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No Line On the Horizon

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With each subsequent album, U2 has pushed itself into new forms. Though evolving, the band is able to underpin its releases with that same rally-cry, post-punk take on rock 'n' roll that has been with the group since the beginning. The group's 2009 return to the main stage comes in the form of No Line On the Horizon. From the striking minimalist cover art (from Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto) to the production powerhouse trio of Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite, this album positions itself in the same vein as the expectation-ignoring Achtung Baby. First single "Get On Your Boots" is slightly misleading — the album is not all chunky riffs and electro-jamming. Fact is, a good solid third of the album contains some of their most meditative work since The Unforgettable Fire (see the slow burn of "Unknown Caller" and "White As Snow"). But if you're looking for the big songs — and no one does big like U2 — "Magnificent" and "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" are the standouts.

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When you've written such genuinely astounding songs as U2 have, the justification to keep going has to be that the material you're sitting on is of the same quality and standard as what has come before, if not better. U2 have always had their off moments, indeed 'How to dismantle an atomic bomb' was mediocre at best, but this is truly substandard. The warning sign was the embarassing awfulness of single 'Get on your boots'. Amazingly the album does not redeem itself. A great song is a thing of utmost beauty, and can meet someone wherever they are spiritually and emotionally, and are life affirming works of art. Unfortunately, there isn't a single song on this album that scales the heights of 'Still Haven't Found...' or 'Beautiful Day'. The closest they come on 'No LIne...' is the title track- which feels the most loose and free flowing. Once again though, U2 display how hopeless they are at grasping how to accomplish a decent middle eight. Whilst 'No LIne...' does its best to sound earthy and natural, one gets the feeling that everything was a little bit laboured- just a number of ideas and musical sections spliced together, perhaps explaining the five year gestation period between this and the last album. Ultimately, to justify the amount of airtime, column inches, advertising and hype that U2 embroil themselves in, the tunes have to be there. They're not, and this is coming from a fan. The crazy thing is, that the band are trying to establish that this is their best album so far. Are they deluded? I put to them, which of these tunes are as timeless and quality as 'Whose gonna ride', 'The Fly', 'With or Without you' 'Pride'. Perhaps the only thing we the listener can do to drive the point home, is not buy the album, in the hope that the band are driven to reclaim their place as great contributors to the art form of rock. In my opinion, an artist can only be deemed good or bad based on their current output. Hailing former glories is meaningless, especially in music, which is all about the moment. Its telling that the band abandoned sessions with Rick Rubin, whose approach to producing them was to wait until he heard great songs before pressing the record button..

Wow...

It's midnight and I can't believe I'm the first person reviewing this brilliant album. This is definetly U2's best work since the Joshua Tree and that's coming from a U2 fan who liked vertigo and beautiful day etc. Almost every song is truly stunning (with the exception of Cedars of Lebanon) and my favourite is Moment of Surrender and is closely followed by Magnificent. You will truly not regret buying this album.

Dreadful!

I am a hard core U2 fan and have bought just about everything they have ever done and seen them in concert. So I was really, really looking forward to this new album. And what an enormous disappointment! It is quite simply terrible, awful, dreadful. If it were possible, I would give it zero stars. I have listened to it through several times and cannot believe this can be a product of a band who have previously done... well, choose just about anything U2 have done before and it is a million times better than this. The lyrics are trite, the sound muddy, Bono doesn't seem to be trying to sing and all those 'oh, ohs' are just annoying. I have really tried to like this album - but it just gives me a headache and makes me cross. Experimental? The only experiment being carried out here is whether the public will be fooled by the hype. Don't be! Buy anything else by U2, but don't waste your money on this. "Get On Your Boots"? No. Sadly it seems time for U2 to hang up their boots and call it a day.

Biography

Formed: 1976 in Dublin, Ireland

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Through a combination of zealous righteousness and post-punk experimentalism, U2 became one of the most popular rock & roll bands of the '80s. They were rock & roll crusaders during an era of synthesized pop and heavy metal, equally known for their sweeping sound as for their grandiose statements about politics and religion. The Edge provided the group with a signature sound by creating sweeping sonic landscapes with his heavily processed, echoed guitars. Though the Edge's style wasn't conventional,...
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