pleasegone, you have a reputation of loving Pop, making you the foil to my greatly disliking Pop.
But in all honesty, U2 has not released an album that one could call "crap" on all accounts. There are always going to be songs on albums that just don't work. In my mind, the only album I can actually listen to all the way through is ATYCLB (Wild Honey is a beautiful song and so is Grace).
NLOTH had a couple songs that I can't stand (up comedy), but that does not discount the fact that it was an amazing album. U2 will continue to produce amazing songs until they find no reason to exist, to keep with Bono's cheesy, yet relevant, theme.
I wonder how much money he makes by doing that? He certainly looks the part, and I would be surprised if Bono was tempted employed him to sit in on UN conferences and Charity events