and bring about "Peace on Earth:" "Jesus could you take the time / To throw a drowning man a line / Peace on Earth / She never got to say goodbye / To see the colour in his eyes / Now he's in the dirt / That's Peace on Earth / Jesus this song you wrote / The words are sticking in my throat / Peace on Earth / Hear it every Christmas time / But hope and history won't rhyme." He makes you believe in a thing called Grace: "Grace, it's the name of a girl / It's also a thought that changed the world / And when she walks on the street / You can hear the strings / Grace finds beauty in everything."
Every song is great here. Every one has its own unique melody, its own unique sound (thanks to The Edge's prolific guitarplay), and all of them confirm U2 as one of the greatest modern pop-rock bands. The title of this album has a double meaning. It's not just a theme that appears in the songs; it's the theme of U2 themselves. In doing Pop three years ago, they abandoned their roots and what made them great. But now they've realized what they've always been best at, and have now returned to that, to all that they can't, and could never, leave behind.
Free Music Review: words from the older generation
Hit: 5 Stars
ATYCLB is NOT a return to "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Joshua Tree", much less a re-exploration of the ground covered in "Achtung Baby" through "Pop". Maybe you have to be in your forties, as I am, to appreciate this as U2's homage to, and idiosyncratic reworking of, the music of the 60s and 70s. The irony is that while this is, in one sense, old territory, it is largely new territory for a group that has always been on rock music's cutting edge.ATYCLB is both more conventional and less emotionally intense than anything they have done before. It is more accessible than any of their music of the 90s. But it's not a sell-out, and accessibility isn't in itself a bad thing. What's crucial is that the music here still has the quality - I'll call it genuineness because I don't know what else to call it - that is the main reason why I love all of U2's music, from "Boy" to "Pop".
These guys aren't just rehashing classic rock. It's true that I can hear echoes - some dim, but some very clear indeed - of many earlier artists, including the Beatles (especially Harrison and Lennon), Dylan, the Who, the Byrds, Pink Floyd, even Cat Stevens. But there is still plenty of originality - you just have to listen for it a bit more closely than in their previous offerings. They've put the older idioms to surprising new uses by incorporating elements of everything they have done and learned up until now. It's an impressive mixture of the old with the new, the fresh with the familiar, the nostalgic with the surprising. The result is that a song like "It's a Beautiful Day" reminds me of what it was like to hear "Baba O'Reilly" for the very first time - a comparison that only U2's oldest fans (in the literal sense of `oldest') will fully appreciate.
Some will no doubt be disappointed, perceiving this as a retreat away from the cutting edge and a capitulation to old age and popular culture. It would, of course, be disappointing if this album meant that U2 had stopped breaking new ground. But I see no more reason to worry about that here than there would have been with "Joshua Tree" or "Achtung Baby", and I hope that most will recognize ATYCLB as a demonstration of the breadth and depth of their talent, as well as an admission of the debt they owe to earlier artists. They do this very well indeed. It's a must-have for any music fan who can see merit in the old as well as the new.
Free Music Review: words from the older generation
Hit: 5 Stars
ATYCLB is NOT a return to "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Joshua Tree", much less a re-exploration of the ground covered in "Achtung Baby" through "Pop". Maybe you have to be in your forties, as I am, to appreciate this as U2's homage to, and idiosyncratic reworking of, the music of the 60s and 70s. The irony is that while this is, in one sense, old territory, it is largely new territory for a group that has always been on rock music's cutting edge.ATYCLB is both more conventional and less emotionally intense than anything they have done before. It is more accessible than any of their music of the 90s. But it's not a sell-out, and accessibility isn't in itself a bad thing. What's crucial is that the music here still has the quality - I'll call it genuineness because I don't know what else to call it - that is the main reason why I love all of U2's music, from "Boy" to "Pop".
These guys aren't just rehashing classic rock. It's true that I can hear echoes - some dim, but some very clear indeed - of many earlier artists, including the Beatles (especially Harrison and Lennon), Dylan, the Who, the Byrds, Pink Floyd, even Cat Stevens. But there is still plenty of originality - you just have to listen for it a bit more closely than in their previous offerings. They've put the older idioms to surprising new uses by incorporating elements of everything they have done and learned up until now. It's an impressive mixture of the old with the new, the fresh with the familiar, the nostalgic with the surprising. The result is that a song like "It's a Beautiful Day" reminds me of what it was like to hear "Baba O'Reilly" for the very first time - a comparison that only U2's oldest fans (in the literal sense of `oldest') will fully appreciate.
Some will no doubt be disappointed, perceiving this as a retreat away from the cutting edge and a capitulation to old age and popular culture. It would, of course, be disappointing if this album meant that U2 had stopped breaking new ground. But I see no more reason to worry about that here than there would have been with "Joshua Tree" or "Achtung Baby", and I hope that most will recognize ATYCLB as a demonstration of the breadth and depth of their talent, as well as an admission of the debt they owe to earlier artists. They do this very well indeed. It's a must-have for any music fan who can see merit in the old as well as the new.