When I was 13 I needed a song that talked about war for my dance classes at school, a called my father an he told me "Take a golden covered CD on the shelf called U2-The best of 1980-1990, listen to 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'Where The Streets have no name'". I did as he told me to and it was love at first sight (or hearing). I became obssessed about the band, really obssessed, I had posters, I knew (and still know) the lyrics by heart, I knew everything about their life and so on... I grew older and of course I started listening to other things but U2 always gave me that feeling of wanting to run or to go on a trip.
No line on the horizon is the 12th U2 album. It was released in the last January and I haven't heard it until today. I don't really know why, maybe it was my father putting agains one of my fave bands ever saying that's absurd Bono asking every nation money for charity and his cds being the most expensive ones. Maybe it was my brother saying that The Edge is the worst guitar player ever but I have never really listened to him (my brother). Well, the album is better than I was expecting but it isn't that good, there isn't anything different, a blowing mind song. It was well produced, it has U2 trademarks but nothing else.
The opening track that gives the album's name "No line on the horizon" is good but it's too slow for being the first track. "Magnificent", "Unknown Caller" and "I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight" are my favorite tracks, they are melodic and follow the same line of the last two albuns "All that you can't leave behind" and "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb", "Moment of Surrender" is the most 'peaceful' one, but I didn't like it that much.
"Get on your boots" was the first single released and it's really good and "Stand Up Comedy" is really exciting, these songs remind me of "Achtung Baby" whitch is the best U2 album ever.
In "Fez – Being Born" you can hear some Oriental influences, "White as Snow" have a Western thing and it's very beautiful. "Cedars Of Lebanon" is the political song of the album.
In short the album is good but it isn't surprising, all the songs remids of something they have alredy done in the past but in the past they did it better. I can't say I didn't liked the album at all, U2 still U2 for me and there's no way I cannot like it, uless they make another POP. LOL
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I must admit I was never a hard core U2 fan, though I love many of their songs. But now when I look at it, those are mostly the old ones, so I guess I'm not quite familiar with the new material (and when I say "new" I really mean past 10 years or so!) Shame on me.
But I might check some of their recent material, thanks for reminding me about the band! :)
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