I listened to the opening two tracks, but then had to shut the stream off because of how INSANELY GOOD they were. My plan is to grab my pre-ordered vinyl and listen to it with my dad (as is tradition with new releases) and I felt bad without listening with him. Only way I'll be listening before Friday is if there's a HQ Rip from a CD or vinyl that ends up floating around that i'll be able to download and drive over to my parent's to listen. From everybody who has listened to it in its entirety sound like they really really enjoy the record. Cesar in particular has been real skeptical with some of the tracks that have already been released, but his excitement with the other songs is reassuring.
To me the album is as good or as bad as ATYCLB or HTDAAB. 4 terrible songs, then the rest are very good. Summer of Love is an instant classic.
Not as good as SOI for me though.
Love is all we have left 7
Lights of home 9
Best Thing 6
GOOYOW. 8
American Soul. 6
Summer Of love. 9
Red Flag Day. 8
Showman. 8
Little Things. 10
Landlady. 10
Blackout. 7.5
Love is bigger. 10
13 There is a light 8
81.9%
I think Love is bigger is quite possibly a top 5 u2 song ever. That is everything I want in a song and what an ending to a show that would make. Goosebumps, shivers, the lot.
summer of love: too hyped song, weak for me
red flag day: best song
1. Love Is All We Have Left 3/5
2. Lights of Home 4/5
3. You’re The Best Thing About Me 4/5
4. Get out of Your Own Way 3/5
5. American Soul 4/5
6. Summer of love 3/5
7. Red Flag Day 5/5
8. The Showman (Little More Better) 4/5
9. The Little Things That Give You Away 4/5
10. Landlady 4/5
11. The Blackout 4/5
12. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way 2/5
13. 13 (There is a Light) 2/5
average: 7,2
songs that can be 5* on future: the showman, landlady and the little things
of course is a first listen only, but not a hyped or emotionaly review like more opinions that i read IMO
If someone doesn’t explain how to listen to this I’m going to start posting that giant poop picture again. Posting reviews and then slapping “DON’T ASK” in the thread title is a dick move.
Originally posted by cesar_garza01:To me the album is as good or as bad as ATYCLB or HTDAAB. 4 terrible songs, then the rest are very good. Summer of Love is an instant classic.
Not as good as SOI for me though.
I think we need a couple of weeks to really judge what we like for the long run. I still really love SOI. And you put these 2 albums together and it’s really amazing group of songs that sound so good together. I really like the fresh sound of SoE even if sometimes I’m asking if it’s u2 or u2 doing a cover of someone else. But either way it’s fresh.
Also really love the way they connected these 2 albums with lyrics and melodies.
