We heard a lot of talk how this is a reinvention, innovative album etc...but is it ? Did they deliver this time ?
NLOTH - guitar sounds similar to The Fly, it's like 90s U2 is back
Magnificent - JT updated
MOS - this is new. 21st century gospel.
UC - I get a JT impression on this too. Walk on-ish guitar in the start
Crazy tonight - ATYCLB
Boots - "let me in the sound" part is new, otherwise this is Pop U2
SUC - True the Edge never sounded like Page so much, but this is basically a more fun, looser sister song to Crumbs
FEZ - Zooropa revisited
WAS - another acoustic U2 song
Breathe - Acrobat in the tempo, otherwise classic U2 guitar
Cedars - maybe new too.
I don't see it as a reboot like UF or even AB and ATYCLB or the lightning that struck once on JT, it's more like accumulating everything they learned along the way. In that sense it fits with the previous two albums and is U2 coming full circle. It is a very strong record and an album they can be proud of ... but
The question is: can Eno and Lanois teach U2 new tricks at this point ? Should U2 look at someone else to launch the next phase of their career, U2 4.0 if you like ?
NLOTH - guitar sounds similar to The Fly, it's like 90s U2 is back
Magnificent - JT updated
MOS - this is new. 21st century gospel.
UC - I get a JT impression on this too. Walk on-ish guitar in the start
Crazy tonight - ATYCLB
Boots - "let me in the sound" part is new, otherwise this is Pop U2
SUC - True the Edge never sounded like Page so much, but this is basically a more fun, looser sister song to Crumbs
FEZ - Zooropa revisited
WAS - another acoustic U2 song
Breathe - Acrobat in the tempo, otherwise classic U2 guitar
Cedars - maybe new too.
I don't see it as a reboot like UF or even AB and ATYCLB or the lightning that struck once on JT, it's more like accumulating everything they learned along the way. In that sense it fits with the previous two albums and is U2 coming full circle. It is a very strong record and an album they can be proud of ... but
The question is: can Eno and Lanois teach U2 new tricks at this point ? Should U2 look at someone else to launch the next phase of their career, U2 4.0 if you like ?