U2 will endure. October hits that home magnificently. It's just how they will endure that'll trouble us come U2 '3' or '4'.

U2, I guess, will continue to "move" in live performance, just like James Brown. But they will only move on the lightest surface.

'Needs time to work its way into your heart...'

'It's not a fashionable record either, because it needs time to work ...

As is common with most debut LPs these days, 'Boy' is a compilation of life-time best. (Hopefully a beginning. U2 have a long way to grow.)

I wouldn't worry about U-2 selling out because I know they will

U2 take us over the top

The sheer exuberance that redeems these 11 songs is admirably fresh...
Boo Browning in The Washington Post

With a deep, rich production U2 makes music which is hypnotic in its swirling images and textures...

Playing The Dark Space Festival, directed by Jim Sheridan