I downloaded it right after it leaked, so I've had a few weeks to sit with it. I didn't like it at all the first 3 or 4 times I listened to it, and didn't really know what to make of it. I chalk it up to being conditioned to automatically expect the mostly-bland U2 by-the-numbers of the last two albums- albums that sounded great upon the first couple listens, until repeated listens exposed what dreck some of those tracks truly were (ex. "Miracle Drug").
Its definitely their most experimental album since "Pop", or even "Passengers" (ex. "Fez/Being Born" on a U2 album in 2009 is a minor miracle)- and this is largely a good thing. "Unknown Caller" is the low point- a droning clunker that goes on two minutes too long. All the others grew on me, and continue to do so. A perfect example, "Crazy Tonight"- a total "WTF" on the first listen, but its got a great hook. The title track is very good (if not great), as is "Magnificent" and "Moment Of Surrender". I can take or leave "Cedars of Lebanon".
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