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Label Mercury Records Limited

Released 22.11.2004

Total time 0:52:13

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U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Released over 25 years into their career, this is the eleventh studio album from U2. 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' sees U2 return to their classic sounding mix of rock, pop and strong songwriting skills, harking back to the days of 'The Unforgettable Fire' and 'The Joshua Tree'. The album also includes the singles 'Vertigo' and 'Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own'. This special edition also features a bonus DVD of behind the scenes footage and live performances and also a 42 page book featuring paintings, illustrations and photographs by the band themselves.

01. Vertigo   £1.19
02. Miracle Drug   £1.19
03. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own   £1.19
04. Love And Peace Or Else   £1.19
05. City Of Blinding Lights   £1.19
06. All Because Of You   £1.19
07. A Man And A Woman   £1.19
08. Crumbs From Your Table   £1.19
09. One Step Closer   £1.19
10. Original Of The Species   £1.19
11. Yahweh   £1.19
12. Fast Cars   £1.19
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Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.172)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "This is grandiose music from grandiose men, sweatlessly confident in the execution of their duties."

Rolling Stone (pp.152-3)
- Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "U2 soar to adult glory with a guitar-driven vigor that hearkens back to 1980's BOY..."

Spin (p.64)
- Ranked #29 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "An '80s rock band making a great 11th album."

Entertainment Weekly (pp.115-16)
- "'Crumbs From Your Table' is the type of glorious gallop this band can write in its pub nap, but no one does it better." - Grade: B

Mojo (p.60)
- Ranked #17 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2005" - "HTDAAB harmonised post-punk U2 and the modern, humanistic concerns of Bono Inc..."

Mojo (p.96)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]hey continue to pioneer a new future for rock music....What is clear is that there's a new maturity to Bono's lyrics."

Uncut (p.136)
- "[I]t's their most unabashedly strident record since THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE....Though the band rattle and strum with their old '80s vigour, the lines that stay with you speak of a creeping malaise."

Uncut (p.76)
- Ranked #35 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "[A] brilliantly expansive album and their best since ACHTUNG BABY."