He explains that it was a "strange experience to receive, in the post, from a very distant relative, early Super 8 footage of my mother, aged 24, younger than me, playing a game of rounders in slow motion.

"[4] Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box named "Lemon" Pick of the Week, stating that here, the band "continues to push the envelope, adding yet another style twist to its catalog."

He added, "Bouncy and quite danceable cut, which follows the desensitizing "Numb" single, starts with a funky groove and augments with powerful and fun vocals from Bono and one of the strongest hooks the band has unleashed in quite some time.

"[5] Peter Paphides from Melody Maker wrote, "Similar in sentiment to "Mysterious Ways", yet as otherwordly as U2 have ever dared to be, "Lemon" sounds like it was recorded in a padded cell, saturating the senses like some abstract European road movie.

When Bono sings, "Midnight is where the day begins", over a harsh electronic funk groove, you're struck by images of a semi-mythical Europe, of speeding past neon-lit landscapes on deserted Autobahns.

"[6] Alan Jones from Music Week noted that it finds the singer "adopting a Jagger-like falsetto over a bouncy but sparse track that could lend itself to a dance remix.

"[7] Stephen Dalton from NME felt Bono's falsetto croon on the "sleek disco cruiser" slips "from Bowie parody into understated New Order melancholy.

"[10] Max Bell of Vox described "Lemon" as "two songs rolled into one; a dub and a Lovers' Rock then a cool Eno-style reflection on Nietzschean overachievement — where 'a man melts the sand so he can see the world outside' recalling the producer's work with Talking Heads (circa Fear of Music and Remain in Light).

[12] Muybridge was a photographer who was the first person to successfully capture fast motion on film, using his device, coincidentally named the Zoopraxiscope, a reference to the lyrics ("A man makes a picture – a moving picture/Through light projected he can see himself up close").