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===Accolades===
''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' was rated the best album of 2004 by ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]''. Hilburn of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called it the second-best album of the year, and it was ranked fourth respectively by ''Q'' in its list of the best albums of the year. ''[[The Village Voice]]'' rated it the eighth-best album of 2004, while ''[[PopMatters]]'' ranked it 25th. It was included in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Top 50 Albums of 2004.

''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' and its songs won eight [[Grammy Award]]s overall in [[47th Annual Grammy Awards|2005]] and [[48th Annual Grammy Awards|2006]], sweeping all of the categories in which they were nominated. In 2005, "Vertigo" won in three categories: [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]], [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]], and [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]]. In 2006, "[[Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own]]" was awarded [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, "City of Blinding Lights" was awarded Best Rock Song, and ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' won for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]] and [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/u2/7858|title=U2 Grammy Nominations|publisher=grammy.com}}</ref> The album producer's Steve Lillywhite was also awarded [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical|Producer of the Year, Non Classical]] in 2006.

''Rolling Stone'' rated it the 68th-best album of the decade,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/u2-how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb-19691231|title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s: U2, 'How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=9 December 2009|access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> while "Vertigo" was ranked the 64th-best song.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-songs-of-the-aughts-20110617/u2-vertigo-20110617|title=100 Best Songs of the 2000s: U2, 'Vertigo'|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=9 December 2009|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> Despite all of the critical acclaim for the album, Bono would later state that "[t]here are no weak songs. But as an album, the whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts, and it fucking annoys me."