Yes, reviewed yesterday and listened to today (and tomorrow and the day after, I bet). I've become completely besotted with this new U2 record. Can't get enough of it.
This morning there was absolutely no doubt as to which CD to pop into the car player on the way to work. From the thrill of "Vertigo" to the majesty of "One Step Closer", this is just one fine rock album.
Obviously, over the years there have been many other records that I've loved. But...there have been very few ("few" certainly bein' a relative description) that have tackled me hard on first listen (hmmm, I feel another post coming on). One that does come to mind is the first Van Halen record. The "why" of these reactions is complicated. What's simple is the fun.
Isn't that why we listen?
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Article comments
1 - Tom Johnson
It's a wonderful album, much better than I expected it to be, and it comes with the special bonus of being the first U2 album since Achtung Baby that has had nothing on it that I foresee skipping everytime I listen to it. I never listen to the excruciating "Grace" off the last one, and both Pop and Zooropa have a good portion of songs that I don't care to hear again. Dismantle is a good, solid listen through and through.
2 - Eric Olsen
very nice points Mark, and that first Van Halen smacked me around pretty good the first time I heard it also: nothing had sounded like that before - and nothing by them since has even come close (although "1984" is real solid)
3 - Mark Saleski
it's true.
as i said in the linked post, i got that Van Halen record and listened to it several times in a row with my jaw dropped.
have a great thanksgiving....i gotta go help make pies.
4 - Eric Olsen
we have moved from the "making" to "consuming" phase
5 - Mark Saleski
oh yea...there's already a squash pie sittin' on the stove awaiting the knife.