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Get one thing straight: Techno is merely the fairy dust sprinkled atop another massive, brilliantly conceived slab of dense, drug-like rock & roll from the only band this side of the Smashing Pumpkins who could pull off such a feat. Mainstream audiences are desperate for something fresh yet familiar, and this Warholian treatise on the plasticity of pop culture expertly mixes new sonic colors with the band's signature art-rock genius. "Discotheque" is an exhilarating opener, "Staring at the Sun" is their answer to relative upstarts Oasis's hit "Wonderwall," and "If God Will Send His Angels" has the makings of a crossover anthem. This is U2 in peak unit-shifting form.--Jeff Bateman
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review by TomBenton.
September 03, 2007
"You can reach, but you can't grab it," Bono sings at the start of "Pop." That statement is a fitting summary of U2's explorations into electronica and "Britpop" which hesitantly began with 1991's "Achtung Baby," continuing through 1993's highly-experimental "Zooropa" and on to "Pop." Bono and the gang sound considerably more confident with their new sound at this point, but they aren't holding on to it too tightly; they sound like they could shed it at any moment and move on to something new, like … more
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Pop is not the most commercial U2 recording on the planet. Nonetheless, this is certainly an intriuging piece of work. The band utilizes a lot of creative rhythms and varying tones specifically on such tunes like Discotheque, Please, Staring At The Sun, and Last Night On Earth.The Edge is in fine form on guitar. Even though the guitar sounds are not always front and center, the solos are pretty unique from track to track. Bono is a bit inconsistent in the vocal area. On tracks such as Mofo and If … more
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