U2

All That You Can't Leave Behind

This is why albums are made!!! A modern classic!!!

Review Score:

(10/10)
Once I wrestled with a dillema. I was in college and extremely heartbroken over a torn relationship with a beautiful Jewish girl who played the piano(just like me).You know what I did? I cried and cried and cried and listened to "Stuck in a moment you can't get out of". That is what great albums are meant to be. To be richly therapuetic without even trying. To serve as testement to the undying will of love superceding the frailties of life's curveballs. But, this CD just plain rocks! The anthemic opener(played to death on FM radio) is just a small prelude into the glorious highlights to come. This is a refreshed rock worthy U2 that are kicking it like no other! They ARE the best band in the world(not those souless clowns, Radiohead)and proof is sprawled on this disc. Social issues, poverty, war are addressed beautiful, if sadly, in "Peace on Earth" as well as the follow up song"When I look at the world". "Kite" is a bittersweet rumination about Bono's kids getting on with their own lives, assuming their own roles. This is universal stuff that sounds as polished and as meaningful as "The Joshua Tree" or "War". After a series of mediocre misteps(Zooropa, Pop) U2 have come back swinging. This is a stunning and beautiful record that is a must have. It is one of the best albums by U2 and also of all time! Buy it here at Amazon and check it out for yourself! Here are some other reccomendations (in descending order)
1. The Joshua Tree
2. Achtung Baby

3. All that you can't leave behind
4. War
5. The Unforgettable Fire
6. Boy
7. October
8. Pop
9. Zooropa
10.Rattle and Hum

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