No Line On The Horizon | 
| Artist: U2
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Category: Music
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Rating:  194 reviews
Sales Rank: 677
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 53 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001263002
UPC: 602517960374
EAN: 0602517960374
ASIN: B001O0EQ5U
Release Date: March 2, 2009
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| Tracks:
| | No Line On The Horizon | | | Magnificent | | | Moment of Surrender | | | Unknown Caller | | | I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight | | | Get On Your Boots | | | Stand Up Comedy | | | Fez Being Born | | | White As Snow | | | Breathe | | | Cedars Of Lebanon |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If you don’t already know what to expect from U2’s twelfth studio album then you’re either a goldfish with Alzheimer’s or newborn, and if that’s the case then there are probably much better places for you to start than No Line On The Horizon. However, for the rest of us this is everything it should be, even if it’s nothing you wouldn’t expect. The lead in single "Get On Your Boots" might have forgotten to pack a chorus and instead crammed in a bewildering mash of Nancy Sinatra, Cameo’s "Word Up" and Led Zeppelin in an effort to reignite the pop art dervishes in them that time washed down the creek, but it does actually get more singularly feisty with every listen. "Stand Up Comedy" is equally absurd ("Stand" by REM/"Love Spreads" by The Stone Roses/generic Red Hot Chilli Peppers in a light funk sandwich), but the album’s not all about them trying to prove their creative audacity. The title track vibrates with the mild threat of modernity and a chest-beating, loud-hailer bravado, "Moment Of Surrender" allows Bono to shed some passion over the measured, subdued backdrop and the triple of "Unknown Caller", "I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight" and "Magnificent" make no bones about being classic U2, ringing chimes reverberating from The Edge’s guitar like endlessly reproducing embryos under the microscope; the kind of stuff that professional obsessives The Killers would, you know, kill for.--James Berry
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 cd March 4, 2010
Ms. A. J. Tinkler (england)
Not the best album the boys have done but well worth a buy at such great value, you forget how unique Bono's voice is.
 Their best in a long, long time December 28, 2009
A. Sweeney (London, England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have to say that I'm really delighted with this album - finally a U2 album I am able to really enjoy in its entirety, after release after release which have been perfectly good but lacked a certain something. In fact, U2, for me, were becoming something of a singles band. Well, "No Line On The Horizon" has now bucked that trend and is arguably the best thing U2 have released since my favourite of theirs, 1991's "Achtung Baby", but certainly since its follow-up, "Zooropa". They just seem to have found the spark, the passion and the creativity which has been slightly lacking for the last decade, with all four elements of the band firing on all cylinders. Admittedly, every track isn't exactly a classic with there being a couple which are a little ordinary, but there are many more hits than misses on this, their twelfth studio album, and everything is much better than merely listenable.
The highlights are plentiful. The title track proves to be a superb and classy opener with a great vocal refrain, chiming pianos and a fantastic rhythm being pounded out by Larry. "Magnificent" is one of the best songs U2 have written for many years, with a classic guitar line which could have been on one of U2's albums in the 1980s. The superb guitar work on "Unknown Caller" really makes that particular track quite special, with The Edge being quite high in the mix. Add to that a really interesting song structure and an understated and yet very catchy chorus and you have another U2 gem. "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" is more reminiscent of their recent work with atmospheric guitars, synths and an anthemic chorus. I'm not sure why "Get On Your Boots" was chosen as a single as it's one of the less impressive tracks from the album, but it's still a good rocker, despite sounding a little like a re-write of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" in places.
"Stand Up Comedy" is a good song and features some sublime riffing, even if it does remind me a little of Cameo's "Word Up" during the chorus. "Breathe" is another undoubted highlight of the album, a powerful, hard-riffing, memorable composition with some brilliantly bizarre lyrics. All-in-all, it's a very strong release indeed and has raised my opinion of U2 as a band of the moment, rather than one of my favourites from years gone by. Perhaps there's nothing on this album which would be a complete shock to any U2 fan, but the consistent quality throughout and the creative spark they demonstrate throughout is certainly refreshing, considering how generally ordinary I have found their releases over the past decade. If you had all but given up on U2, I'd urge you to give this one a go.
Magnificent.
 U2 on a downward spiral... November 27, 2009
Staffan Ernstsson (Sweden)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
So sad, not the album I expected. Ever since "All that you can't leave behind" U2 haven't produced much of interest IMHO. Lacking ideas? Getting content and tired?
There is no substitute for strong melodies and here they simply failed in making what once was their trademark - strong melodies.
Christian Rock! November 9, 2009
Tim Lintott (Brighton UK)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fans of Joel Houston or Paul Oakley Father Meare likely to find much to like in this latest album from these veteran stadium rockers. From the worshipful ' Magnificent' to the desperate cry of ' Cedars of Lebanon' Bono's love for the Psalms shows out.
The playing is effortless though perhaps there are fewer tunes than on their last two albums. 'Moment of Surrender' is a very personal song about that point where ego finally dies (OK with Bono that probably took a bit of time and effort even on the Almighty's part). 'Go Crazy Tonight' has shades of 'God Part 2' and the same feeling of striving to do your best. 'Fez' and ' White as Snow' use the musical mediums of the Arab world and US Country respectively to effectively express deep spiritual sentiments. Only 'Stand up Comedy' with its request to stop helping God across the road like a little old lady comes across somewhat wrong like a dad trying to get down with the kids, a bit reminiscent of Matt Redman's cries for 'everyone to shout, everyone make some noise' on 'All your Saints'.
If you're looking for a present for the slightly trendy vicar who maybe wears his hair just a little too long, this should do you fine...
no line on the horizon cd October 26, 2009
Mrs. S. J. Thurland (uk)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
not my sort of music,bought it as a present for someone that abslutely loved it.
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