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Digging through old stuff in the closets, I came across some old magazines. Here is an interesting review from the May 31, 1981 issue of Circus:
U2-Boy:
U2 make great fog machine music. The band's album has a misty, expansive feel- droning in atmosphere but driving in pace, and propelled by enthusiastic bass and drum lines. Ace producer Steve Lillywhite captures it all, paying fine attention to such details as the sharp glockenspiel highlights of "I Will Follow."
The Irish-born U2 are very young, the eldest is only 20, and not surprisingly their lyrical delivery presents adolescent awkwardness as some kind of existential dilemma. The group's striking, trippy sound makes this potentially pretentious sentiment endearing, and with music as hot as "An Cat Dubh" one is tempted to run off into their haze forever.
By Jim Farber, Circus Magazine
U2-Boy:
U2 make great fog machine music. The band's album has a misty, expansive feel- droning in atmosphere but driving in pace, and propelled by enthusiastic bass and drum lines. Ace producer Steve Lillywhite captures it all, paying fine attention to such details as the sharp glockenspiel highlights of "I Will Follow."
The Irish-born U2 are very young, the eldest is only 20, and not surprisingly their lyrical delivery presents adolescent awkwardness as some kind of existential dilemma. The group's striking, trippy sound makes this potentially pretentious sentiment endearing, and with music as hot as "An Cat Dubh" one is tempted to run off into their haze forever.
By Jim Farber, Circus Magazine
