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31 October 1991
Here we all were, fretting over the parlous state of rock and help was on the way even while we were dithering. All of a sudden there's a clutch of superb albums out there: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes' Better Days; Robbie Robertson's Storyville; Van Morrison's Hymns to the Silence. And now, to put the capper on the company, U2's dashing, demanding Achtung Baby.
31 October 1991
Despite its awful title, Achtung Baby is an admirable record. Surprisingly introverted and complex.....
31 October 1991
These Irishmen have proven that the same penchant for epic musical and verbal gestures that leads many artists to self-parody can, in more inspired hands, fuel the unforgettable fire that defines great rock & roll....
31 October 1991
Achtung Baby is a difficult album -- one that seems the result of considerable soul-searching lyrically.
30 September 1988
'Charged with the same politics that has set U2 apart from the bland pack of lyricists that abound in rock music today...'
30 September 1988
Rattle and Hum, the title of both U2's brand-new album of the 1987 tour and the energetic performance documentary film released last week, is the sound of the band making contact: with music, with tradition, with their audience, with one another.
30 September 1988
'Rattle and Hum is an expression of U2's urge to have it both ways'
28 February 1987
'U2 is what the Rolling Stones ceased being years ago - the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world...'
28 February 1987
My guess is that U2 will be remembered as the most influential band of the late '80s and early '90s. ...
28 February 1987
'More than any other U2 album, though, The Joshua Tree has the power and allure to seduce and capture a ...
01 December 1984
This album features some stunning rock and evokes a haunting mood while leaving the spirit neither fed nor abused...
01 December 1984
Who needs to make good LPs when you're this popular? U2 rank as one of the world's top bands but their albums are all pretty smelly...
30 September 1984
The Unforgettable Fire has a lot to live up to - and it's this listener's verdict that it does so, unequivocally...
30 September 1984
Blessed are the music makers: a truly unique guitarist, a fiery vocalist, and a rhythm section that can do just ...
30 September 1984
This is not a 'bad' album, but neither is it the irrefutable beauty the band's fans anticipated...
31 October 1983
An album of confident excitement, the work of a band completely secure about their powers... Bill Graham reviews Under A Blood Red Sky
31 October 1983
Stairway to Heaven for smart people-even if it is played a tad too fast-and it kicks Under a Blood Red Sky over the rainbow...
31 October 1983
A kind of grace through simplicity...
31 January 1983
This is U2's most developed and mature album both lyrically and musically...
31 January 1983
In spite of itself War is another example of rock music's impotence and decay...
31 January 1983
'Complementing U2's lyrical growth is a newly developed dark sense of humour, which the band uses to striking effect throughout ...
31 October 1981
U2's contribution to the progress of rock is that they've divorced guitar heroics from the idea of a dazzling guitar hero.
30 September 1981
October is a musical and spiritual growth for U-2, a passionate and moving LP for me.
30 September 1981
U2 will endure. October hits that home magnificently. It's just how they will endure that'll trouble us come U2 '3' or '4'.
30 September 1981
U2, I guess, will continue to "move" in live performance, just like James Brown. But they will only move on the lightest surface.
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