Album Reviews : U2 "Days of Ash" EP & "Easter Lily" EP

0:00 - Revisiting U2 having last listened to "No Line On The Horizon" | "Achtung Baby" is perfect & 80's hits are classics
1:42 - U2 changed their sound from 80's to "Achtung Baby" to "Pop" to later albums | Bono solo album | comparison with Jon Anderson of Yes
4:43 - "Days Of Ash" 2026 EP is overt politics & atmosphere vs guitar groove by The Edge
7:19 - Review of "American Obituary" song
9:04- Review of "Tears Of Things" ballad with Laurie Anderson ending
10:55 - Review of "Song Of The Future" song
12:18 - Review of "Wildpeace" poem by Nigeria's Adeola Fayehun (note: the music was done by the producer, not the band) | album experience vs singles
14:24 - Review of "One Life At A Time" & "Yours Eternally" | acoustic U2
15:10 - Concluding thoughts on "Days Of Ash" | character study, comparison with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
16:25 - Review of "Easter Lily" 2026 EP | U2 musical comeback & new younger audience | comparison with Social Distortion "Born To Kill" comeback | divisive vs uniting politics
19:22 - "Easter Lily" was subdued modern U2 where politics comes first | lacking diversity of "Days Of Ash" | comparison with modern Bon Jovi
20:33 - Review of "Song For Hal" & "In A Life" songs
21:44 - Review of "Scars" & Resurrection Song" songs
22:55 - Review of "Easter Parade" & "Coexist (I Will Bless the Lord at All Times?)" songs 24:50 - Listening to "Songs Of Surrender" album for comparison
26:16 - No longer being a fan of U2 | inauthentic manufactured new age protest music for millenials

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