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It seeems we've been getting all good reviews about the new album, but a lot have been from u2 friends or reviewers who have a history of loving every u2 album. From the main page, the article is written by Edna Gunderson (loves u2) but the description of the new album is from a different critic, Alan Light. Anyone ever heard of this guy?
A High-Stakes Music Season
By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
........upcoming albums by U2, Eminem and Destiny's Child are expected to top the chart, reap fat holiday sales and drive traffic into stores.
"There isn't really any doubt about those three," says Alan Light, editor of music magazine Tracks. "At this point, I'm loath to say anyone is guaranteed a million-selling first week, given the way the world is, but Eminem is as much a lock for that as exists anywhere. And the others are big records that have been long anticipated and well set up. These are people who are not following fluke hits. They consistently deliver the goods."
U2, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (Nov. 23)
When the Irish quartet resurfaced in 2000 with "All That You Can't Leave Behind," singer Bono declared the album a bid to claim the title of world's greatest rock band. The band succeeded critically and commercially, selling 4.2 million copies to bring its album sales total in the Nielsen SoundScan era (since 1991) to 25.8 million. U2 stands to reaffirm its supremacy with the rock-solid Atomic, recorded in Dublin and France and produced by Steve Lillywhite, Flood, Nellee Hooper and others. First single "Vertigo" goes to radio Sept. 24.
"I'm very impressed," says Light, one of several critics who have heard "Atomic." "It's an exciting record. They got that place back, and they're still fighting for it. ('All That') won back and created a lot of fans. I have to assume a hunger is there. There certainly is anticipation."
A High-Stakes Music Season
By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
........upcoming albums by U2, Eminem and Destiny's Child are expected to top the chart, reap fat holiday sales and drive traffic into stores.
"There isn't really any doubt about those three," says Alan Light, editor of music magazine Tracks. "At this point, I'm loath to say anyone is guaranteed a million-selling first week, given the way the world is, but Eminem is as much a lock for that as exists anywhere. And the others are big records that have been long anticipated and well set up. These are people who are not following fluke hits. They consistently deliver the goods."
U2, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" (Nov. 23)
When the Irish quartet resurfaced in 2000 with "All That You Can't Leave Behind," singer Bono declared the album a bid to claim the title of world's greatest rock band. The band succeeded critically and commercially, selling 4.2 million copies to bring its album sales total in the Nielsen SoundScan era (since 1991) to 25.8 million. U2 stands to reaffirm its supremacy with the rock-solid Atomic, recorded in Dublin and France and produced by Steve Lillywhite, Flood, Nellee Hooper and others. First single "Vertigo" goes to radio Sept. 24.
"I'm very impressed," says Light, one of several critics who have heard "Atomic." "It's an exciting record. They got that place back, and they're still fighting for it. ('All That') won back and created a lot of fans. I have to assume a hunger is there. There certainly is anticipation."
With so many good reviews we've heard, I can't wait to hear the album!
