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Title: Forgettagble Fire
Review: I was surprised to see so many rave reviews of this album. While "Beautiful Day" is an incredible single, it's not enough to hold this album together. The remaining songs are too lyrically boring, sonically toned-down and musically bland to be memorable. Only the song "New York" near the end re-kindles the U2 fire they are known for. The contrast between this album and their last three is so great that it leaves me wondering about the future of this band...is this the beginning of the end? If you are a fan of the early REM albums (Murmer,Reckoning, Lifes Rich etc) as I am, this album is analagous to "New Adventures in Hi-Fi".
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