cluttered and literal, least mysterious and open-ended track". He said the blocked harmonies show the band "striving too ambitiously and conventionally for effect" and likened the song to a "scarf-waving variant of 'Sailing' written for the National Union of Mineworkers". He described the melody, however, as "undeniably potent and infectious", and he praised the band's good intentions in writing about the mining strikes. Niall Stokes said that the song "capture[ed] eloquently [...] the sense of doom that surrounded the death of the small close-knit mining communities". See also List of covers of U2 songs – Red Hill Mining Town References Footnotes Bibliography External links @U2 - Pictures from "Red Hill Mining Town" video U2 songs 1987 songs Song recordings produced by Brian Eno Songs written by Bono Songs written by the Edge Songs written by Adam Clayton Songs written by Larry Mullen Jr. Song recordings produced by Daniel Lanois Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite Mining in the United Kingdom UK miners' strike (1984–1985) Songs about mining