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. [
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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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