Word: reverb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...atmospheric influence of co-producer Brian Eno, who also lends a hand on synthesizers, is audible throughout. Bono's vocals are electronically warped, the Edge's guitars chomp and snarl or dissolve into wavering pools of reverb. In Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car, a self-mockingly pompous classical overture gives way to a jittery, high-octane beat, frayed guitar riffs and ominously echoing pings that sound like sonar from a distressed nuclear...
Some of the tracks do escape this trap. For "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car," the Edge employs a scratchy metallic guitar groove with the reverb of Bono's vocals to obtain a psychedelic dance beat. This song about a friend's heroin addiction loses none of the artistic quality of the other songs, combining metallic pings and clanks with Bono's disembodied voice...