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The Sounds of Fall
Fall is here and life is good. Switch on the TV: No more reruns. Visit the local multiplex: No more “Catwoman.” Soon enough, record shops will start stocking stuff that’s actually worth paying for. To guide you through the racks, NEWSWEEK takes a sneak-peek at this season’s most-anticipated CDs. Don’t panic—there’s still time to free up space on your iPod.
U2, 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' (Interscope)
The Who once sang, “I hope I die before I get old,” and for most of us, the feeling is mutual. We’d rather our favorite groups give up the ghost than age ungracefully. U2 refuses to do either. When the Dublin quartet released "All That You Can’t Leave Behind" in 2000, critics said they’d gone “back to basics,” resuscitating six-string uplift after a decade of cheeky Euro pop. But the record was no nostalgia trip; U2 had moved on. All melody and muscle, tracks like “Beautiful Day” were, for better or worse, more grown-up than the earnest ’80s-era hits they’d supposedly revived. Expect "Atomic Bomb," due out Nov. 23, to add some much-needed edge (and Edge) to the new equation. “[The album is] driven by a guitar player who is sick of the sight of me shaking hands with dodgy politicians,” Bono recently told a British paper. “The anger is unbelievable.” Believe it: His better-with-age vocals snap and crackle on the anthemic first single “Vertigo,” and the band sounds leaner—and louder—than ever.
Fall is here and life is good. Switch on the TV: No more reruns. Visit the local multiplex: No more “Catwoman.” Soon enough, record shops will start stocking stuff that’s actually worth paying for. To guide you through the racks, NEWSWEEK takes a sneak-peek at this season’s most-anticipated CDs. Don’t panic—there’s still time to free up space on your iPod.
U2, 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb' (Interscope)
The Who once sang, “I hope I die before I get old,” and for most of us, the feeling is mutual. We’d rather our favorite groups give up the ghost than age ungracefully. U2 refuses to do either. When the Dublin quartet released "All That You Can’t Leave Behind" in 2000, critics said they’d gone “back to basics,” resuscitating six-string uplift after a decade of cheeky Euro pop. But the record was no nostalgia trip; U2 had moved on. All melody and muscle, tracks like “Beautiful Day” were, for better or worse, more grown-up than the earnest ’80s-era hits they’d supposedly revived. Expect "Atomic Bomb," due out Nov. 23, to add some much-needed edge (and Edge) to the new equation. “[The album is] driven by a guitar player who is sick of the sight of me shaking hands with dodgy politicians,” Bono recently told a British paper. “The anger is unbelievable.” Believe it: His better-with-age vocals snap and crackle on the anthemic first single “Vertigo,” and the band sounds leaner—and louder—than ever.
