All That You Can't Leave Behind

U2 is really not my cup of tea. I mean it's not bad but I don't really like it. Anyways standout songs on this album are The ground beneath her feet and Wild honey. 2.5*

1. day - 2 2. moment - 1 3. elevation - 2 4. uualk - 1 5. kite - 2 6. little - 1 7. honey - 1 8. peace - 1 9. uuorld - 2 10. neuu york - 2 11. grace - 1

3.5

3.5

I guess one thing about listening to this album now is all that of the overplayed singles that I was traumatized by for almost a decade or right there at the beginning. Not that they were bad just overplayed to the point of annoyance. That being said the only one that really still kind of resonates me was walk on which was probably the least overplayed of the four. But all and all the first six songs are still great songs to me "I A Little While" being my favorite. The next three songs are my least favorites but ended well with "New York" and "Grace" and quite frankly the UK bonus track "The Ground Beneath Her Feet". Despite the fact I do like this album a good this album a good bit, I've never thought it was essential U2, much less a "must hear before you die" album. To me this was their mia copa to their fans after going off the rails their previous two albums. I'd still rather spin any of their 1980-91 albums. (8.1) ★★★★

A few really good singles, the rest is okay, but a little bland. 3.5 stars

I think this is kind of the last good U2 album. It's solid enough, but it's also where they seem to give up on the prospect of being a somewhat adventurous band. "Beautiful Day" is great, and there's some other solid tunes like "Stuck in a Moment", "Walk On", and "In a Little While". Too much of it is sort of U2's version of minivan rock though. 3.5 stars.

It’s a beautiful day for someone whenever this pops up on the 1001 random album generator! A great comeback album for the group and it is one of the best examples of a band continuing to knock out some of their greatest songs even after two decades into their career and clambering right back to the top of their commercial game. Soaring, anthemic and above all beautiful, the first four tracks and Coldplay Parachutes represents the peak of music in the very early 2000s.

I refuse to listen to U2. Listen to FEX instead.

I enjoy a lot of older U2, and know the few hits from this album but don’t know it well. So practically a brand new listen. Album opens strong with two solid U2 now classics. Stuck in a Moment is particularly great. In general, it’s a bit more pop sounding than 80s early U2, but the opening two songs definitely provide a nice start. Although I guess U2 always has a bit of a pop friendly sound. It’s just easy to listen to. Bono has a such a comforting quality in his voice. Hard to dislike this. It’s really 4 solid songs to start. It slows down a bit but still has solid songs to the end. This is a good album. Not sure it’s great past those first few songs, and it’s not U2’s best. But makes you want to listen to more U2. Solid 3.

Toughest decision on this list so far. Is this 1 or 2 stars? I was compelled to go listen to Beautiful Day again and that is definitely a good song. The rest of the album is complete rubbish though.

I’m tired of “Beautiful Day” so this is off to a rollicking start.

This is someone’s favorite band btw.

Fuck U2

Måske med en snert nostalgi, selv om jeg ikke rigtigt har lyttet til det, fordi sangene var alle steder. Men et ganske fint album fra dem.

This album is just fine. At the risk of sounding mean or snooty, it really does feel like Bono's vocals and lyrics are taking this one down more than anything. A lot of the lyrics come across as bluntly hopeful, like poetry written in some sort of English class. I do like the top end of Bono's range though, whenever he's belting it out I definitely see the appeal. But in the end, the album just feels a bit uninspiring, and I imagine it's not the best intro into U2's catalogue. Highlight: Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of Lowlight: New York

not rly my vibe but not terrible

At this point in U2's career I think I can happily say they have fully entered the Dad Rock era they were destined to finally hit. I don't know anyone who doesn't love Beautiful Day as that is a banger and a half, but the rest of this project with the exception of one other song is just so plain and not very interesting to myself. The Pop Rock approach should have been expected for as many hits as U2 managed to make before fully diving into the genre, they were commercial darlings for gods' sake. For the most part the formula here is pretty tried and true with some of the safest Rock instrumentals you could find in the 2000s all being present on this album. The one exception to that I would argue is Grace, it feels like a totally different kind of genre all together with its' much more laid back feeling that I quite enjoyed in contrast to the very dry and same-y sound a majority of this album had. Blows my mind other people think it is the worst thing offered here as I thought it really locked me back into the album during its' final stretch of time. With all that being said, yes this is an important album commercially for U2 but it is also really forgettable and honestly a bit of a drag unless you are over the age of 50. All That You Can't Leave Behind isn't something I am going to take with me into the future, but it is something I am glad I heard for that completionist in me.

Fantastic album. Memorable songs. Timeless.

Beautiful Day is a banger, but the rest of the album is pretty bland and dry.

great later stage U2 album. Some bangers, some meh. Many other U2 albums are better and more worthy.

This album often strikes me as one made by musicians becoming adults, and leaning into their maturity. I know it's easy to hate on U2, but it's also kind of lame to be so dismissive. There's a certain sound on this album that the band captured only once. There's something about that notion that I find endearing. Lightning in a bottle for a band that's got several of those bottles sitting around.

Ik vind dit niet zo'n heel verschrikkelijk album, maar tegelijkertijd heb ik eigenlijk helemaal geen zin in om het op te zetten. Dat komt ook omdat je eigenlijk al weet wat je krijgt, gezien de eerste 4 nummers in die tijd dikke radiohits waren. Maargoed, toch aangezet natuurlijk. En dan valt het ook wel weer mee. Knorr wereldgerecht - altijd een steady 6je; de trouwe volgers kennen het verhaal inmiddels. De vier hitjes zijn goed te doen. De tweede helft van het album heeft weinig tot geen meerwaarde. 3 sterren.

This started incredibly strong with the first couple songs, dropped off a bit after that, but stayed pretty good all through the album.

This was a nice surprise which I enjoyed listening to. Favorite songs: Elevation, Beautiful Day

I really dislike how The Edge plays guitar. Also I dislike the name The Edge. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 2/5

All that I can leave behind

Yes, count on U2 to make some of the most dull, radiofriendly rock imaginable.

Highlights: Beautiful Day, Elevation, Walk On, Kite and When I Look At The World. 4.6

I do believe it makes sense to have this album as a "must hear" album, because this one seemingly kicked off the mid-career U2 resurgence. It is also the only album from that era that I can handle listening to, because it is only 25% douchey. The first six songs are among the best string of songs that U2 ever put together, even if I know so many people are tired of hearing the songs. Everyone hates U2 because they have forced their music on us and frankly they are getting by solely on their vibes and "being U2" at this point. I owned this album, the Joshua Tree and their first greatest hits album. I think that's almost all a person would need. We all dislike U2 but this is one of their best albums and I don't believe their songwriting has ever gotten back to the level they did on here. It's a front-loaded album for sure, but this wouldn't be the first front-loaded album on this list.

Grow up

A real chore to get through. I wouldn’t say I hated it (Beautiful Day and Ground Beneath Her Feet are still pretty solid songs), but it wasn’t a fun listen. It was mostly just really uninspiring music, and although I usually don’t pick up on the lyrics that much, on this album I couldn’t help but notice how bland they were. Especially on the song Grace, that track is easily my least favourite.

Not the best U2

3.5

To quote Homer Simpson: BORrrrrrRINNNG! It's ok, but just ... boring. Not that hard to sit through, but ... just -- why? A few of the songs are better, a few are decidedly not good. I thought the best song was Elevation, and it has some truly banal / cliched lyrics. How does this album make it onto this list?

I was all in for Joshua Tree. I spun that disc on my dad's stereo at home scores of times. I thrilled to its not-so-secret Christian messages, anathema at my Unitarian Universalist church where God and Jesus were taboo. If I could've gone to the concert, I would've. Joshua Tree was an evolution from U2's earlier work--I felt connected to the U2 that David Ammer shared with me in his bedroom lightyears before. U2 had been an arena rock band for a good while by then, and this seemed like a redemption for all the pyrotechnics. By 2000, though, I'd moved on. I was out even for Rattle & Hum. Why would I pursue a bloated band perpetually "searching for a new sound," when there was such a profusion of excellent indie rock in the 90s and Oughties? Listening to it now, I hear songs whose themes and production choices feel alive--and a bunch whose "searching" just doesn't land. Which is fine, right? Even an institutional band like U2 is going to have more than a few clunkers. What keeps U2 rolling on? What is it like being a massive rock star for more than 40 years? Do Bono and Keith Richards hang out? Does the Edge go to the same gym as Robert Smith?

Other than their first album, I have found them over-hyped and irritating. Record of the year? Not for me.

I know rationally this is not a particularly great U2 album. There are some real earworms on here of course, but some songs are garbage (New York??), while many seem like filler. Nonetheless, listening to Bono on a day that turned out to be very emotional and sad--it's hard for me to critique this record rationally. I don't really care for the production style of this album, and by the time it was released I was not very interested in U2 anymore so aside from the hits I am not familiar with most of these songs. Yet it's hard to resist their pull on a tough day. And I guess Bono's earnestness which used to be so irritating now strikes me as more valuable when compared to the way stars behave currently. I don't really know what I'm saying, I guess it's an apology of sorts for giving it three stars when my younger self would have treated this record as a joke.

Like if you wrote the first line of a phrase and asked AI to finish it

U2 is the band that every basic kinda rich dad listens but i cant take their musical greatness and expression!

if the whole album were more like the second half (and the outtakes), it might be a 4 or 5, but the stadium pleasers knock it down a notch or two for me.

Totally inoffensive pop by masters of same.

I kind of understand why this album is on here. The first 4 tracks were all pretty big radio hits, and U2 is an insanely popular band (somehow). But, what we get with 2000 U2 is the shell of the late 80s/early 90s U2 we once knew. You don't have to like the band's earlier work to appreciate and understand how fundamentally different their stuff is from this album until now. It's the same band, the same sound, but like a overgeneralized, commercialized, white-washed version to appeal even more to the masses than they already did. Basically you could have given AI all of U2's work up until this point and said, "Make me some hits in this style" and this is what you would get.

Britpop wordt mijn dood.

not a high-water mark for the band. Listenable but nothing to make my heart go pitta-pat

I used to LOVE U2. Some songs I still think are amazing. Now I find them a bit saccharine though.

Oh yes, U2…the once self-proclaimed greatest band on earth. I have always thought they were overrated and never understood all the hype. It’s not that I disliked the band, but it just seemed that the media really thought that we should like them. Anyway, having said all this, I did enjoy this record more than I expected to. I will give it a solid three stars.

Nothing groundbreaking but solid enough.

great, low-calorie pop-rock

I love the 'good' songs on this album. I'm quite familiar with it, and the songs I like, I REALLY like. This is 6 of the first 7 songs. Elevation is obnoxious to me. But, Beautiful Day is one of my favorites songs ever. Walk On and Stuck in a Moment are also great songs that I return to occasionally. The other songs are truly painful. Even so 4 stars for the good ones.

I can definitely leave this album behind.

The 6th best u2 album

Probably the best U2 album in the last 2.5 decades, they’ve mastered the stadium rock sound. The first 4 tracks are certified bangers. U2 is represented by 4 albums on this list and I think it’s a bit too many. But I suppose this would make a suitable 4th album.

I like U2 but this isn’t even top 5 for them. The hits are decent but the rest is weak

Pop rock. Kinda forgettable.

I feel like Im watching a high school graduation slideshow

Perfectly boring

No

I'm finding myself more familiar with the singles from this album than I thought I was. Though I've never listened to this entire album start-to-finish before. I'm not enjoying Bono's work on this either lyrically or vocally. I am enjoying The Edge's playing on this. But overall, this album isn't that great, mostly meh.

Decent.

Far better than their reputation- made me understand why they have a reputation

Soft rock for mums. Having said that, Beautiful Day is a classic, reminds me of watching Match of the Day as a kid, and You’ve Got to Get Yourself Together is a 5 star banger. Elevation is decent. The rest is pretty bland.

Absolute garbage

2.5 really Like coldplay people like to hate on U2, but put that aside they are 4 or 5 decent songs on here. The lyrics are rubbish though and the music is just bland at times. All in all its just and okay album. If your checking out U2 for the first time this probably isn't the best place to start.

3 For Stuck In A Moment Alone. Rest if the album nah

This made me semi change my mind on u2. I won’t be playing them regularly but I will not write them off either.

Mostly boring, sometimes cringeworthy.

U2 has a few uber bangers but there music beyond that all sounds the same to me.

Not a big U2 fan but this album is ok

It’s just really bland in a way that also manages to be irritating. I’ve been surprised to kind of like some of the other U2 albums on this list, but this ain’t one of them. Heard: Beautiful Day, Stuck In A Moment 2.5

A great opening 3 tracks that are legitimately good songs. The middle of the album is a bit slow and samey. For a late career album, this is genuinely enjoyable and showed that they still had creative and relevant music 2 decades after their peak.

There's a limit to how much U2 any one person can take. I reached it within this album

Insanitary had to switch off the iPods to better headphones to appreciate the sound. This album is strong mannn. Blow out your car speakers level of strength I’m talking about. It’s not just about enjoying the music, it’s the fact that something about the record is so compelling that it makes you want to enjoy it. You get excited to listen to it and there’s an eagerness to throw it on. Just extremely well packaged. Faves: Beautiful Day, Wild Honey, Elevation, Peace On Earth, Walk On, New York, Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out

Eno's worst. So boring my god.

Even though this is 26 years old, I’m not a fan of “new” U2. I like OG U2…from the 80s.

Really pandering in a way that feels insincere.

This was like a lil 00s time capsule, what a dose of nostalgia. It did make me reflect on whether I actually like U2 and don’t think I do! I just don’t get on with Bono’s voice and the music isn’t enough to carry it for me. Nonetheless this had some cracking singles. If only to bring me back to the trailer for tomb raider or a matrix movie, something with someone abseiling down into a building…

Peak Radio Musig

Ersti beide songs sind guet, aber denn fette fall off

An interminably dull arena rock record. Album cover being the band in an airport that looks like a featureless limbo is probably the best representation of the music here.

favorites: stuck in a moment; elevation; kite

Sorry haters this album slaps. Although admittedly it does not slap as hard as Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, War, Unforgettable Fire, or perhaps some other U2 albums. That's where being the greatest band in the world comes in. Definitely their last 5-star album, at least for now. Stuck in a Moment is pretty underrated.

6/10

Not a great U2 album, but a good U2 album. “Beautiful Day” is a slide show anthem.

3.5

A return to form, but not quite. There are some great tunes here, but nothing that captures the power of their earlier work. Still, it was the transition away from the poppy, dace-like grooves of the previous couple of albums that allowed U2 to maintain their musical prestige in the decades that followed.

No. Es un disco que enmienda el batacazo de Pop pero se queda lejos de sus mejores momentos. Sin ir más lejos Zooropa es mucho mejor, y no ya digamos Achtung baby o todo lo anterior a Rattle and Hum. De este se salvan Stuck in a moment you can´t get out y poco más (Walk on o The ground beneath her feet sí, Elevation no). No remontaron el vuelo ya más, ni con la bomba atómica.

Absolutely not. This is as painful as listening to Coldplay oh my god

Parfaitement oubliable

This feels like road trip in a hallmark movie.

This is an album about humanity. There are heights and depths of emotions explored, but the center line is empathy. It is my favorite U2 album but is strangely and scandalously underrated on this site. This album is musically and lyrically excellent with only a minor misstep here and there. If you only know the single Beautiful Day… well, I actually tend to forget that is part of this album. To me it gets stronger and stronger as it goes along. U2 have several members who profess the Christian faith. On this album you feel how Faith, hope, and grace can become companions in a weary world. The highlight for me lyrically and emotionally is Peace on Earth, a lament that is resolved by Grace, the final track.

U2 have reinvented themselves at key times throughout their career, and this is probably the most personal and introspective pivot for them. It is also one of their only albums that actually gets stronger deep into the album. Even the more popular hits on the first half of the album get better the deeper on the list with Walk On being a great finish. Great album, and one of the signature albums for one of the greatest bands popularized in the 1980s.

Solid later U2 album.

It's actually boring and full of dull plodders. Yet the first 3 tracks carry it over a lot of the utter shite I've had.

5 sterne

A couple of decent songs mixed in with some unlistenable garbage.

It's a decent album but I found it lacking edginess, a tad too slick in places.

Really disappointing… U2 has better

Gets me in a mood to watch the football. Every song Sky has chosen has been far worse than Beautiful Day.

I was a monkey stealing honey from a swarm of bees

I liked Beautiful Day when I was 12 and still kinda enjoy it. don't want to listen to U2, can't quite give it 1 star.

Lots of recognizable and catchy songs that I never need to hear again.

This is a good album. Two tracks are keepers and the rest are laconic and introspective. Not their best, but a good listen. I should listen again, but it’s a 3 for now.

Firstly I Love U2! 3 of their albums are in my absolute favourite list. The unforgettable fire, Achtung Baby and Zooropa are master pieces. Joshua tree ain't too shabby and even rattle and hum has a special place in my heart. This though folks ain't one. They lost their edge. It's just paint by numbers radio rock pop schlop. The masses seemed to love it, but it is absolutely NOT worthy of being in this list. I hate the singles on this album and the rest is not great. Ground beneath her feet is probably the only song I'd willing listen to. That though possibly could have been due to my joy of the album being over.

Not as strong as some of the stuff that I heard from them

Few bangers. Disappointed by how top heavy it is

It's an iconic sound that brings me right back to the 2000's. However, hits aside, it didnt do much for me

A completely fine pop/rock album. Lots of guitar driven rock songs with strong lead vocals from Bono. Was there anything particularly stand out in the album? Was there anything new or groundbreaking in this album? I don't think so. But does that make it a bad album? No. The first three tracks are criminally over-played to the point that I feel like I wouldn't be too sad if I didn't hear them again. The album version of "Elevation" has a slightly different mix to the single version. But overall it is just a very competent album that doesn't make me feel like revisiting it. (2.125)

At first I thought I wouldn’t like it because it just sounded like generic radio pop. Then I liked it, even if it sounded like generic radio pop.

Enjoyable album. Really love: "Beautiful Day" "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Kite" "In a Little While"

Immediately takes me back to college. Enjoyable nostalgia.

It was an okay album, there were a couple good songs but overall wasn't anything special

A recurrent story from my father is how disappointed he was when U2 changed their sound. Can't really tell if he was talking about this album or one of their previous ones. The thing is, after listening to this, I absolutely understand where his feelings come from, as this is a pop rock record that feels very uninspiring and dull. The record starts decent, with the very big opener "Beautiful Day", one of the most recognizable songs of all time. The spacious sound is great and has a very anthemic and explosive chorus. Then follows the super tame song "Stuck In a Moment You Can't Get Out Of", which is super slow and generic. Thankfully, next is "Elevation", a more energetic cut that has some really nice sound effects and distortion in the guitars. But I think it is from this moment the album gets super rancid, generic and artificial, with nothing interesting going on, very unauthentic and passionless lyrics and even losing almost all of the spaciousness in their sound that makes them so unique, which shows that they may rely on it too much. In the end, a very forgettable and boring album.

Nice enough but left no impression at all.

*shrug* I don't hate this. Far from my favorite U2.

Radioactive levels of pre-9/11

Some really wonderful highs but kinda too much time away from the good stuff. After Wild Honey you can more or less turn it off.

Great side a, terrible side b; thats a classic three stars

Enjoyed this a fair bit more than I thought I would. It’s not great but it’s god a few bangers for sure

Boom

Going into this with low expectations, considering I’ve only heard bad things about U2, especially from my dad, who absolutely hates this band. The album starts off with “Beautiful Day” and I was pleasantly surprised. This song is very nice, almost reminds me of Coldplay a bit. It’s so good. I’m already excited to go back and listen to it again once I’ve finished a full album listen. After the second song, I started thinking I might actually be becoming a fan of U2. Near the end of the album, it gets a little weak and boring (New York and Grace). Songs I would go back to: Beautiful day Stuck in a moment you can't get out of Elevation Walk on Wild Honey 3.5 -> 4

Actual shit from a butt. One of the more baffling inclusions on the list. We already have higher quality U2 albums included, so I am confused why this one was chucked in.

Liked a few songs, most were mediocre but some songs actually just pissed me off. Wtf lol, never been pissed by music, so not very good in my opinion obvs. Walk On was my song of the album with Kite and In A Little While being other highlights

The first 2 tracks are great and the rest is just U2-sounding fluff/filler. Surprised this made the list actually. Seems like this was just a vehicle for the first 2 tracks being released in the era when you had to sell albums to get people to buy your singles....

4.5/10 - Maybe we will get other U2 albums, but I’m confused why this one was picked. Nothing egregious but very standard. Not impressed.

I love Beautiful Day and then it's all down hill from there. The songs want to be deep but wind up sounding cheesy and hollow. Shout out Peace on Earth. 4/10

WACK! Don't like U2

1 exact year since listening to Achtung Baby. Unfortunately, this album was not a great way to celebrate,

Boy, they call this "stripped down" and a return to their younger sound, but to me, it feels like stadium rock. A few good tracks and nothing terrible, but doesn't pull me in.

Clearly only on here bc of what this band once was. Both of these stars are for Beautiful Day. Everything else on this album was nothing

This was really blah. It’s a shame because U2 have had some bangers over the years and the previous album, “Pop”, had some great songs. “Beautiful Day” is cheesy and pandering, “Stuck In A Moment…” is corny, “Walk On”, “Wild Honey” and “Peace On Earth” are so generic and forgettable. There isn’t much about this that’s memorable. For such a successful album, it’s remarkable average. I guess this is why people dislike U2.

I'm sure that this can be lauded for the lyrical content but, for me, the music was generally sleepy and nearly lifeless. Somebody get the paddles...Clear!

Too long for me. Didn´t finish it. But the songs that I heard were nice!

I am generally not a big U2 fan but this album was honestly pretty nice. I didn't mind it at all, much less than usual

From back in the day when everyone didn't hate U2, this is probably their last highly regarded album. This is also the first album where they start to sound old, with quite a few lightweight, melancholy numbers. I'll give Bono credit for one thing, his vocals don't sound processed at all. He strains with the high notes and falsettos, and you can hear all the distinctive imperfections. And that's fine! There's character in the singing. The music isn't bad, although it's not very exciting either. It rocks a bit, there are some good melodies. But I think their best material was behind them at this point.

Better than I remember. On its own, not a bad album, but I know what U2 is capable of, and this album is subpar for them. It’s a little tame and doesn’t cover any new ground. But the songs are pretty good.

07/02/2026 I can't give it a 3 because it's better than most of the other 3 stars. This scrapes a 4. Spotify listeners: 21.1 million

Not even close to their most important album. This is more a commercial crap.

I think this was about the point that U2 fell off. Their sound is not so different from their biggest early albums, but it has accrued so much corporate polish that it feels icky. The first 3 tracks were all big hits, I could sing them from memory. But I haven't heard them in sometime and I did not enjoy revisiting them. Objectively, this album is not that bad. But I kinda hate it. 2/5

U2 might be the most bang average band to ever exist. The last time I had a newly discovered 5 was September :(

vanilla mush

Whatever haters, I'm here for this pure millennium soft rock. 4/4

U2 ran so Foo Fighters could jog.

Maybe my favorite U2 album.

A really strong U2 album, but one that I've never rated as highly as their efforts from 10-15 years earlier, despite (or maybe in part due to) the ubiquity of "Beautiful Day" across mainstream culture circa 2000-01.

Maybe 3.5

Oh gosh they are too pop, even that kind of boring pop

For the fact that these guys have a member that calls himself The Edge, they really did lose their edge. It's weird to think that this is the same band that made Sunday Bloody Sunday, or just War as a whole. The songs are all passable, but nothing's moving. When they're referencing political movements and issues, it lacks the power it did on War. When they're not, it's a whole bunch of nothing set to fine enough Oasis-ish instrumentals.

Good

I think this is my favorite U2 album? I didn't know they could be so soft and sincere.

U ja, spomnim se tega U2 obdobja. Nimam nekih močnih čustev, kar se njih tiče, sam zj k sm že par komadov notr, vidim, da znam velik besedil na pamet. Sam to je bolj fora, da sm veliko večino svojega otroštva in najstništva preživela prilimana na TV, natančneje MTV. Tko da, prvi trije so bli I guess vsi tud videospoti (wiki pravi, duh! + prvi štirje, sam zj, k sm pri "Walk On" mi ta ni tako znan). "Beautiful Day" je čudovito ironičen na današnji sivo in deževno stanje. "Elevation" se ful videa spomnim (ha, ne, spomin me izdaja, "Vertigo" z naslednjega albuma mam v glavi, totalno sm pozabila, da je Lara Croft v "Elevation"). "In A Little While" mi ni všeč na začetku, k zveni, k da so nek sample shitty bobnov uporabil. Early 2000s so bla kr bed za produkcijo muske. (Stannard stripped the song down from its layers, found a section of the rhythm track that he liked, and added it as a loop over drummer Larry Mullen Jr.'s drums. - fak, kok se validated počutim!) Mah, pri "New York" so vsaj prou bobnarja loopal. U2 me še zmer puščajo brez nekih močnih čustev.

Ok, not much more

One of the more critically-overrated albums of my lifetime. Less an artistic statement than one of surrender. It's not that there aren't *good* songs on this record, it wouldn't get 3 stars if there weren't, but even the good songs have a sort of funeral emptiness to them, perhaps a measure of self-awareness as the band retreats from their artistic peak to the safety of glossy productions and lyrics full of empty platitudes.

Makes me proud to be a Dub! ‘A Beautiful Day’ reminds me of the spring, summer and autumn months during the Celtic Tiger era and my childhood. This song was played incessantly on 98FM during drives around the City or on trips to Wicklow and Cork. All in all it’s a great tune. ‘Elevation’ is good stadium rock with an electronic tinge and great guitar riffs by The Edge and Bono’s vocals are great here. WALK ON!!! ‘Wild Honey’ is an absurdist track, the opening like where Bono describes his escapades with his lover, all while framing it as being a monkey or the precursor to modern man is insane on the first listen. I did enjoy the track in full. Very easy 4/5-GEMV (30.01.2026)

U2 sucks so hard

I don’t have an opinion when it comes to U2 and you can’t make me form one no matter how many U2 albums you force upon me!

Good, not best album from U2 but had a lot of commercial hits

Très bon album pour traverser les moments difficiles!

This is number 4 from U2 for me and I feel like that's too many for them. I think at best U2 is a mediocre band that did couple of randomly brilliant songs. None of those songs are on this album. This is watered down pop rock by an aging band trying to stay relevant. There's nothing behind this - it feels like an album made to fulfill a contract. The whole album is just weak at best and cringe inducing at the worst. Maybe they needed the money. It's a shame because they did write a few great songs but even if you put all those songs on one record, you'd still need a couple to fill out the second side. I don't know why this album is on the list, maybe because Beautiful Day was such a big hit for a hot minute? 2/5

B+

A better overall album than I gave it credit for. Still, I wouldn't call it an essential listen.

Remember loving this album when it came out but now I’m just meh. A Beautiful Day and Kite are still really good songs

I was surprised how many of these songs I knew. Not essential, but I guess it did make some sort of impact.

Was a huge fan back in the day - but I prolly wouldn't choose to sit down and listen to this in full again

I wonder why this album is on this list? Kind of an underwhelming late career attempt at staying relevant. It’s pretty weak and missing any sort of urgency required to be a good rock band. But maybe that’s the point. They’re pushing deep into some sort of overly nice and inoffensive pop territory and I think they succeeded at that. More spins are likely needed to understand this album fully but this first listen doesn’t make me think it’s essential and I don’t want to put it on ever again. It’s not the worst thing ever though but to me, for now, it’s just ok. Well it looks like you can leave some things behind, ha!

feels a bit too generic.. picks: beautiful day, elevation

Este es el disco que sonaba en la oficina cuando empecé a trabajar ... y se hacía tarde y ya no estaban los jefes. Es un disco de una época en que empezaban fuertes las descargas de mp3 y empezaron a fallar las ventas en CD. Es de los primeros discos que aunque me gusta mucho no me compré. Me guardo «Beautiful Day», «Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of», «Elevation», «Walk On», «In A Little While», «Wild Honey», «Peace On Earth» y «When I Look At The World».

I just love their "shoot for the bottom half" approach. WANKERS

so boring I cant believe I made it through so many songs.

Good album but not their best

richtig gut, hab von U2 sonst nur 'with or without you' und 'i still haven't found what i'm looking for' gehört, 2000 ogs glaube ich

A banger. 4 stars

This is a group with several great tunes that you really love for a month or three and then never need to hear again. And also you feel shame for liking them in the first place. And also you realize that all of their songs are the same song.

I guess I can understand why this is beloved, but then again I'm afraid this doesn't do much for me at all, very average. I already had Achtung Baby so probably this one will also be 3 stars and that's being a bit generous from my perspective I feel.

The last good U2 album, All That You Leave Behind abandons the pop and electronica of 90s Pop and Zooropa in favor of the 80s U2 sound. Not that Pop and Zooropa weren't great albums. They were just a departure from the original U2 sound of jangly guitar fueled New Wave that made the band famous. All That You Leave Behind is a return to what made U2 great. The good news is, the songs are pretty good. The bad news is, they sound like retreads and unreleased songs from War, The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree, and Achtung Baby. Beautiful Day and Elevation are enduring hits. Most of the other songs are equally just good. None of it is special. What happens after this album is the sad part. The follow up, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, was underwhelming while Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and Songs of Surrender are banal, preachy, and dull. It's clear that they were either nostalgia driven money grabs or phoned in to meet obligations to their record label. Both can be true. All That You Leave Behind is the last gasp before U2 jumped the shark. There are much better U2 albums. There are much better U2 albums that have the signature U2 sound, War especially. Still, this is worthy of being called a U2 album which says a lot. They are, after all, one of the greatest rock bands of all time.

This album is... fine. I liked U2 a lot more when they weren't so polished and produced. - Heard before? Only a song or two - Will I listen again? No. - Does it inspire me to listen to more of this artist? No. It make me a bit reminiscent for early U2.

When the Beautiful Day single was released, it felt like an attempt at a Joshua Tree reboot. It's a return to rock/pop songs after their electronic/dance self-parody/satire period. Epic songs like Beautiful Day, Walk On, and Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of all but guaranteed a Grammy. This sounds cynical, but fans of before Bono went all "Fly" were probably pretty puzzled and disappointed by Achtung Baby, Zooropa, and Pop. I actually like some of the stuff on those records despite the sarcastic star posturing that came with it, and I also enjoy their older stuff. Epic songs aside, this is no Joshua Tree - that one is no filler, but this one has more than a few songs that are forgettable. Elevation reverts back to that Achtung Baby flavor but is repetitive and kind of cringey and some of the non-singles end up sounding like more inferior, derivative copies of songs on earlier records.

Starts ok and gets progressively worse. A nice reminder that I hate U2, well specifically Bono. Four US LPs I’ve endured so far and this is worst

Ok

Album was fine, nothing stood out to me. Again, this feels like it's super popular (or at least has been listened to a lot) and it was just meh for me. Didn't dislike it, but certainly won't be trying to listen to it again.

Vild frontloaded album. Forstår godt at det blive hyldet for at være godt, men det paller af på mig. Stærk åbner er ikke nødvendigvis det samme som et godt album. Starten er en hitparade, og resten er højest 2 værd.

U2 når de er mest kedelige

Not a big fan of these guys but I respect what they did in the 80s and early 90s. Beautiful Day off this album is good. This album has a lot more tracks that I know than I was aware of. Seems very generic to me.

2.5

A decent era for U2. Beautiful Day is the best song on this album.

Solid album. Doesn't include a ton of U2 hits, but it's well-rounded and can hit the spot if I'm in the mood for it.

U2 has been forced upon through my wife, who had them forced upon her by her mother. Remember, generational trauma is a real thing. Some of their 80s work with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois sits well with me, but bringing them back for this one didn't end in the same results. Elevation is alright, but everything else sounds like the score to an extended Virgin Mobile commercial.

Could very easily leave this behind. Mostly Bono on his treacly bullshit with studio presets for the arrangements. Kind of insane that that New York song was written *before* 9/11! Favorite Song: Grace

The beginning had some decent songs, albeit generic. But Bono had me cringing so much by the end with his self righteous preaching that I can’t give this above a 2

A solid album but the song “New York” has always irked me. It’s so bad!

sure i guess

Not a bad sound but won’t be back.

Love this record, spent a ton of time with it when it came out. Listening now it does what all great music can do, it takes me back to a time and place (albeit a difficult one). Not widely regarded as a great U2 record but it's one of my favorites

Strong beginning and then kind of fizzles out at the end. Favorite track: Beautiful Day

I bought this CD when it came out, I liked the song 'Elevation' they were playing on the radio. I listened to it maybe four times. This relisten confirms I was right on the quality of the album

Kind of amazing that this album is as good as it is. A band this far into their career usually doesn’t make a completely solid record, but U2 bucked the trend and created a nice collection of songs.

I remember when this album came out and it was U2 getting back to their roots after Zooropa and Pop which were much more experimental, weren’t as successful as they hoped (even if the tour itself was great). Ultimately, with hindsight, this is U2 playing it safe with stadium rock. No risks, some great tracks, particularly in the first half of the album. The last 4 star U2 album.

It may not be their best album but it’s also not that bad. I enjoyed it a lot.

This brings me so many memories of being a little kid and discovering new music

There are a few U2 songs that I like. None of them can be found here. These aren't terrible but, to come from such a legendary band, they're fairly lame in terms of construction and lyricism.

Perhaps it's because my expectations were low, but that wasn't quite as mediocre as I'd imagined.

Absolute wet fart of an album by a band that made something as good as War. Beautiful Day is solid, but it feels like it’s just retreading the ground already covered on The Joshua Tree. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of is quite good though even if the rest is meh to me.

4.5

I just don't like U2

Day 148 I’d never actually heard this album before, looking at U2s discography, I’d owned everything before this album and nothing from this album on. It’s not the best U2 alb but plenty to enjoy on here 7/10 Highlights Walk on Kite The ground beneath her feet

Some songs are good most are really awful

I read that this album was conceived as a kind of palate cleanser after Pop and the PopMart tour. That's the era in which I first became aware of U2 and I think it permanently damaged my ability to hear them clearly... there's something off-putting about claiming to be the biggest band in the world, even if it's all with a wink. Anyway, the album strikes me as pleasant but not much more. I know the big U2 albums are yet to come and I feel like I'll dig in deeper then.

κομματάρες

A staggering run of turn of the century defining absolute fucking belters begins the album. It might feel a shame to have lost the rebel soul of the U2 that wrote one of the all-time great protest songs, but fair play to the lads: there comes a moment when the desire to celebrate living another beautiful day is inspiration plenty to write a corker. Time flies, after all. By the time “Kite” has rolled into “In a Little While” and then on to “Wild Honey”, sympathy with Bono’s predicament (namely, having become the richest man in entertainment but still feeling that incurable desire to create) has worn thin. Here, splayed across the wet tissue paper weak underbelly of All You Can’t Leave Behind, was the Bono overload; the conjuror whose Faustian pact promised a beautiful day but instead ensnared you in a moment you couldn’t get out of. Final track “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” is actually quite good. (Funnily enough, I don’t recall us ever getting so deep into the album when it sat in the Renault Megane’s CD player through 2000-2001.) That aside, a more dramatic drop in quality across a record boasting some truly iconic tunes feels difficult to imagine. But that’s U2 for you – a band posterity (as many fans do already) might do well to judge as “greatest hits or it didn’t happen”.

One of the GOATS

So close to five stars but I left one behind.

U2's billing to "reapply to the position of World's Biggest Band" actually ended up being more successful than that overly pretentious tagline would suggest. After spending the previous decade in their experimental (but not too experimental) wilderness, the band came through with this very clean, stylish, and grand record to kickstart their fourth decade as a band. This, of course, would all be a complete disaster if the songs weren't good, but thankfully they are. This is clearly the work of mature, highly professional musicians, and despite sounding a little too calculated at time, comes together in a fantastic way. Mission accomplished, guys. Key tracks: Beautiful Day Stuck in a Moment You Can Get Out Of Elevation Walk On

Bonos voice is surprisingly annoying. Beautiful day still remains a good song (possibly because of memories rather than quality.) The album is just a bit crap otherwise.

I can leave this one behind. What a load of garbage.

I have been a huge fan of U2 right back to my first album of theirs . Boy. I particularly enjoy the journey they took on the first 9 albums, post punk, Americana and then electropop. When this album came out I saw it as a backward step, maybe trying for Joshua Tree part 2. It didn’t grab me like their other albums, although having a few memorable tracks.

The 3 strong aingles are frontloaded to start the album, so after listening though the rest of the generic dullness that comprises the remaining 9 tracks you'd be forgiven for losing the will to ever listen to this album again.

People really hate U2, I guess. I really don’t get the hate. They don’t sound stale or too old or whatever here, as most of the reviews claim. Is this album ‘safe’ and commercial? Perhaps. But the first two tracks are stone cold classics. They’re essentials in the U2 pantheon. The rest of the album may not be as good, but it’s never bad, per se. I always enjoy putting this album on. It makes me feel immediately 25 years younger.

++: Elevation, Grace +: New York, The Ground Beneath Her Feet +-: Beautiful Day, Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, Kite, In a Little While, When I Look at the World -: Walk On, Wild Honey, Peace on Earth 4,0/10

saved 3/11 songs- couldnt play song 12 on spotify. I havent listend to the full songs just clips

All That You Can’t Leave Behind feels surprisingly pedestrian for a band of U2’s stature. While it seems clear they were aiming for a cleaner, more traditional sound, the result is largely safe and uninspired. Beyond “Beautiful Day,” which understandably received the bulk of the airplay, few tracks make a strong or lasting impression. The album plays it too cautiously, offering competence instead of ambition.

A great album

A return to form of sorts after a strange 90's for U2. It's safe, if not a little uninspiring, pop rock. I enjoyed the singles at least, but they were over only halfway through the album.

This is turgid

That one song that once great band from the late '80's and early '90's that you know from every bad car and pharma commercial: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY...when drive a new XXXX or take Analaleakostopian to prevent a hemorrhaging anus (talk to you doctor if you have side effects include migraines, loss of smell, death, and suicidal tendencies.).

This is on the 1001 albums? Why?

Favorite: Stuck in a moment you can't get out of

Really didn't care for this at all. Literally all sounded the same. Beautiful day and Wild Honey sounded pretty good though...

- beautiful day wieder entdeckt, ist ein 8/10 banger - stuck in a Moment.. 5/10

U2 had a fab 80s, a 50/50 90s and this album kicked off a hugely successful 2000s with a no.1 hit single (impressive for 20 years into their career). It should be called ‘Elevation’ rather than from a line in ‘walk on’. This album has aged well.

Perfectly fine. Some memorable hits, but I'm never going to reach for this album to listen to the whole thing ("War" is the only U2 album that holds that distinction)

Good craic

This was one of my favorite albums as a kid. The hits still live up to my memories, but the rest of the album is pretty meh.

i dont need this

U2 is the Coldplay of U2s. Or something. This album is fine. "Beautiful Day" was my jam back in the day, but most of these tracks kinda blend together. So while I didn't mind listening to it, it didn't move the needle much for me either. 3/5

Aw, here we go. What do you say we slip out to Moe's for a pint?

Sounds like shit. How could Brian Eno do this. Imagine the worst of 2000 production with Bono’s dog ass warbling voice singing what amounts to self help book jacket blurbs. Fuck this I hate U2

I cannot stand U2 and have gone in and listened to every U2 album on the list with an open mind and hated every minute of it. Until this album. I actually liked it. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of is a wonderful song. I also enjoyed Elevation and In A Little While. This album gets the number of stars equal to the songs I liked.

Ok

Overrated a bit imo

Bono the person turned me off, but U2 the band and this album is not bad at all!

Recuerdo con gusto este disco de U2. Diría que es el último buen disco que pudieron componer. Es un buen disco, seguramente un buen disco de transición si lo hubieran continuado con otros discos mejores. Desgraciadamente creo que fue el último inspirado. No es perfecto, pero es realmente bueno.

Apparently it's popular to hate U2, but I can't. There's something so entertaining about their music in every album. I know they aren't particularly masterful, but their sound is so iconic and the lyrics so heartfelt that I can't hate them. This is not my favorite U2 album, but it has a couple of really solid songs. Beautiful Day got me through some shit. Stuck In A Moment That You Can't Get Out, Walk On, In A Little While, and Grace are such gentle, hopeful songs. Definite and easy 4 stars

U2 I find to be so hit or miss, and this is pretty much the most middle of the road album I think I've heard from them. Like it's hard to complain about this at all, the writing is good, and it's well performed by very clearly talented people, but there's just very little about it that I can point to specifically and say that I actually remembered or noticed that part. Just a collection of perfectly competent but mildly forgettable songs.

Going in, I thought this might be a 5. Nothing beats Beautiful Day blasting at the start line of a running race and I’ve loved Stuck in a Moment forever. But the rest of the album was just meh, so it gets a 4.

This was quite good, beyond the first two tracks that were hits and a couple of others I kinda recognized. This makes me want to listen to more of their stuff I’m not as familiar with. This is the lowest rated among the four U2 albums we’re going to listen to. I gave Joshua Tree a 5. Both that and this album were co-produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. A solid 4.

I liked “beautiful day” when this came out and “elevation” is kinda fun, if a little goofy. So I was curious which way this album would go after the first four songs, which I’d heard before. It didn’t go well. We were already comfortably in 2 territory before “Grace, it’s the name for a girl / It’s also a thought that changed the world.” So now I have to consider if 1 is on the table.

Annoyingly good band of you like soft rock. They are annoying people but very good at what they do.

There's something about Bono's voice that I find very annoying. Listening to this brought me back to when Apple forced everyone with an iPhone to have a crappy U2 album in our iTunes libraries. And if I remember correctly, that album was better than this one. 2/5

Aujourd'hui, on s’attaque à un monstre, le genre de groupe qui divise l’humanité en deux catégories : ceux qui lèvent le poing en stade et ceux qui lèvent les yeux au ciel en soirée. On va parler de U2. Pour comprendre l’impact de cet album, il faut faire un petit rewind rapide. Je suis né en 70, j’ai bouffé du post-punk au petit-déjeuner toute mon adolescence. J’ai vu U2 passer du statut de petits jeunes énervés de Dublin à celui de prêtres du rock atmosphérique, puis à celui de mégastars ironiques dans les années 90. Les années 90, d'ailleurs parlons-en. C’était la décennie de l’expérimentation pour la bande à Bono. "Achtung Baby" ? Chef-d’œuvre absolu, rien à dire. "Zooropa" ? Bizarre, fascinant, un trip sous acide en classe éco. Mais "Pop"... Ah, "Pop"... En 1997, je bossais chez mon disquaire indépendant à l’époque. On a vu arriver ce truc avec ses beats technoïdes, son sarcasme forcé et cette tournée pharaonique avec un citron géant. C’était audacieux, certes, mais on sentait que le moteur toussait. Le groupe s’était perdu dans son propre labyrinthe de miroirs, ils voulaient être cool, ils voulaient être dance, ils voulaient être tout sauf U2. Et puis arrive l’an 2000, le fameux bug n’a pas eu lieu, mais le bug U2 a été corrigé. Le mot d'ordre pour "All That You Can't Leave Behind" était simple, presque arrogant de simplicité : "Ré-auditionner pour le poste de meilleur groupe du monde". Rien que ça... Pour ce faire, ils ont rappelé Brian Eno et Daniel Lanois. Et là, U2 a décidé d'arrêter les conneries. Fini l'ironie, fini les déguisements, fini les rythmiques dance mal digérées. Car cet album, c'est le son de quatre mecs dans une pièce qui jouent de leurs instruments. Ça paraît con dit comme ça, mais après la décennie précédente, c'était révolutionnaire. Dès les premières secondes de "Beautiful Day", on sait, on sait qu'ils ont réussi. Cette intro, cette montée en puissance, ce refrain qui est calibré pour faire exploser les ondes radio... C'est du U2 pur jus. C'est l'essence même de ce qu'ils savent faire : transformer une émotion intime en hymne universel. La production de Daniel Lanois est, comme toujours, d'une justesse chirurgicale. Il ne lisse pas le son, il lui donne de la texture, du grain, de la profondeur. Il laisse respirer la basse d'Adam Clayton (qui n'a jamais été aussi groovy et solide, soit dit en passant) et permet à Larry Mullen Jr. de taper comme un sourd avec une précision métronomique. Et puis il y a The Edge. Le mec a retrouvé ses pédales de delay et sa capacité à créer des cathédrales sonores avec trois notes. Sur cet album, il ne cherche pas à réinventer la roue, il la fait juste tourner plus vite et mieux. C'est le retour de ce "shimmer", ce scintillement caractéristique qui a fait la gloire de "The Joshua Tree", mais avec la maturité d'hommes qui ont vécu, aimé, et perdu. Parce que oui, c'est un album d'adultes. Bono a tombé le masque de "The Fly" ou de "MacPhisto". Ici, il chante avec ses tripes, sa voix a changé, elle est plus éraillée, plus chaude, plus vulnérable aussi. Prenez "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of", c’est une conversation imaginaire avec son pote Michael Hutchence (d'INXS) après son suicide. C’est gospel, c’est soul, c’est déchirant sans être pathétique, c'est une main tendue qui arrive trop tard. C'est magnifique. On ne peut pas ignorer le contexte de ma vie à ce moment-là. En 2000, je quittais le monde de la radio et du disquaire, une page se tournait, le rock indé devenait autre chose, le post-rock de GYBE prenait de l'ampleur dans mes enceintes, mais j'avais besoin de ce roc, de cette solidité. U2 est arrivé comme un vieux pote qu'on n'a pas vu depuis dix ans, qui a arrêté de faire le mariolle, qui s'assoit au bar, commande une pinte et te dit : "Allez, on reprend les choses sérieusement." Il y a une sincérité désarmante dans "Walk On" (dédié à Aung San Suu Kyi) ou dans "Kite". On sent que le groupe a accepté son statut, ils ne sont plus les jeunes punks de Dublin, ils ne sont plus les mégalos de la tournée "Zoo TV". Ils sont un groupe de rock classique, dans le sens le plus noble du terme. Certains critiques de l'époque, probablement les mêmes qui encensaient des trucs imbuvables juste pour la gloriole, ont trouvé ça trop "facile", trop "safe". Je leur dis merde car faire simple, c'est ce qu'il y a de plus compliqué. Écrire une chanson comme "Elevation", qui est fondamentalement stupide mais qui te donne envie de sauter au plafond, c'est un art. Faire pleurer avec "In a Little While" (que Joey Ramone a écouté sur son lit de mort, bordel, si c'est pas une validation ça !), c'est du talent pur. C'est un album qui respire la résilience. Le titre lui-même, "Tout ce que vous ne pouvez pas laisser derrière vous", c'est une déclaration d'intention. On emporte les bagages, on emporte l'expérience, les cicatrices, les amours passés, et on avance. On ne jette rien, on intègre tout. Alors oui, je mets 5 sur 5. Sans hésiter, sans rougir. Parce que dans une discographie aussi dense, réussir à sortir un classique instantané après 20 ans de carrière, c'est un exploit. Parce que cet album a prouvé que le format "chanson" avait encore de beaux jours devant lui face à la déferlante électronique ou nu-metal de l'époque. C'est un disque "doudou", mais un doudou en kevlar. C'est réconfortant, c'est puissant, c'est produit à la perfection. C’est la preuve que U2, quand ils arrêtent de se regarder le nombril pour regarder l'horizon, restent intouchables. Si vous avez aimé le virage sombre de "Achtung Baby" mais que vous avez décroché quand Bono s'est habillé en mouche géante, cet album est votre maison. Rentrez chez vous, mettez le disque sur la platine, montez le volume. Daniel Lanois a fait le ménage, The Edge a branché l'ampli, et pour une fois, Bono la ferme et chante. Et bordel, que ça fait du bien. Note : 5/5

Some iconic U2 songs in here, but compared to War, I found this one overwhelmingly boring Favorite Songs: Beautiful Day

I felt like I was listening to commercials.

Forgot how much I disliked Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of & Walk On, but I had no trouble recalling my hatred of Elevation 😒. That has got to be the worst song about New York ever made by a band from Ireland. Not unlistenable, but this entire album is lame. 1.5⭐️

I really don't like U2, but have to admit that 'Beautiful Day' still rips. Fantastic opening song, but sadly goes down from there and never recovers.

i often wonder what their legacy would be if they'd had the grace to pack it in after joshua tree. i'm not a fan but anyone can tell this is pretty weak compared to their early records. it was huge when it released by it has aged pretty badly.

3eme album proposé après 'The Joshua Tree' et 'Achtung Baby' que je n'ai pas vraiment apprécié (notés tous deux 2/5). Cet album n'est pas beaucoup mieux que les 2 précédents ... Je préfère les albums plus anciens qui étaient bien plus intéressants. Là je me suis vite ennuyé, la créativité et le dynamisme des premiers albums a totalement disparu. Aucune chance que je le ré-écoute. =>2/5

I'm in two minds about this album. From one perspective, it contains what I believe are U2's strongest pieces, Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of and Walk On. The first 4 tracks are solid, but then it dials right back down to mediocrity. It wasn't until the 11th song, Grace, that I found my next sense of "Oh, that had something kinda special". I'm going to be generous here and give it a 4, but it's a low 4, and it's being held up by Stuck In A Moment which I *really* think is a fantastic song.

lame. 2.5/5

Positive album from a simpler time

Brilliant

U2 has always been Coldplay? Rock's Schmaltz

I didn't hate this. I thought I would.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B9t1THQWKAY&pp=ygUOQm9ubyBzb3V0aHBhcms%3D I’ll just leave it at that.

Sucks

The first half is amazingly catchy and soulful. But the second half kind of overstays its welcome. The 2000s era of U2 is odd to go from the Achtung Baby and Pop to this album, but it does feel in sync in ways with the time of clean pop.

Made after the backlash to their experimental 90's period, this album was supposed to be a return to form for U2. What it really is is a safe, watered version of U2. People ate it up at the time, but this is no one's favorite U2 album unless you're boring. They've just coasted since then. Stick with Achtung Baby and everything before.

Quality but boring

One of the top reviews asks why U2 became such a hated band, and I think I know the answer: rarely has there been such a clear-cut example of a once-great band selling out, and this album is the moment it happened. In fact, I think you can pinpoint the very moment it happens: it's when the soulful trumpets kick in during Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of. Try to imagine soulful trumpets amongst the righteous angst of War, or the raw beauty of The Joshua Tree, and you'll get what I mean. There are flashes of the old fire in Beautiful Day and Elevation but that's about it. A sad day for rock music, and a weird inclusion on the list.

Surprisingly good. I didn't expect to find so many good songs in the same album. Even the ones I didn't know before were really good. Just a couple of more boring ones.

Meh

This album was everywhere when I was hitting adolescence. I hated the videos and the music then, and it's not much better now. The only song I actually liked is the last one on the album. U2 is not for me nor for you too. For complete nostalgia reasons that awoke the long dormant hate in me and actually made me feel something, I'm giving this a 2 instead of 1.

I don't think it touches their best stuff, and why on earth they chose once again to put all the strongest tracks at the start (I enjoyed New York) I have no idea. I doubt they'll ever learn their lesson though, as this was another huge success. It is a solid album, I really like Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of, I'm giving it a 4.

Crazy that they dropped this on the first day of the new century. ‘Beautiful Day’ hit different knowing that. ‘Grace’ was a beautiful closer.

U2 deserves to have albums on this list. This is not one of them. All the power and songwriting from War and The Joshua Tree were long gone by this point.

Some good songs but also some songs that are sort of just there. Painfully inoffensive at times with some of the old U2 fire present at other times. Brain Eno produced 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' and it sounds exactly like how you imagine it sounding. Yawn. If I never hear this album again- that's fine & if I do - that's fine too. If this album was a pizza, it would be pizza from Costco. Fancy a slice of Bono?

Why in the goddamn fuck is this on this list. 1 out of 5 courics

It's baffling how a band that was once responsible for 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday', could possibly release such terribly, self-indulgent, overhyped nonsense. It's important to understand that I like U2, but this goes straight in the bin. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (3/10)

Solid stuff.

As U2 done anything good this century ? Had this CD in my car and never enjoyed it apart from "beautiful day"

The best thing about this album is that it doesn't have Vertigo on it.

Once you listened to a few albums of U2, you kind of lose the taste for it. Achtung Baby was better.

This concludes all the U2 on this list. In retrospect, a band that's at its best when it embraces the darker aspects of their sound but consistently runs away from it as time goes on. Bono is a constantly meandering source of both inspiration and annoyance through hamfisted preachy lyrics. The edge leans heavily on the various modulation effects for his guitar sound; there is not a single guitar solo anywhere. Not a mark against him per se, there's some great sounds that sprung from him. But a different guitarist or band could have leveraged that asset better. As with this album, all ingredients were always there but somehow they never end up used the right way to make something truly impressive.

We switched lists, this is 1001 Albums I'd have rather died than listen to

At first I thought I might be able to enjoy some softer rock, but as it went on the only thing I felt was boredom

I thought U2 was an amazing band. This was hot shit...

Can’t deny that this is just so solid. Not the biggest fan of their music but that is mainly because it is so overplayed.

looooooove this one. so many unique songs and breath of fresh air for january 1, 2000

Arena rock. On a closer listen, Beautiful Day is actually a cool song, with hints of indie to come (reminds me of Killers and Coldplay). Also maybe even the indie-adjacent emo (instrumentals could be straight from The Used or AFI!) 2 tracks in, 2 very good. Exceeding expectations! Elevation is similar to Muse? After Elevation, seems to get stuck in a rut Peace On Earth is a mawkish attempt at a Christmas song? Shame, it starts so strongly, and then peters out in a stream of ballads. Best track - Stuck in a Moment..., Elevation 3 stars

Good songs well recorded and produced, quite a pop sounding album

I think what a lot of 1-star reviewers are missing is context. This was 1 of 3 albums released just weeks following the fall of the Twin Towers on 9/11 that brought peace and healing to a nation that was left truly stunned and grieving what happened to them (Ryan Adams "Gold" and Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising" are the other two). Listen, all in all this isn't the best of U2 by any means, but this album pushes out a great run of 6 solid and highly catchy tracks, and rounds the other 5 out with the most pat and boring pieces of music this band has ever done. Regardless, this album is a memory marker for an important piece of American history and for that, I'm rating it higher than it probably deserves.

There are two U2s. There's hits U2, which isn't bad. Then there's album U2, which is less interesting. This is 49 minutes of album U2.

Tempted to rate this as a 3, but it has like four bangers on it. Is it as good War, JT, Acht, or even Zooropa? I don't think so. So compared to the 4s and 5s there, I guess it has to have a 3. 3.5 officially.

I never heard this album all the way through. Excellent!

You know the old maxim: when trying to please everyone, you end up pleasing nobody. And clearly, with this album U2 aimed for the radio stations and the shopping malls, the kind of music that wouldn't be totally out of place in any kind of social context. But miraculously, rather than pleasing nobody, their clean and britpoppy sound ended up pleasing... everyone, but only just a little bit? I can't imagine many people enthusiastically grabbing this album to put it on, nor can I imagine many people actively going out of their way to turn any of these songs off.

For U2s hits have been great but I’ve never really cared for the rest of it. This album is no exception. I love Beautiful Day and the rest was pretty meh

Boring, sterile, car dealership music. Beautiful Day was a good single but everything else on this is a total slog.

This is fun and beautiful.

Not really my cup of tea

U2 have produced some very beautiful and groundbreaking pieces. However, I was never a big fan of the band. I feel the same way about this album. I quite like a few of the tracks. I couldn't care less about the rest. 3/5

Pretty good time