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Track Listings
| 1. Vertigo |
| 2. Miracle Drug |
| 3. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own |
| 4. Love and Peace or Else |
| 5. City of Blinding Lights |
| 6. All Because of You |
| 7. Man and a Woman |
| 8. Crumbs from Your Table |
| 9. One Step Closer |
| 10. Original of the Species |
| 11. Yahweh |
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The album that carries U2 into its 25th year--and likely the mixed blessings of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame--is one of its most frank and focused since the days of October and War. But its gestation was anything but simple, in part salvaged from '03 sessions the band deemed subpar. Enter Steve Lillywhite, the band's original producer and sometime collaborator in the decades since, who helped retool the track "Native Son" (originally an anti-gun screed) into the aggressive iPod anthem "Vertigo" and leaves his distinctive stamp on the muscular "All Because of You" and others. Perhaps weary of ceaseless, fashion-driven reinvention in the wake of monumental success, U2 seem only too happy here to re-embrace their original sonic trademarks in service of more daring, pop-melodic hooks than they've collected in one place in decades. The Eno/Lanois produced "Love and Peace or Else" may shimmer with the duo's electro-production conceits, but it's Edge's lugubrious, post-modern John Lee Hooker guitar swagger that drives it. Elsewhere, Bono's trademark dramaturgy is spotlighted on "City of Blinding Lights," the unabashed romance of "A Man and a Woman," and the confessional "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own." It may come wrapped in a conundrum--is it nostalgic retrenchment or sum of the band's endless musical catharsis?--but it's also the album where, Fly and MacPhisto be damned, U2 boldly claims its arena titan mantle with apologies to no one. --Jerry McCulley
Recommended U2 Discography
 War |  The Joshua Tree |  Achtung Baby |
 All That You Can't Leave Behind |  The Best of 1990-2000 |  The Best of 1980-1990 |
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U2 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Deleted 2004 Argentinean edition 11-track CD album featuring the hit single Vertigo complete with a custom stickered picture sleeve and this copy is in MINT condition as still factory sealed from new!)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant,
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This review is from: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Audio CD)
This is the 1st U2 album I bought and I'm wasb't disappointed. Some brilliant rock songs on this like Vertigo, Miracle Drug, Fast Cars and Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own. All the songs on here are really good. I can't compare it to older U2 albums but compared to other U2 songs and other rock albums this is up there and a must have.
5.0 out of 5 stars
HTDAAB - Have They Done Another Achtung Baby? YES!,
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This review is from: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Audio CD)
HTDAAB is an absolutely incredible album - its their best since Achtung Baby. Songs like Vertigo (a tale about a drunken party), Love And Peace Or Else (stories of a man who fights his brother for a woman they both love, and then fights real war, and terrorism) and All Because Of You (a song about birth) are three of the rockiest songs they've played yet. Miracle Drug is a heartfelt recounting of a man's fight against paralysis, which he has had since birth. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own and One Step Closer are both emotional songs about Bono's dad, the first being a wrenching goodbye, the latter being a song of acceptance. Following the departure of Bob Hewson, is a welcome to all of their children, in Original Of The Species. The high point of the album is undoubtably the soaring City Of Blinding Lights, recounting New York after 9/11, and giving the city a message of hope. From the chilling guitar notes, to the calm piano, and some of U2's most inspiring lyrics, this, the longest song on the album, is undoubtably one of U2's finest studio works, in the class of masterpieces such as One, With Or Without You and Walk On, and it comes out even better live. The only real disappointment on the album is A Man And A Woman, a bland and boring song with only one or two really enjoyable lyrics. The overrated Crumbs From Your Table is a fairly good song, but just can't compare to some of U2's other relatively unknown classics, such as The First Time, Ultraviolet (Light My Way), Exit, MLK and So Cruel. Closing off this version of the album is the passive Yahweh, a good song, which is incredible when stripped down and played acoustically. Other, special editions (and the UK version) include another rocker, Fast Cars, which immediatly sets the tone for the next album. Their best album since Achtung Baby, HTDAAB is a real pleasure to listen to.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not a disappointment at all!,
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This review is from: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Audio CD)
I know a lot of U2 fans out there seem to be disappointed with their latest album, HTDAAB, but I'm not. I think it's almost a throw back to their 80s albums, which is a good thing. City Of Blinding Lights, in particular, has the classic U2 sound which really takes me back to the good old 80s. Vertigo is a rocker, with catchy, clever lyrics. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own is a nice sentimental sort of song, which I believe Bono wrote about his dad, who passed away in 2001. Love And Peace Or Else is a great song about something which any rational person hopes for in our crazy world .. "Lay down your guns/All you daughters of Zion/All you Abraham's sons". The album closes out with Yahweh, which is a song which is really a prayer to God. All in all, a great effort by what is still a great band!
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