release date: Mar. 4, 1997
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5] [2,38]
producer: Flood (Mark Ellis), Howie B, Steve Osborne
label: Island Records - nationality: Ireland
Track highlight(s): 1. "Discotheque"
9th studio album by U2, this time produced by Flood, Howie B, and Steve Osborne. How amazing it is that they were able to do worse than Zooropa (Jul. 1993) [!]. And they spent almost four full years finding new material after the highly acclaimed Achtung Baby. The track "Discotheque" is good, not great, and cannot save the overall impression of a band who seems to have no ideas left. Money comes tumbling their way no matter what they do or say. People who paid money for this should be offered an excuse and a refund.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5, đRolling Stone 4 / 5 - đRobert Christgau calls it "poor" and he's so right ]
