Title: Disappointing effort
Product review: I am a long-time, big-time U2 fan and I am very disappointed with this CD. Part of the reason may be in that the pre-release hype was that this CD would rock a little harder than the last couple of efforts. It doesn't. When I first heard Vertigo, I thought it was an okay tune, far from U2's best, but I still had hope for the CD. There are some better songs than Vertigo on the CD, but in all the songs are fairly weak. Most of the songs sound like they were rejected from early U2 albums. You can hear hints of earlier works in many of the songs, but they just aren't as good as the earlier works.The biggest problem with the CD is that most of the songs are overproduced. There is some good guitar, bass and drum work going on, but the solid musicianship is drowned out by too much irriating synthesizer effects, hallelujah choruses, and repetitive keyboard work. The end result is that I feel like I am listening to the soundtrack of a Broadway musical.
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