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Review: this album is so heartless and commercial that it baffles the mind. how could a band that made such outstanding music at one time in their career subject itself and its listeners to such overhyped crap! have you even listened to the music and lyrics to "beautiful day" and "elevation?" my god, you'd expect this from a sophomore effort, not from a band that's been around. supposedly, their intent was to move away from some of their recent experimental offerings once they realized that techno wasn't the hype everyone thought it was going to be and they needed a new bandwagon to jump onto. seeing the writing on the wall that their "direction" was nowhere, they opt for rehashing (or attempting to rehash) what they once were. totally disasterous. for bono to state that "they're applying for the job as the best band in the world," is laughable. save us the time. radiohead and belle and sebastian beat you to it!
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