What strikes me is that I really don't think there's a clunker in the bunch. On pretty much every U2 album there are at least 2-3 songs I'm just not into at all. Not this one. Maybe American Soul? Other than that, everything is good to great to classic.
The late album stuff is fantastic (Landlady, Blackout, Love is Bigger). Rare for a U2 album!
Step 1: beg for leak
Step 2: get album, stream it to world
Step 3: ???
Step 4: profit
I'm waiting till Friday, but is the second half being stronger similar to SOI???
In some ways but this has the feel of AB in terms of an album that flows from beginning to end. For me it is U2 with a fresh new sound.
Red Flag Day really has a War vibe!
Does anyone else think that they should've gone with another mix of The Best Thing? Perhaps the acoustic version. This one jars when listening to the album from start to finish.