Review: 15 studio albums, 84 singles and nine EPs. U2's legacy is up there with the biggest in rock & roll history. The original LP, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, is number 11 in the band's running order, and when it was released in 2004 it reflected the group doubling down on their transition away from more experimental and alternative rock sounds, into more mainstream aesthetics befitting their long-since earned stadium status. Here we are late-2024 and the Irish outfit bestow How To Reassemble An Atomic Bomb on their legions of loyal fans as a tie-in with both Record Store Day and Black Friday, and to mark the record's 20th anniversary. Not simply a re-release, but rather a revisit to ideas and tones of the time, even if you've got the previous versions this is well worth a punt.
Review: U2's latest album finds the iconic rock band re-recording some of their back catalogue songs. The whole record has been produced by The Edge and in all there are 40 tunes coming in companion to famous bespectacled front man Bono's memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, from last year. The record took two years to record during the pandemic and after reviewing demos arrangements were tweaked and in some cases reinterpreted and often redone in a more acoustic setting. Fans have received the album well and it is fair to say there is plenty to like about it.
Review: This is a white vinyl verison of U2's latest album which finds the iconic rock band re-recording some of their back catalogue songs. The whole record has been produced by The Edge and in all there are 40 tunes coming in companion to famous bespectacled front man Bono's memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, from last year. The record took two years to record during the pandemic and after reviewing demos arrangements were tweaked and in some cases reinterpreted and often redone in a more acoustic setting.
Review: In many ways it's hard to get a fix on U2's 90s period. It's as though they folded time between their breakthrough 80s albums and the comfortable middle age period post the turn of the millennium. However, Zooropa remains a wildly exciting album which saw Bono and his buddies weren't afraid to mess with the formula and embrace what was happening outside of their mainstream rock bubble. There are some surprising risks taken and yet their gargantuan song craft remains undiminished. On this 30th anniversary pressing there's also some bonus remixes tucked onto side four, bringing Oakenfold's equally supersized Perfecto sound into the mix.
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