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u2 - October Audio CD

A fair review of the u2 "October" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all u2 reviews here, or go back to the u2 tabs.

u2 Band: u2
Title: October
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-07-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Gloria 2: I Fall Down 3: I Threw a Brick Through a Window 4: Rejoice 5: Fire 6: Tomorrow 7: October 8: With a Shout 9: Stranger in a Strange Land 10: Scarlet 11: Is That All?

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You watch and you listen to these men that call themselves U2 over the course of their career and you might think, are they schizophrenic? The answer is no. You know, I read most music reviews and I think to myself "what are they even saying?" I can tell you all about this album, from having listened to it deeply for more than half of my life now. I believe that they formed a bond at a time in Ireland's history that was froth with sectarian violence. The emotion you hear in this time is deep, and very real. During the recording of October they are young men, with dreams of being heard and moving the world with their music. They are filled with angst and "edged" (pun intended) with religious zeal. They are wrapped in destiny and a higher calling. You can feel this tension vibrating when you hear this album. Later on in their career together, they had great success - partly due to how honest and forthright they were. I don't think that they were completely prepared to handle the degree of success that they acheived. That success launched them into a whole other level of existence which they were unfamiliar with. After the success of the Joshua Tree album, they found it difficult to compete with their own success. Their need to reinvent themselves for the fickle American consumerism culture - an entertainment culture - posed a great challenge for them, as they were rooted in honesty and integrity. They experimented for many years, trying to find themselves again. In my opinion, that didn't happen until they released the album "All That You Can't Leave Behind" in the year 2000. That's when people really became ready to hear them again. But with the passage of time and the stress of their journey, they had aged considerably and lost some of the intensity that was so readily available to them in their youth. The war in their native land had been put to rest, and they were no longer torn in their souls by that moral injustice. They had established residency in the US, and had begun to lose much of their native accents. That is not all that that they lost. Coming to America has changed U2, success has changed U2, living life and gaining maturity has changed U2. I'm not saying that they are no longer great, I'm not saying that their musicianship has dulled. But if you want to get a hold of the raw electric nerve that U2 once was. . . if you want to get them undiluted and straight from the bottle - uncut - then you should hear this album. There is a great deal of spiritual (religious) influence in October. I heard them say of themselves during this period that they were rock stars riding on a tour bus, reading their Bibles. That may or may not be powerful to you personally, but to me it is. That power of their convictions is laced throughout the subject matter of these songs. In conclusion, "may the real U2 please stand up. " To me, THIS is the real U2.


their appex
simply put,this is the best U. look,i could go on and on about this album,but i wont. 2. record,period. if you dont get it, dont get it!!!if you like early u2 then check this out. its a masterpiece. if you dont,go away. a stone cold post-punk classic.


give to someone you want to confuse

Bob Marley inspired, and frisbee inspiring. This used to be known as the worst U2 album.
I personally have seen one go maybe 50 feet.
They make good drink coasters too.

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Path to greatness
It lacks the epic consistency of future releases, but holds a surprising amount of substance beneath lesser known tunes. 3 1/2

Lesser known, almost great sophomore release from the seminal anthemic 80's rockers should be a valued treat for anyone mildly invested in the group's earlier work who has yet to include this worthwhile selection.


if you own the older CD version, this sounds a lot better
I wouldn't talk about the contents of it
I had LP, Polygram (now Universal) release CD, and this one
this one is the best sounding, remastering was supervised by Edge
the previous CD version is too cramped on high, that makes sound pretty muffled, that I still play digitized LP
if you like this CD, this one you'll love more due to better sound.


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