Finally decided to dive further into this set and check out the third LP. The track list is pretty cool. Not too many obvious choices. Still, this is pretty unnecessary. I really like the concept but it just doesn’t deliver. It all comes across as demos and Bono’s vocal is very close and clean (a little reverb coulda gone a long way). The undisputed highlight on this volume is “Electrical Storm”, which comes across exactly how the rest of the set should have done. This spacy, funky take on “The Fly” is also pretty crucial.
When this album came out I got annoyed as I thought it was a waste of time for an old band to mess around with a vanity project instead of an actual album (that clock’s tickin’ yo). Fortunately they just sorta put it out and moved on. No hoopla, no spectacle, time to get back to work. I can appreciate that now. Of course this will always be my least favorite U2 release but that’s cool. They have redeemed themselves with “Atomic City”….
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