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All That You Can't Leave Behind
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| LABEL: | Polygram |
| RELEASE DATE: | 31 October 2000 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Rock, Alternative, Pop |
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The average user rating for this album is 7.0 (out of 10) based on 58 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
nick n gave it a6:
The worst album in u2's career happens to be the best reviewed; then again magazines need to advertise big stories--if they don't kiss a little ass then what happens...? magazines and critics have been castrated by the advertisers and multi-billion dollar corporates.
Ariston B gave it a6:
It is better than the stuff what follows but worse than anything U2 did before. Never again Achtung Baby or The Joshua Tree. U2 should retire or eventually try one more time, but I think they are finished, especially Bono. Money ruins everything.
[Anonymous] gave it a1:
I found myself nearly falling asleep to this,half way in the album loses its way,its vigor whilst still managing to stay in the middle of the road.And this what this is ;a band with money on the brains.I mean can you really take Stuck in a Moment seriously?Its ridiculous,I actually felt embarrassed each time it played. I think the album after this was much better.This album is the sound of a band trying to too hard to regain their crown.
scott w. gave it a10:
Every song on this album is fresh, vibrant and fool of life, and is done U2 style. One of U2s best and one of the best albums ever made. Its truly a pop rock album with lots of hits. Bono and the Edge show that they were fare from finished, in this big come back album for the band.
Kev F. gave it a9:
This album has on it 2 tracks that for me mark highlights of U2's uniquely spiritual/soulful/philosophical take on the world they inhabit with the rest of us. Beautiful Day is song of soaring hope, faith, and reaching for something better. 'Take me that other place', a refrain which gives guttural voice to the experience of longing and hoping that expresses our humanity. That other place means many things to many people, but the needing to get there is the same for us all. Kite is an opus of loss and departure. Edge incredibly captures and expresses the deepest of all human emotion in this song, the why, the oh no, the heartbreak and the dignity of our fragile existence. Just listen to what he plays throughout the track. It's as moving as anything I have ever heard. Especially when you consider the lyric, and the background to the track, uncertainty, fragility, and the loss of Bono's father. This for me is why U2 are universally appealing. In a belting stadium sounding way, they are able to uniquely in my opinion, capture, experience and reflect human emotion. All of their albums contain much of the above, but this album, next to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, represents this special band perfectly.
Jonathan H gave it a0:
U2 can do better than this, POP was their last great album - it could of been even better had they not rushed it because of scheduling. How to dismantle an atomic bomb is even worse though. Can only hope for better things this year - please don't make it 2009!
Smokefree Rodriguez gave it a9:
Some of the best songs of the last 10 years are on this CD--U2's best album since Joshua.
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