Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: pitiful excuse for an album

From what I understand, U2 went into the studio to record this album not having written a single song and it shows. The album is utterly hollow and gimmicky with no artistic merit. I was hoping it was simply a brief diversion from their usual work, but Pop proved me wrong. Hopefully U2 will realize that they've hit rock bottom with these last two and take some time to write some quality music like we all know they can.