Originally posted by cesar_garza01:So I'll keep bringing my wife as the archetypal casual fan. She can't listen to 2 songs straight from AB or Pop.
I've been playing SOE like crazy in the house these days (minus the happy meal trio) and she loves it. She loves Summer of Love, Landlady, Little Things, you name it. Every different day she has another SOE song stuck in her head.
So I think this album can really appeal to casual fans if the marketing is right (no iTunes shenanigans, etc.)
Originally posted by Lucky13:I have so many thoughts after hearing the album I don’t know where to start. It’s going to take me time to digest this album – it sounds so different to anything I’ve heard before from U2. This reminds me very much of how I felt after listening to Achtung for the first time (potentially a good sign)
It’s full of successful contradictions. The songs sound light and fresh but these are not throwaway pop songs. There is real depth under the surface. They have somehow managed to make a cohesive sounding album, despite using so many producers which is a feat.
Originally posted by blink:Finally listened to it! I'm gonna be honest, the only highlight for me is Red Flag Day. Crazy bass, reminds me of something from October
Love Is All We Have Left - Interesting
Best Thing and Showman - Like it.
Lights of Home - good, nice outro very catchy
Little Things - Very good
The rest is... I don't know. It's okay I guess.
Originally posted by JeroenAFCA:[..]
Really? I have listened to it a couple of times now. It’s a good album. But nothing surprising. It sounds the same as the albume since ATYCLB.
Achtung Baby had a significant differtent feel and sound, if you ask me...
Originally posted by Lucky13:[..]
What I mean to say is not that it sounds like Achtung but that my reaction to SOE is similar to when I heard AB for the first time, i.e. I was surprised and heard some things I haven't before.
To my ear, it does sound different to ATYCLB, HTDAAB, NLOTH and SOI. Bono's voice is higher in the mix, as are the bass and drums and Edge seems to be taking more of a back seat.
Everyone hears different things from a new album I guess. It's still very early days for me but at the moment, I'm really enjoying the new sounds
Originally posted by Lucky13:[..]
What I mean to say is not that it sounds like Achtung but that my reaction to SOE is similar to when I heard AB for the first time, i.e. I was surprised and heard some things I haven't before.
To my ear, it does sound different to ATYCLB, HTDAAB, NLOTH and SOI. Bono's voice is higher in the mix, as are the bass and drums and Edge seems to be taking more of a back seat.
Everyone hears different things from a new album I guess. It's still very early days for me but at the moment, I'm really enjoying the new sounds
Originally posted by JeroenAFCA:[..]
I understand what you mean. But overall sound of the album is not that different from ATYCLB.
The only album which surprised me was NLOTH.
That had some really great (classic sounding) songs. Still one of my favourite albums to play.
Originally posted by Bloodraven:[..]
I agree with that.
The sound is nothing to do with AB (maybe the Barlow tracks), but it was an "unexpected" sound to me as well.
This time "indie" instead of "alternative"...
Originally posted by Lucky13:[..]
I agree that No Line is the most different of the previous four. IMO the quality is not as consistently good as SOE though. I can't wait to hear these new songs live.
