Mittwoch, 1. Dezember 2004
wirtschaftsblatt.at: Das neue U2-Album "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" wurde am 22. November veröffentlicht und stieg direkt auf Platz eins in die britischen Charts ein. Gleiches gilt für Österreich: Hier erreichte das Album ebenfalls aus dem Stand die Spitze der Hitparade. Die Platte erlangte ausserdem bereits am ersten Verkaufstag "Platin"-Status. [
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billboard.com: U2 earns its sixth No. 1 on The Billboard 200 this week with "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb." The Interscope set nearly doubled the band's previous best SoundScan era sales week (1991-present), moving 840,000 U.S. copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In 2000, the Irish quartet's Grammy-winning "All That You Can't Leave Behind" entered at No. 3 on sales of 428,000 copies; the set has a to-date total of 4.2 million. [ more]
In 2000, the Irish quartet's Grammy-winning "All That You Can't Leave Behind" entered at No. 3 on sales of 428,000 copies; the set has a to-date total of 4.2 million. [
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yahoo.com: Aus dem Stand auf Platz 1 der deutschen Longplay-Charts hat es die irische Band U2 mit ihrem neuen Album «How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb» geschafft. Die Gruppe um Sänger Bono verdrängte damit Eminem mit «Encore» nach nur einer Woche vom Spitzenplatz. Der US-Rapper steht jetzt auf Platz 3. Robbie Williams mit seinen «Greatest Hits» konnte Rang 2 behaupten. Ein weiterer erfolgreicher Neueinstieg gelang Aggro Berlin mit dem Album «Aggro Ansage Nr.4.» auf Platz 7, teilte Media Control mit. [ more]
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tuftsdaily.com: U2 has never been short on ambition. With their last album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (2000), they sought recognition as one of the greatest rock 'n roll bands and succeeded. Then Bono went on a rock-star-turned-politician mission around the world, promoting world peace. Their new album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" catapults them along this same trajectory with more motivational, feel-good rock.
Most of the songs on "How to Dismantle" come across as mini-sermons on love, death war and peace. Yep, they're back with more counting in foreign languages and more dialogues with the creator of the universe. With titles like "Love and Peace or Else" and Bono repeatedly singing "Where is the love?" it's quite clear what U2's own solution to the problem posed by the title of their album is. [ more]
Most of the songs on "How to Dismantle" come across as mini-sermons on love, death war and peace. Yep, they're back with more counting in foreign languages and more dialogues with the creator of the universe. With titles like "Love and Peace or Else" and Bono repeatedly singing "Where is the love?" it's quite clear what U2's own solution to the problem posed by the title of their album is. [
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cnn.com: U2 tends to remind me of middle-period Who: two bands whose pretensions are usually undercut -- beneficially -- by punkish roots and crack musicianship.
The Who managed to avoid the ponderous pitfalls of Pete Townshend's big concepts by simply playing the hell out of "Tommy," "Who's Next" and "Quadrophenia."
Similarly, U2 has never shied from trying to sound like the world's most important band, but thanks to the group's chops, humor and self-knowledge, even a song such as "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" -- or a lyric as determinedly poetic as "Have you come to play Jesus/To the lepers in your head" -- avoid artistic affectation.
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The Who managed to avoid the ponderous pitfalls of Pete Townshend's big concepts by simply playing the hell out of "Tommy," "Who's Next" and "Quadrophenia."
Similarly, U2 has never shied from trying to sound like the world's most important band, but thanks to the group's chops, humor and self-knowledge, even a song such as "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" -- or a lyric as determinedly poetic as "Have you come to play Jesus/To the lepers in your head" -- avoid artistic affectation.
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