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  1. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    Yeah, I know what you mean, and I'm glad you defend NLOTH so clearly. The band abandoning it in the middle of its own tour did no good to the album and to the appreciationo fit among the fanbase, of course. I think that must be the very only case in U2 history in which the band didn't debut any song from the album during the tour besides the ones that got played in the first show(s)? While many/all tours featured some new songs every now and then when the months went on, for the 360 Tour they stuck to Breathe, GOYB, the title song, Crazy Tonight, MOS, Magnificent and Unknown Caller from the beggining and then started discarding them slowly until only MOS, Crazy Tonight and GOYB remained in the set. SO SO SO SAD

    PS. It came out in 2009 so hardly 2007-8

    She means NLOTH has more plays compared to all the songs in her playlist since 2007-8
  2. Oh, right, I totally misunderstood that. That's surely what she meant, thanks
  3. Originally posted by CMIPalaeo:I will always love this record. It's hard to believe it's already 7 years old... While it definitely falters a bit in its direction, weirdly enough I find that's part of its appeal. Sometimes I think it'd have been even better if the songs were split onto two EPs (one running NLOTH, Fez, WAS, MOS, UC, COL and a second running Breathe, Magnificent, GOYB, SUC, I'll Go Crazy, NLOTH 2) but even without that I adore this sort of weird musical period for U2. Moment of Surrender is not only one of their best songs of recent albums but easily one of their best songs EVER, and the live remix of I'll Go Crazy was perfect for the 360 set... and now I think the album version would make for a perfect e-stage song!


    If Bono can sing it! Not a fan of either version, though.
  5. Right I just wanted to point out, even with the time and the plays added BEFORE the record came out, it still has more plays than the other U2 albums

    Don't you worry, I know my name is misleading
  6. Originally posted by sparko:Right I just wanted to point out, even with the time and the plays added BEFORE the record came out, it still has more plays than the other U2 albums

    Don't you worry, I know my name is misleading
    Right, I had misunderstood it. Anyway, it's a pretty impressive stat. To be honest, I loved the album when it came out, then the lack of interest from the band's side got me a little uninterested too between 2010 and 2013, then I came back to it and loved it even more... But adding all of its plays, it's probably the least listened album of all U2 in my library together with October.

    I still think the album would have been better with the alternate version of Winter instead of GOYB, and probably with Soon instead of Stand Up Comedy (even though I quite like SUC, but I can see why most fans dislike it).
  7. I still regularly listen to the album, but then I always skip the same songs as well. Agree with Sergiu on GOYB, who still ever listens to this song? It's dreadful.
  8. YES! Stand up, Boots and Crazy have no place on this record.

    Replace with Winter, Soon and Mercy.
  9. All of you skip Stand Up, but I like it. Could have been great live rocker... I still love NLOTH, Magnificent, Breathe, Fez, Unknown Caller, Stand Up, Cedars, I could live without Boots, WAS, MOS, Winter and Crazy studio version (was cool in live remix version). Mercy and Soon would be nice addition.
    To me it's second best album since Pop (first is SOI) and still may be in or very close to Top 5 U2 albums.
  10. Originally posted by Alvin:All of you skip Stand Up, but I like it. Could have been great live rocker... I still love NLOTH, Magnificent, Breathe, Fez, Unknown Caller, Stand Up, Cedars, I could live without Boots, WAS, MOS, Winter and Crazy studio version (was cool in live remix version). Mercy and Soon would be nice addition.
    To me it's second best album since Pop (first is SOI) and still may be in or very close to Top 5 U2 albums.
    I like Stand Up too
  11. Yeah, me too. Its only problem is a few cheesy/bad lyrics here and there, and of course its terribly noisy overproduction.
  12. I've got the album on vinyl, so skipping isn't an option
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