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All rights reserved.| Track Listing 1. Vertigo 2. Miracle Drug 3. Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own 4. Love and Peace or Else 5. City of Blinding Lights 6. All Because of You 7. Man and a Woman, A 8. Crumbs From Your Table 9. One Step Closer 10. Origin of the Species 11. Yaweh 12. Fast Cars
Album Notes This Limited Edition of HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB includes a bonus DVD that features a documentary film and live performances. It also includes a 45-page book featuring illustrations, paintings, and photography by U2. U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar); Adam Clayton (bass guitar); Larry Mullen Jr. (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Carl Glanville (keyboards, percussion). Recording information: 2004. Much in the manner of their previous album, ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND, U2 largely strips down the stadium-sized approach of years past on the provocatively titled HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB. Whether they were inspired by the garage-rock revival that took place in between the two records, or just felt like making some visceral rock & roll, this 2004 release has as much unbridled energy as such early U2 benchmarks as BOY or WAR. The album starts with a bang, courtesy of the charging, angular "Vertigo," whose driving bass line and shouted vocals announce the band's intentions in no uncertain terms. The bluesy "Love and Peace or Else," and the fuzz-guitar-fueled "All Because of You" follow suit in a similarly high-energy manner. That's not to say that this is a mere rockfest from start to finish, though. There are an equal number of reflective, mid-tempo tunes whose direct emotional impact recalls the more elegiac tracks on OCTOBER, giving the whole album a dynamic depth of field. Whether rocking like madmen or getting in touch with their inner selves, though, the band sounds totally committed throughout ATOMIC BOMB, which has always been the first requirement for a great U2 album. Editorial Reviews Uncut Uncut Mojo Entertainment Weekly Spin Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Mojo | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||
Reviews I've owned U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb for about two years, and I have to say that as a U2 fan, it certainly ranks among the top material the band has produced over the past 30 years or so. Most bands will have a good song or two on an album, and the rest of the tracks will be filler, something that's great to hear once, but never again. The only track that has not dawned on me yet is "One Step Closer", but everything else is great. I cannot wait for U2's new album, supposedly being released in 2007. This set comes with an extra track "Fast Cars", which is well worth spending the extra few dollars for. Review ID: 10000000002257831 Was this review helpful? Report this review EXCELLENT.CONTAINS THE REAL LAST TRACK FAST CARS ,WHICH IS MORE OF A ROCKER .THE BOOK OF SCRAWLED LYRICS,ARTWORK BY THE BAND & THE DVD WHICH HAS ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF SOME OF THE ALBUM TRACKS ,PLUS AROUND ANOTHER 1/2 HR. OF THE WORKING PROCESS CALLED U2 AND 3 SONGS ,WITH INTERVIEWS ,INSPIRATIONS .ANY U2 FAN WOULD ENJOY THIS HUMBLE LITTLE PACKAGE . Review ID: 10000000000913888 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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