NLOTH FULL ALBUM - Shamelessly Immediate Review Thread (DISCUSSION ONLY)

[GibsonGirl]

I couldn't possibly agree more. This could be dangerous.

What do you think about Breathe?

I think my mind just fucking exploded.

 

[xmarcx]

this thing is kicking my ass all over the place...wow

 

[OrARoundabout]

Okay, I listened to it twice through...its no "masterpiece" but it is better than Bomb...so it give it a

It takes me about 3 months to really get to know an album...so for right now, I really don't know where NLOTH stands! But it's different and Edge is blowing my fuckin mind on some of these tracks...

 

[Yahweh]

I personally would rate it up there with Achtung Baby and even better then Joshua Tree. I didnt think they would get to that level for me again but they have and they arent ready to retire just yet.

I could care less if others think its a masterpiece or not....at the very least it is the best thing theyve done since Achtung Baby...which is a very long time

 

[Irishteen]

I think this could be my favourite album released in the last 2 years, the last album I liked more than this was Neon Bible. And this is easily in my top five U2 albums, along with the other four they made with Lanois and Eno

 

[TheReasonSF3]

I personally would rate it up there with Achtung Baby and even better then Joshua Tree. I didnt think they would get to that level for me again but they have and they arent ready to retire just yet.

I could care less if others think its a masterpiece or not....at the very least it is the best thing theyve done since Achtung Baby...which is a very long time

better than the joshua tree? no way.

 

[johnb137]

this could replace ab as my fav album ever, only time will tell.

 

[OrARoundabout]

^No no no, since "Zooropa"...its the best thing since "ZOOROPA"!

 

[GibsonGirl]

Would it be possible for me to loop the intro to Cedars of Lebanon for all eternity?

 

[Yahweh]

Joshua Tree is overrated in general...I didnt think theyde write a song with the type of power that Streets has but they have accomplished this with Magnificent which is truely Magnificent.

 

[Irishteen]

better than the joshua tree? no way.

They already have three other albums better than it, and I'm thinking this one could be number 4

 

[OrARoundabout]

^ No, I've got to disagree...you just can't top the into to Streets...

Magnificent has a very different feel to it...its really good, don't get me wrong

 

[OrARoundabout]

They already have three other albums better than it, and I'm thinking this one could be number 4

AB is the only album better than JT, that is not up for debate

 

[Yahweh]

right now I would rate the top 5 for me as follows.

Achtung Baby
NLOTH/Joshua Tree
POP
ATYCLB

 

[purpleoscar]

Magnificent is like the ultimate disco rock song ever.

 

[Popmart Shopper]

Did FEZ=Being Born turn out to be Tripoli or no?

 

[Chrisedge]

I love reading all these comments. People should step back from the hyperboil and let the album sink in. Everytime a new U2 album comes out it's the same story. "THIS IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE GOD INVENTED LIGHT"...year or two later..."U2 sucks now, and hasn't been good since boy/war/uf/jt/ab/pop/etc..."

 

[Irishteen]

AB is the only album better than JT, that is not up for debate

TUF is the best album ever made, music in general basically peaked with its release

 

[ntalwar]

I didnt think theyde write a song with the type of power that Streets has but they have accomplished this with Magnificent which is truely Magnificent.

I think Streets will still be the centerpiece of any live show, maybe forever.

 

[Am I Zoo]

There are so many "OOHHHHHHH or OUHHHHHHHH" all over the place. I'm really not a fan of those./QUOTE]

This complaint is shaping up to be THE cliche of the negative/lukewarm critiques. How many times has someone pointed out all the "oooohhhhh"s -- a million, maybe two million times? You don't have to love the album, god knows, but try to come up with something a little more substantial and a little more original, because I can't hear this particular one any more.

 

[Yahweh]

White as Snow keeps getting better and better.

 

[Numb1075]

it is a great album

only listening to it a few times so far, I don't think it's the 3rd classic. someone posted earlier, i don't think there are too many radio friendly songs. they are great, but a little too deep and complex..the anti-bubble gum. i hope i'm wrong though

Stand Up Comedy is this album's Love and Peace
the title track rocks !
MOS is a 7 minute hymn...this album's SYCMIOYO
I'm initially not enjoying that falsetto in IGCIIDGCT....the one in the verses

So far, I'm giving it 8.4 out of 10

I like it a lot.

 

[Tintin]

With HTDAAB, I felt, on first listen(s) that every song was a beautifully sculpted, hook laden song. There was no fat. All hooks and pop formalism. I loved each song (except maybe All Because of You.) But as time went on, the album had less and less cohesion and I haven't felt the need to listen to the album as a whole in a long time.

But NLOTH it seems messy, and I feel like the songs that haven't hit me yet may start doing so in the next month. I feel like this will be an album worth working through from start to finish many times, captivating enough to intrigue after years of listening.

(But then, it's been, what, a day?! )

 

[OrARoundabout]

TUF is the best album ever made, music in general basically peaked with its release

"THE BEST ALBUM EVER MADE"
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?
?
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You have made your claim, now support it...

 

[Yahweh]

I will love to see the live production that comes with this album....istead of images kicking the shit out of you it will be the sounds of these songs

 

[crowes]

Nloth

Hoping someone can send me the files.

stephen_crowe1@yahoo.com

A longtime fan would be eternally grateful.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Their best album since How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

 

[XHendrix24]

^No no no, since "Zooropa"...its the best thing since "ZOOROPA"!

This is so correct.

I would say this and Pop are close, however.

 

[ic170]

Not bad, I definitely prefer the album version of NL...

Unknown Caller is probably my favourite along with Cedars, the latter samples and old Eno/Harold Budd track called Against the Sky which is on The Pearl [1983], the album features Eno & Daniel Lanois and if you like all those UF 'atmospherics' it is worth a purchase. Breathe is good, STC is meh, the riff is familiar, Magnificent and Crazy are also songs I think Is shall really like sooner rather than later

So yeah initially for me it's a pretty good album, I think probably a grower [the old cliche!] also I wonder how some of it will fit into a live setting, especially the big stadia shows. I am sure they will want to do alot of it showing faith in this new music.

I shall do a smartass Pitchfork style review and say an initial: 7.8/10
[that most likely will go up!]

 

[Moser]

God....where do I rank this album among the Achtung Baby, Pop, and the Joshua tree?