I got an official copy of the album and am impressed. The single really put me off but i am really really suprised by it...
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I got an official copy of the album and am impressed. The single really put me off but i am really really suprised by it...
Amazing!!!:cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpR2GJa13s
This is even better live than it is on the album.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
Expect more live stuff on friday the band will be doing 4 songs on Jo Whiley's live lounge friday morning.And then appearing on the Jonathon Ross show friday night.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicevents/u2/
Saw a guy on a seat outside HMV on Grafton St today. He and another gent have started to que for the new album........
http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/eyauaumhcwkf/
The funny thing is i walked by them listening to it on my ipod:D
Max -
How do you think it stands up to 'The Joshua Tree' and 'Achtung Baby.'
Also, what do you make of the Crazy, Boots, Stand UC, middle part of the the album. Do you think it works or not?
some horrific lyrics in there...
'Force quit and move to trash' in Unknown Caller...
Some strange line about seeing his face in an ATM somehwere..
and the strange line 'cross the road like a little old lady' in there too.
But the album is a bit better than I expected... Magnificent and the title track are excellent.
Its good but Achtung is better for me as it was a ground breaking sound at the time.
It don't like the current single at all and its not really a good impression of what is the come with the rest of the album.
Stand up comedy is a great tune but my fav is white as snow, Eno sound really comes through there.
Eno did a great job with latest Coldplay album and has done just as good here with the mix of the classic U2 sound with some lovely electronic touches. I can hear some early James sounds in there.
Got the album today. I'm very impressed by it.
Unknown Caller, No Line, I'll Go Crazy and Stand Up Comedy are all great tunes.
Get On Your Boots is a quality tune IMO.
White Snow is good and you can defo hear Eno's sound as said above.
Its quite different to All That You Cant Bomb anyway, and in a good way. Magnificent is the stand out song for me. Did anyone buy the 'Magazine' version and try and watch Linear? Keeps telling me ive put in the wrong barcode when you have to enter the barcode on the website. Im Slightly ragin i spent €7 extra just for a poster and a film i cant watch :(
:D Christ Rovers1 you are one bitter person.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
I do hope that U2 or the clown from their "street team":rolleyes: who's responsible for stencil spray-painting ads for their current opus on the footpaths of Limericks O'Connell st. faces the same persecution from Limerick Corpos litter warden that gets doled out to Limerick bands advertising their events and releases.
I must have listened to this nearly 40 times since last week. I got the physical copy (CD), this morning (Friday).
To me, it is easily their most complete album since Achtung Baby - maybe ever. Is it their best? - one can only make such a judgement after a great deal of time.
I would say it's probably their most musically accomplished, dense and textured album.
The original plan the band had with the album, was to make it a concept album. The middle 3 (Crazy, Boots, SUC) replaced 3 more ambient tracks.They are meant to create a break between the more dense first and last 4 tracks. To me, Boots and SUC work but Crazy seems out of place, despite it being a good song, it is too poppy and just doesn't seem to fit with rest of the album. Boots and SUC are fun and playful and imo fit with the album. I always liked Boots - it's a grower and is perfectly placed on the album.
I would have liked to have heard the album in it's original form but anyway....................
My only other criticism, and it would be minor, is that the song Breathe doesn't live up to it's impressive and interesting intro. I like the song but feel it doesn't fulfill it's potential. The album is full of great intros BTW.
Overall a great album - their third masterpiece. ;)
I've been listening to the album solid for nearly 2 weeks now.
Without a doubt this is up there as one of the best albums the band has released.
They seemed to play safe with the last two albums,but have experimented a bit on this one.The addition of some arab percusion and various loops mix very well with the album.Most notably on Unknown Caller.The Brian Eno/Danny Lanois influence really stands out.
I really do think that this album will stand the test of time and even the "Non-Believers" might acknowlodge this fine piece of work.
Looking forward to the tour.
What's with the love-in with the BBC? They've been appearing on Jonathan Ross, did a free gig on top of their studios in Oxford Street and U2=BBC idents/trailers too...
And dont you forget it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
Been listening to the album 4 or 5 times on loop. If I Dont Go Crazy....is a grower as is Fez. Very Eno towards the end of the album.
quoting a somewhat better lyricist:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
"I know Ono
She knows Bono
and he knows Enos'
phone goes thus
Brian's not home
he's at the north pole
where I'd really like to leave your weird noise."
Must admit 'Breathe' gave the impression of taking a few chances ....that's based on one listen on Johnathan Ross last night. The sound was poor mind. No bass end whatsoever.
Every Breaking Wave was supposed to have been a quality song but that made way for one of the three middle songs because it was too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Unknown Caller is my favourite track on the album, although No Line is growing on me.
I have to agree, this is a masterpiece. It completes the holy trinity; The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and now No Line On The Horizon :cool:
That song is supposed to be quality - you're right, it will probably appear on the companion album to be released at the end of the year/beginning of next year. Basically during the tour.Quote:
Originally Posted by juan
I don't know if it was definately going to be on the NLOTH though. The song that was going to be on it was Winter. It's a good tune. I have it downloaded on my PC. It does appear on the film/movie 'Linear' which accompanies the album on the Ltd Edition box set. This film has all the songs including Winter but excluding '........Crazy Tonight.' So it probably made way for Crazy. A mistake, in my opinion. :(
I heard that alright along with the other songs that were cut.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
The film was completed before U2 settled on the songs that make the album now so the only song that survived the reshuffle was "Winter"
I didn't get the Ltd edition box set so unfortunately I cant compare the songs.
Roll on the tour
still cant believe they dont include Mercy in an album, i konw Bono said its too long, but its too good not to be heard!
They are supposed to be including a 360 degree stage for the tour :D
If that's true then it'll only add to the Croke Park rumours
Good spot about the "break" mid album. This stood out for me over the weekend in an obvious way. All 3 songs are good, actually very good in their own right but for me anyway they would be ranked 9,10 and 11 on the album.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
It gets better and better on each listen and although its early days to be calling it a masterpiece its probably a safe bet in a few years time that it will be classified up there with the other 2.
Last thing is that a lot of these songs will most likely be incredible live especially Fez, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender ...ah feck it...all of them actually.
Yeah I think the middle bit of the album is the weakest part of the album.
Moment of Surrender and White as Snow and Breathe are the standout tracks for me at the moment.
No Line on the Horizon, Magnificent Fez are pretty good too.
The title track has shades of Kings of Leon about it I reckon.. the album's definitely a grower.
Think its a rubbish album myself. Theres nothing to grow into, you listen to it twice and its done and dusted, you can stick it on the shelf and forget about it. It's the same as the last one and the one before that, seems a bit outdated now, theres nothing to challenge you, they should try something new but I suppose they have tried that with Zooropa and Pop and that didn't work. Very overrated, a great cd is one that will stand the test of time and people will soon forget about this once the hype has died down. Can't believe it's taken them 4 years to come up with this rubbish.
:confused: Different strokes for different folks - I supposeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dublin12
Anyway..............I ordered the Ltd edition box set from Amazon (UK) about a month ago at £42. I had ordered it under their price tracker promise. It arrived this morning - and in the end it cost me £19. :D
what came with it TF?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
Rovers -Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
The Ltd edition box set is quite large, roughly about the size of a laptop.
In it you get, the album - obviously, a 64 page hardback book, a poster and the film/movie 'Linear.'
I have the standard album CD as well because I thought the album in the box set would most likely be in a flimsy cardboard sleeve. It isn't. It comes in a removable plastic sheath, which has the (equal sign/=) on it. Within, it contains another poster and the CD booklet. The CD booklet is far superior to the one in the standard CD case.
All in all, at £19 from Amazon, it is exceptional quality. It would say to anyone who has not yet bought the album, to buy the Ltd edition box set instead of the standard CD. You get much more for your money!
Although, in edition to my above post, the price listed on Amazon now is still at the price I ordered it at - £42. In the receipt I got with the box set this morning, it shows the cost as £19.42 inclusive of VAT and shipping.
With Amazon's price tracker promise, whatever price you order an item at, you will be charged the lowest price that said item is ever listed on Amazon. Similiarly, if the price of an item increases after your moment of purchase, you will still be charged at the price the item was at the time you ordered - because it was lower.
At least, this is my understanding of how it works.
I can only surmise that the NLOTH boxset fell to £19, in the intervening period between my ordering of it and it's arrival this morning, (this was about 4/5 weeks).
Hope that helps.
I got the deluxe edition on amazon aswell for £21.
I'm still waiting on it so hopefully i'll have it tomorrow.
I like the new album, but this guy didn't like the previous one, at all. Hilarious stuff:D
Edit: Kind of NSFW, albeit text only.
^ One of the many who let a dislike for Bono influence their opinions on U2's music.
Anyway..........on the subject of that album - HTDAAB, while the criticism is over the top, his dislike of the album is something I share to a certain extent. If I had my way and could erase any album from U2's back catalogue, it would be HTDAAB. It is the album that has done U2 most harm.
Thank Christ that NLOTH is a marked improvement and more comparable to their earlier masterpiece works of the Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby! :)
Breathe is growing on me big time.
Have to say this album sounds better and better every time I listen to it.
Unknown Caller still remains my favourite.
I personally think that HTDAAB is a good solid album.
As with a lot of U2 albums when you ignore the singles you will find some great album tracks.
Miracle Drug,Love And Peace Or Else,Crumbs From Your Table and Yahweh are for me the stand out tracks from that album.
Agreed , I'm by no means a big U2 fan but for some of the best tracks on All that you can't leave behind are "In a Little While" and "When you look at the World"Quote:
Originally Posted by The Optimist
i remember that popped up when HTDAAB came out, the guy who wrote it is a a huge U2 fan, it was meant to be tongue in cheek.Quote:
Originally Posted by strangeirish
Interesting interview and gives an insight into lots of the lyrics on this album. Anybody who hates U2 and Bono will hate him even more after this I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JVYb...eature=related
Not a good album in my opinion,very messy in parts.(que 100 of you replying that im talking crap etc etc blah blah)
You're just bitter Eamo. :D Probably treasonous and treacherous as well. I mean ...are you even really Irish? I mean REALLY Irish? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by eamo1
[QUOTE=eamo1;1121845]Not a good album in my opinion,very messy in parts.(que 100 of you replying that im talking crap etc etc blah blah)[/QUOTE
You have some valid points there I think the middle of the album is average to be honest with Boots and Stand Up Comedy.
I agree, I'll Go Crazy is a poor effort too. The rest of the album is impressive though, the middle 3 let it down.