JamietheEdgefan
Refugee
Its what is behind the decision that is truly fucked.
Its nice of Edge to say they have truckloads of material and its all so great and they just don't know what to do with it all, what direction to go in, but we all know that's complete bullshit, right? We know they did make a directional decision. And that they were happy enough with that material for a long, long time. Up until early February - and possibly later - that thing was on-target for a May release. The decision came after then. And had nothing to do with having too much material and it all being so confusing.
They'd made that decision and nailed it down. Then... so... do we actually release it? Why should we release it? Why should we hold back?
Think about that. Try imagining that conversation between the band. If you think that decision had anything to do with direction or quality of material or whatever, you're pretty naive. Enjoy your bloated biggest ever greatest hits tour and don't forget to re-up your annual $50 subscription to a meaningless website each year while you are on your long wait till your next $100 blown on four different super deluxe limited exclusive edition versions of a seriously underwhelming and massively compromised creatively stale album.
To be honest, there are five or six tracks on No Line that are starting to look more and more as though they were just a final twitch coming from a body that has otherwise been lifeless for some time.
So what do you think was the reason for cancelling this album?