No Line On The Horizon
September 6, 2010 Tags: line
Category: Music 5 Comments 
Album Description
No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released on Tues, March 3, 2009. The band’s 12th studio album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite. The album will be available in 5 different packages.
This version is the standard album CD in a plastic jewel case w /24 page color booklet…. More >>
Over the ages I grew up with U2. Each album represented a period in my life, from my first car back in high school to videos of my first born dancing to their rhythms and gumming the CD.
So when I heard Coldplay being of a similar kind/sorta sound I was hooked instantly and I’m still listening to their most recent album.
Sorry for the unhelpful review but I just can’t say a bad word about U2
Rating: 2 / 5
On this album, U2, fronted by Slovakian-born Bono, really fails to reach the heights of previous albums such as “Ghost in the Machine” and “Reggatta de Blanc” which were fused with traditional 1990s sound. Instead, this album sounds distinctly like it was recorded in a tin can somewhere near a noisy train track. The rest of the band is comprised of British males and females with names like Slick, The Edj, Simon and Mark McGrath. Honestly this band has failed to get over the lip-syncing scandal on SNL in 2006. I have nothing but the greatest respect for Bono, who has put forth much effort to solve poverty here in the United States. Better luck next time, U2!
Rating: 1 / 5
Great records are daring, spontaneous things. “Blonde on Blonde”, “OK Computer”, and “Tha Carter III” share little other than a fearless certainty of purpose and execution. Bad records — apart from being artistically bankrupt, of course — are timid, inherently dishonest concoctions that sacrifice any legitimate artistic goals in favor of financial ones. They play not to lose — all bets are securely hedged. Truly bad records — from Michael Jackson’s “Bad” (pun intended?) through Brittany Spears’ “Oops! I Did it Again”, and on to U2′s embarrassing, calculating “No Line on the Horizon” — are terminally self-conscious ones. NLOTH is a VERY self-conscious record, and it’s easily the band’s worst since their last pure piece of undiluted musical product, 1997′s “Pop”. In fact, NLOTH is even weaker than “Pop”, because it lacks that snoozefest’s all-encompassing ironic gloss. In other words, U2 can’t say “Just kidding!” this time — and that’s what makes NLOTH so disappointing: it’s the sound of the plot truly being lost, backed with a looped sample of laughing all the way to the bank….
Rating: 1 / 5
As much of a fan of U2 as I am, this latest album from them is a far cry from the brilliance of Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby or even All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
It’s mostly slow, moody and downright boring if I have to pick one word.
There are a few exceptions, but mostly I’d have to rank this *gasp* down near Zooropa on my U2 list.
Rating: 3 / 5
U2 is an overrated band. Except for some two tracks in this album the rest is just plain garbage like before. What’s up with all those yoohooo-yeeehaaas in the middle of the songs?
Rating: 2 / 5