Unsung Reviews: Boy
- Le Samourai's review: "this amazing debut LP stands moody and proud like the menacing, grey Irish thunder cloud it was when it was first released in 1980."
- http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/reviews/index.php?review_id=385

Awesome80s.com: Boy
- Jerry McCulley's review: "Though not quite as moody or musically accomplished as October, arguably the band's first masterpiece, Boy still ranks as one of U2's best albums."
- http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/Music/1981/U2-Boy.asp

Prindle Record Reviews: Boy
- Mark Prindle's review: "This isn't radio-ready overproduced rock - it's rough-around-the-edges art rock in the vein of early Public Image Limited (with more emphasis on guitar) - a darned fine attempt to combine the amateurish feel of punk with the e
- http://www.markprindle.com/u2a.htm#boy

Rolling Stone: Boy
- Debra Rae Cohen's review: "U2 is talented, charming and potentially (they're all still under twenty-one) exceptional. But as a new Next Big Thing, they're only the next best thing to something really new." 4 out of 5 stars.
- http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=53629&cf=45

All Music Guide: Boy
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine's review: "all of its emotions are on the surface, delivered with optimistic, youthful self-belief, yet the unusual, distinctive guitar textures give it an unexpected tension that makes it an exhilarating debut." 4 out of
- http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=8:49:52|PM&sql=Aax6tk60x9krj