U2 - How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb poll

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another in my long series of U2 album polls. Enthuse below about this classic.

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How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 22 November 2004 on Island Records and Interscope Records. Much like their previous album, All That You Can't Leave Behind, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb exhibits a more mainstream rock sound after the band experimented with alternative rock and dance music in the 1990s. The album was produced by Steve Lillywhite, with additional production from Chris Thomas, Jacknife Lee, Nellee Hooper, Flood, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, and Carl Glanville.

U2 lead singer Bono described the album as "our first rock album. It's taken us twenty years or whatever it is, but this is our first rock album."

Poll Results

OptionVotes
1. "Vertigo" 8
5. "City of Blinding Lights" 4
3. "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" 2
8. "Crumbs from Your Table" 1
10. "Original of the Species" 0
9. "One Step Closer" 0
7. "A Man and a Woman" 0
6. "All Because of You" 0
4. "Love and Peace or Else" 0
2. "Miracle Drug" 0
11. "Yahweh" 0


nomar, Friday, 7 July 2017 16:14 (six years ago) link

can i vote for the iPod?

flappy bird, Friday, 7 July 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link

i'll accept write-in votes for the iPod and the coffee mug.

nomar, Friday, 7 July 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link

ok i voted for Vertigo, that counts as the iPod

flappy bird, Friday, 7 July 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link

This is not a good album but "Vertigo" is ok

Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 7 July 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link

This'll be a landslide for 'Vertigo' ... which I suspect is the one track that most people will know from this record.

The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link

"City of Blinding Lights" has had a new life as commencement/business seminar/death march theme song.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 July 2017 19:27 (six years ago) link

i also assume it'll be re-used as the title for an overly budgeted/low box office performing romantic drama starring rachel mcadams and miles teller.

nomar, Friday, 7 July 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link

i also assume it'll be re-used as the title for an overly budgeted/low box office performing romantic drama starring rachel mcadams and miles teller.

Accurate, but true.

flappy bird, Friday, 7 July 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link

this is easily in the bottom 3 u2 albums

ufo, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:14 (six years ago) link

I pretty much gave up on U2 after Pop: a combination of finally being let down by my first favorite band and going to college and discovering worlds of new music. The only new U2 I heard was what was on the radio. "Beautiful Day" was fine, "Walk On" less so, "Vertigo" not very good, definitely not enough for me to bother checking out the albums they came from.

In 2008, my friend played Atomic Bomb on a beach trip and I guess it hit me the right way. I seriously love about half the songs on the album, and even "Vertigo" I'd now say is solid. I'd put it up there as my favorite after Achtung and Zooropa, which would make college me laugh out loud (and likely some of y'all). I can't explain it at all, I know that it's a very conservative, straightforward album for them compared to any of their 80s or 90s albums. I even went back to listen to All That You Can't Leave Behind and listened to the next couple in case they were just as good; nope, it's only Atomic Bomb that does it for me

Vinnie, Saturday, 8 July 2017 01:43 (six years ago) link

ONE! TWO! THREE! FOURTEEN!

The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 8 July 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link

Original of the Species is the presidential walk-on music we need in these troubled times

LimbsKing, Saturday, 8 July 2017 07:02 (six years ago) link

Cancel that, I mean City of Blinding Lights. Whoops

LimbsKing, Saturday, 8 July 2017 07:03 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Thursday, 20 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link

U2 suck and i did really like them at one time. i did once think "Bad" (live) was the best song ever, in front of a mirror, the whole bit. just can't drum up an passion for them anymore also The Police, who have probably fallen even further...

Bee OK, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:09 (six years ago) link

You mean Sting's solo career?

The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link

I'd vote for "Fast Cars" and the "Neon Lights" cover over anything that made it on this album.

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 July 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Friday, 21 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link

Ah, I thought as much.

The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 21 July 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link


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