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Title: Uninspired retro flash from U2
Review: Gone is the experimentation of the past three albums, which went a bit over the top, but at least this band never sounded like retreads of its old self on Zooropa, ...Baby or Pop. Here, the once socially relevant and powerful US bring back their old sound without the old feelings, and to me it sounds less than inspired. Clearly this is a monority opinion, judging from the other publised comments here, but this music sounds more like "product" than anything ever produced by this once revolutionary band. Lyrics as trite as those of "New York" would not have found their way onto a U2 album a decade ago, but now we hear Bono making tepid rhymes in a rock star pose that no longer looks unstudied. Bring back some of the heart to your music, boys, and all will be forgiven.
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