album cover: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition)

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Re-Assemble Edition)

U2

  • U2: How to Dismantle/Re-assemble An Atomic Bomb | Spectrum Culture | Dec. 5, 2024, 6:05 a.m.
    • In terms of overall sound, this is the no-frills rock album that U2 wanted to make, or it’s about as close as a band like U2 could get to making something like that.
  • U2's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' Is 20 Today: Stream Previously Unreleased Outtakes On New "Shadow Album" | Stereogum | Nov. 22, 2024, 2:28 p.m.
    • We didn’t write or commission a 20th-anniversary piece about U2’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Sorry. Sometimes, there’s just not that much to say. Today marks the 20th anniversary of U2’s 11th studio album. When they released that record, U2 were nearly a quarter-century removed from their debut album Boy. U2 did an amazing job remaining relevant for a very long time, and How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb kept their streak going commercially, at least. That album sold a lot of copies. Plenty of people were into it. But is it really worth doing a deep-dive on that one? For us, it’s not.
  • Albums Of The Week: U2 | How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 20th Anniversary Edition | Tinnitist | Nov. 22, 2024, 5:27 a.m.
    • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “To mark the 20th anniversary of U2’s critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, it has been remastered and reissued long with the ‘shadow album’ How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, which includes new, unreleased songs discovered in the archive of the original sessions. The process saw the […]
  • Classic Album Review: U2 | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | Tinnitist | Nov. 19, 2024, 3 p.m.
    • This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):   There are, it seems, two kinds of U2 fans. On the one hand, there are those who prefer the band’s earthy, earnest and emotional arena-rock. On the other […]