"It's not trying to impress or please. There's no obvious attempt to mask a weary, limited voice or occasionally garbled words. The pill isn't being sugared. What's the point? Nobody wants to hear sweet talk from of septuagenarian."
This is very true. That said, U2 haven't released their last album yet, so it's a little unfair to pass this judgement on them now. Did anybody really care about the any of the albums Bowie released after 1990 other than Blackstar? I have no idea whether any of those are any good.