- rock, alternative rock, pop rock
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- Island
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb is the eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 22 November 2004 in the United Kingdom by Island Records and a day later in the United States by Interscope Records.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 79/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork6.9/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Vertigo3:13
- A2Miracle Drug3:54
- A3Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own5:05
- A4Love and Peace or Else4:48
- A5City of Blinding Lights5:46
- B1All Because of You3:34
- B2A Man and a Woman4:27
- B3Crumbs From Your Table4:59
- B4One Step Closer3:48
- B5Original of the Species4:34
- B6Yahweh4:22
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- U2
- Label
- Island
- Released
- 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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