Originally posted by dstankie:Linear is brilliant. That is the version of NLOTH I listen to and the one they should have released. If that was the official version, I would rate it as the best U2 album since the 90s. Linear has a much better tracklist, Winter is so so so much better than Crazy. Even Boots makes a tiny bit more sense sitting where it does on Linear. It is an intense record, not uplifting per se. But then, is Joshua Tree uplifting? Achtung?