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Mar 17, 2023Erasing the muscular power of an amplified rock combo, Edge explores ways to let other elements shine. In particular, the focus is on Bono’s older yet still powerful voice, devoid of posturing and mannerisms, really digging into meaning and melody. The subtle rumble of Adam Clayton’s bass and tastefully executed percussion from Larry Mullen Jr make themselves felt in all the right places, with full band arrangements breathing new life into a smattering of undernourished songs.
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Mar 16, 2023It’s a touching journey reflecting on how the four boys changed into men and changed the world through the power of music at the same time.
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Mar 14, 2023If their creative missteps in the past two decades have generally been caused by their twin determinations to keep up with modern pop and relentlessly pursue music that works in stadia, then here they’ve cut themselves free from all of that. Ultimately, it may be a watershed moment. By stripping it all back down, in some ways, they’re bigger. [Apr 2023, p.84]
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Mar 14, 2023On Songs of Surrender, he reminds you these are sturdy songs that can be rethought without any sonic window dressing.
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UncutMar 14, 2023The highlights are splendid: a brass-embellished "Red Hill Mining Town", a languid piano-led "Beautiful Day", a near-calypso "Miracle of Joey Ramone". [Apr 2023, p.38]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 20
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Mixed: 4 out of 20
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Negative: 7 out of 20
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