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U2

Interscope Records, 2004

http://www.u2.com

REVIEW BY: Benjamin Ray

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 12/27/2004

Unlike Mr. Christopher Thelen, I will be a Lions fan until Idie, while he roots for the Bears. We both hope our football teamswill see the playoffs again someday.

Also, unlike Chris, I'm a big U2 fan, the sort who has every CDexcept the first two and drooled when they played the Superbowl in2002. I even have a poster and the Rattle And Hum video.

Therefore, I wanted to give everyone a U2 fan's perspective onthe band's 11th studio album, instead of the unbiased review written by my esteemedcolleague. This album will mean something different to a casualor hardcore U2 fan, and that's different than what it means to theaverage listener. So, if you are a U2 fan, or want to be, readon.

This CD is not a return to anything, like its predecessor All That You Can't Leave Behind was. This is U2 Mark 3continued, simply because the band is done experimenting andpushing boundaries. They are simply happy to lay back and try tochange the world slowly (which is a stretch for any other bandexcept these guys, for whom being the world's biggest band stillliving is everyday life.)