Waller Reviews:
Written by LittleVoice for U2 Graffiti Wall: What I like about Boy is the early innocent sound of the band. They were, without a doubt, going places with that sound. My favorite tracks on the album are "I Will Follow," "Out of Control," "Electric Co.," "Into the Heart," "Stories for Boys," "Shadows and Tall Trees"... Shoot, I may as well list them all.
Written by UnhitchedWildhorsey for U2 Graffiti Wall: What's great about this album is that youthful belief that anything is possible. A sense that you are powerful, and have the world on a string. An awareness of your own self importance. Cockyness. Every song on Boy is a teenager's dreams, yearnings, and life. No matter how old you are you are taken back to the bedroom you occupied in your parents home. Back to your teenage lair.
That isn't to say however that this album is without weight or moments of very adult seriousness. Quite the contrary. Who ever said being a teen stuck in that "I'm not a stupid kid, and I'm not yet fully mature" phase is easy, after all. Not I. Not anyone who recalls their formidable years or have teens of their own. Not anyone after listening to this album.
Boy tells us of all the heartache (I Will Follow), angst ( Out Of Control) ,Frustrations, (An Cat Dubh, Shadows and Tall Trees), anger (The Electric Co.), and elations (Twighlight); of those hard growing up years. Once more Boy does it effortlessly and expertly. And, why shouldn't it--this was after all the ultimate teenage diary. Boy is written and performed by the young band living these songs.
Boy is ambitious and at times almost ridiculously energetic. Mostly a fast tempoed frantic paced album with only a few songs where we can catch our breath. Like the U2 boys in a hurry to be men; the lyrics are hurried and scattered---poetic enough and serious beyond their years perhaps---but presented in an untrained, blurted stream. This is what is real about Boy. The singer and band are not too rehearsed. This is what an honest to goodness, starting from scratch band sounds like. It is no copy of anything existing. It is forming and becoming its own identity...much like a youth doing their growing up. U2 felt no need to change because at this stage they can feel--no they KNOW, they'll be big...someday.
Boy is the perfect analogy. It is a time capsule. It is a glimpse of 4 youngster's lives. It is a smart but awkward young man. It is imperfect U2 that in the end became the perfect example. It was the launchpad and not the surface of the moon itself. What is forever endearing to U2 fans, is how whenever we take out our copy of Boy and have a listen---we feel we never really have to grow up.
Written by JennMullen for U2 Graffiti Wall: I think this album is incredible for a debut album. It's strong and it's confident. It's easy to see that they were going to go far and make something of themselves.
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