U2

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (HTDAAB)

We are not your pets Bono

Review Score:

(2/10)
once again were disappointed to find a pathetic excuse for what we knew as U2.

The opening track, "Vertigo," which has been spinning on the radio for a while, is completely unlike the rest of the album. The tedious song is one of U2's worst. If people somehow claim to enjoy it, they're only reacting to its excessive play on the radio. It's got everything you want to hear on a radio hit: Bono in his signature croon that varies from the catchy choruses to the predictable rhyming verses, and The Edge starting with a choppy guitar leading into a more drawn out feeling that later descends into a boring repetitive solo. Clayton on bass and Mullen on drums could only be described as dull and uninspired at best.

Overall nothing really new has been created, but who knows you may love it. Which is all fine and well, the U2 fanbase is so huge and well-established, that U2 don't actually need to experiment too radically just at the moment.

Possibly the laziest album in the history of music. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb is the biggest waste of time I can think of, boring as hell. And, that's your great, being relieved at U2 playing guitars again, 'comeback' album. Comeback to what, exactly? What's the point with this album ? who need it ?

U2 are stuck in a moment that they don't want to get out of

PS: Triple H "Roland of Gilead" (Derrry, Northern Ireland) so you better learn how to count in Spanish.

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