They were queuing up in Dublin last night to be first to get hold of the new record - scenes set to be repeated in other countries over the next few days.
And the early reviews suggest the five year wait since 'Bomb' in 2004, will have been worth it.
'It combines two moments,' says Blender editor Joe Levy, 'the epic grandeur of The Joshua Tree and the experimental audio research of Achtung Baby and Zooropa. They're at a point where they can be the biggest band in the world and still be edgy, with a capital 'E' in this case. They haven't come out swinging this hard and reaching this high since Joshua. On the surface, it's classic U2. Put on the headphones, and you hear an album every bit as sonically ambitious as Achtung Baby."
If you're in the UK, tune in to the BBC, it'll be hard to miss them today.
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After hearing it I was realy amazed. i realy think its the best album ever by U2. It;s so experimental and so U2. I'm not sure if everybody like what they made but I'm more a fan of the experimental U2 albums so I think this is the beste! I was hoping for it to bring a new sound and what a sound it is! Keep on doíng the great stuff guys and amaze us fot years to come! Because this is in two words : PURE BRILJANT!