I can honestly say...from day one... NLOTH didn't get me excited. I would play the first 3 tracks then skip to Breathe. So to be fair.....that's my album to diss....and have done so since it came out. (I bought the deluxe..and the vinyl... and the....and was underwhelmed.)
However.
Just like after Pop, U2 loves to rise from the ashes.
So in a way, I'm thankful for NLOTH and them abandoning the songs on 360...
We wouldn't then have this gem of a record.
NLOTH..... I knew they lost the plot when I saw sexy women in boots with moustaches....and a burning motorcycle.
Well said About NLOTH, I felt the same. When it came out, like all U2 albums, I wanted to love it but I knew I didnt.
NLOTH.....I kind of like it but never had the urge to put it on repeat(very meh)
unknown Callers lyrics were embarrassing (I get what they were going for but it didn't work....not for me)
Stand Up Comedy was just so....blah. it isn't terrible but I never had a huge urge to listen to it over and over
boots....its catchy but those lyrics "sexy boots"....come on(dont hate the song)
White as Snow....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
fez....hated it from the first listen
Ceaders......one of the worst U2 songs I ever heard(Oranges from a tank line is a WTF moment)
That's basically 7 of 11 songs that after a day or so I lost the desire to go back and listen to them, they all failed to get "stuck" in my head. That means I really only focused on 4 songs and Crazy wore thin after a few weeks due to some dodgy lyrics(sweet tooth line) and those voice cracks. In the end, Magnificent, MOS and Breathe were the songs that kept me coming back to that album.
By contrast, with SOI I can only say that about 2 of 11 songs(Ceaders and Troubles) and I don't dislike those songs it's more that the other 9 stand out much more to me.
NLOTH was just like POP to me. I really wanted to love it but the first time I played the album through....I knew I wasn't going to love it.
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