Hollow Island
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Pop is considered a critical failure, and really had no hits on it [though I love the album]. Meanwhile, HTDAAB won 7 (?) Grammy's, had critical acclaim, had a huge hit, and won best album of the year.
You can say that you do not like their recent albums, and speculate that it is because U2 are trying to make radio hits and are second guessing themselves. But you cannot argue with facts. HTDAAB was a huge commercial success (as was ATYCLB, really) and Pop was not.
If you're just referring to NLOTH, I don't know what you mean by their 'current' methods, albums, failures... what other albums are you also thinking of?
Pop got very good reviews when it came out, and yes, it had hits. There is more to the world than America. In Canada the videos were inescapable. Discotheque was a #1 single in Canada, Ireland, and the UK. 3 in Australia, 10 in the USA. Staring at the Sun. Top 5 in UK, Canada, Ireland. Last Night On Earth: 4 in Canada, 10 UK, 11 Ireland. 57 in the USA. Please hit 7 in the UK, 10 Canada, 6 in Ireland.
Pop sold 7 million copies; it was a huge commercial success. It amazes me how people allow history to be rewritten by U2.
I'm not just referring to NLOTH, though it's the clearest example of how they try to force hits.