U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
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Free Music Review: 90 percent CGI, 10 percent filler
Hit: 1 Stars
Naming your album after a sacred desert plant is one thing, but naming your work after the Burning Bush in the Old Testament is just downright arrogant. But you know, Bono has Vatican fever and if he ever gets to wear the funny hat, he'll start shipping nukes to Africa and that'll be the end to all this global warming and starvation nonsense. I mean, it's like Grandma Moses used to say, "If you can't handle the mundanity, light your taint on fire with a match and concentrate on the pain." And I haven't even gotten to the music yet: It sounds like Mr. "Wizard" Eno dipped the music into a chemical batter, like he was developing film in the darkroom. I think it's supposed to be art; well, OK, if we're talking about those paintings where it's just a small dot in the center of the canvas, then I get the connection. If you're into murky production and Bono's tight-scrotum vocal pleadings, this is the one you've been waiting for, so grab a few dollars, hit the used bin and let the aural sex begin. Me, I just fell asleep and Bug Eyes and Co. are serenading me as we ride a magic rainbow cloud to lala land, where a benefit is taking place to help support oppressed oompaloompas.Free Music Review: Great, haunting album by U2
Hit: 4 Stars
This was U2's first collaboration with Brian Eno, and also something of a breakthrough for them (though the real commercial breakthrough for them would be their next album, The Joshua Tree, that made them one of the world's most famous bands). Brian Eno's production is quite idiosyncratic: some of the songs are really long, some are really short, and they look as if they were unmixed; this is a messy, untidy album, but to me this is part of its appeal. The most famous song from the album is Pride (in the name of Love), a song about Martin Luther King. But the album has other very good songs, like the haunting A sort of Homecoming, Promenade and Indian Summer Sky. All in all, a very worthwhile album.Free Music Review: The Unforgetable U2
Hit: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed this cd, it is the start of a new era in U2Free Music Review: Easily My Favorite U2 Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Heavily produced, and yet easily the most consistent and high quality effort the band has put out. A giant evolutionary step forward from War, and much better than the spotty Joshua Tree. Not a weak track on this album, and the the sound of it, the feel of it, the mood, is pure magic. A magic, unfortunately, which they've never been able to recapture and bottle up again, in my opinion.Free Music Review: Not really that unforgettable (3.5)
Hit: 3 Stars
Okay, I'll admit one thing: This album has some really great tracks. "Pride" in particular is totally classic, one of their greatest even now. Its arena rock stab works well with a really big sound and good message. Other highlights are in "Wire" and "Indian Summer Sky." The title track is actually kind of memorable and is well made musically. It is not really their most well-aged either. I prefer "War" and "Actung Baby" by miles, even the debut "Boy" to this. The songs aren't that bad but they just aren't that interesting. In spite having one of the greatest U2 songs ever, this is just an album to me, nothing more & nothing less.