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Title: You can leave this one behind
Review: I've been a big fan of U2 since around the time Achtung Baby came out, and this is such a huge step backwards in terms of creativity that it's sad. I loved the more experimental songs on both Zooropa and Pop. Each of those albums had more energy and excitement than this slow and dull "return to their roots." How is this a return to their roots? It's so bland that even very early U2 is more enjoyable. It starts out strong with Beautiful Day, but then it loses steam and sputters out after a few songs. Where's the power of Mofo and Please? Where's the soulful singing from songs like Lemon and So Cruel? This album is lacking almost everything that made U2 great. In trying to scale back they cut too much and turned out what is arguably the worst U2 album to date (although none of these songs induces quite the agony that Party Girl does, they are still very poor). Do yourself a favor and pick up any of U2s older albums. This one isn't worth it.
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