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Title: On further listening...
Review: First let me say that I didn't much care for U2 prior to Achtung Baby. I didn't mind hearing them on the radio, but didn't feel the need to own anhy of their albums. Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop changed that. Each album charted new ground for the band; they were interesting if nothing else. This album puts U2 back on my "don't need to buy" list. Beautiful Day and Eleveation are the only stand out songs for me on this disc; everything else is at best okay to listen to, but not exciting. Some of it is just boring. I guess U2 has returned to their "roots", but without any real enthusiasm for it. The songs, as I said are almost all unoffensive, but none of them stick in your head afterword; kind of like rock muzak. Only a couple of songs are cringingly bad (Peace On Earth, Grace), with the lifeless music overwhelmed by even worse lyrics. I think long time U2 fanatics will like this very much, but if, like me, you only found U2 to be worth your time recently, avoid this disc
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