Call Of The Wretched Sea, The - Ahab (2)

Advantages: Beautiful 'soundscapes', lyrics tackle serious issues such as war atrocities and heroin abuse
Disadvantages: Overly reflective, not much FUN.

...have recorded it better but, I think, for all its flaws, I just see it as a great piece of music." Adam Clayton agreed that despite the Holocaust inspiration, there was more to the life of the music, that they, like the paintings of survivors, were portraits of feeling. He told Neil Storey in the October 1984 issue of U2 magazine, "I don't think that by calling the album after that exhibition the similarity necessarily goes any further than just endorsing that. I don't think it's all album of songs about peace. I think just the feelings and the textures and the colours of those paintings, and the emotions, are the things that are transcending themselves onto the album, rather than any special message." "Promenade" is another song of great departure from the angry energy of "War." The idyllic melody that mimics the sea in the song... Read review

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Advantages: A great album
Disadvantages: A couple of weak tracks

..." ~~Mothers of the disappeared~~ With an opening that practically has you visualizing an empty street with the wind blowing throw it, this track remains a soft sounding gentle track which is an effective tribute to the Mothers of the Disappeared. The Track speaks of the people who lost sons and daughters and relatives under the brutal regime of Pinochet in Chile of the early 70's. U2 handle the issue they are raising with great sensitivity. It's not an in your face political song such as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" was.But you can not escape the fact you are listening to a political song all kudos to them for again pointing out the injustices in this world.On a tour of Chile in 1998 this track was played live in Santiago, given the fact that left wingers and so called enemy's of the state were rounded up and held in football stadiums before... Read review

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Advantages: A few good tracks/ trying something different
Disadvantages: Very slow/ lyrics

...breakthrough Act and Best Album) Q magazines Best Album award and they were nominated for a Grammy. Hopes and Fears was the biggest selling album by a British band in 2005, with only Scissor Sisters beating record sales. The band continued to tour with the album, taking them all over the world and touring with some musical Legends, including U2 when they performed at the london 'Live 8' show. And so with the year drawing to a close and the festival season over, Keane started to write and record their long awaited album 'Under the iron sea'. The album was recorded in different studios all over the world, including The Magic shop in Soho, New York and the Helioscentric Studios near their home town, Battle. The band are said to have felt an incredibly intense atmosphere during the writing and recording of the album, they feel that they have... Read review

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