This album is the epitome of hit or mmiss. There are a good few songs on there, although none of those humungous essential U2 hits. I really, really love Numb, it’s one of my OG U2 favourites. And Some Days is a great track too. But the problem with this album is that it really doesn’t fit together. The transition between Numb and the next song Lemon (some kind of disco number) is really jarring. And at the end, we suddenly jump to old school slow and meandering country with the wonder that is Johnny Cash. Getting Johnny Cash on your album should be a highlight but actually I sort of wish it wasn’t there. So mixed feelings from start to finish.

Thankfully, it’s brilliant. It probably has a bit of a benefit from following on the slow-pace chill-fest of Taylor’s latest album, but even without that, it’s just good soft rock. One is genuinely one of the greatest songs ever, but even with that it doesn’t overshadow everything around it - they all stand up.

I really liked this album, it’s probably their best one? I do think it suffers from that problem that some of the greatest albums do - where there are a few amazing tracks together… and then you have the rest of the album. You can’t kick off with Beuatiful Day, Stuck, and Elevation and expect it to go anywhere but down.

Before listening to this one, there was a little debate over whether it counted in the album game. I have weird rules that bend and mutate over time, but the fact that this album contains a significant amount of previous songs was an issue. They’re live, so that’s different, and in the end I allowed it because this is clearly an album that they have worked and crafted as a piece of art.

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