U2 runs to stand still, Neil Young produces an inconsistent album whose message is urgent and necessary, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds fly to new sonic grounds with mixed results, and The Smiths flesh out their sound and song-craft.
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Album Reviews – 28th Edition
Daughter merges folk music with clever electronic arrangements, Of Monsters and Men expand their indie sound to wide and cold grounds, Tears For Fears take new wave to a depressive dark pit, and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds deliver a record of solid mid-tempo rockers.