At its best, U2’s latest album has the band both pushing forward with a dense, atmospheric sound courtesy of producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois—but in other moments, Bono and company are content to lazily rehash their stadium-pop formula, critics say.
- “The album lacks a unified feel,” writes Josh Tyrangiel for Time. “It feels like the work of musicians torn between the comfort of the present and the lure of one last run into the adventurous past.”