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Generally favorable reviews- based on 409 Ratings
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Positive: 324 out of 409
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Mixed: 42 out of 409
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Negative: 43 out of 409
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JohnnyG.Jan 29, 2010
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IndroneilBJul 5, 2009The worst u2 album....Dissappointing!...Yet they will get th Grammy bcoz its U2!!....!
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TomEMar 4, 2009I have been a big U2 fan since Achtung Baby. There was no doubt I would buy this album, got it as soon as it came out and played it while having visitors all night long in the background. Nothing stuck... nothing jumped out... nothing even reminded any of us we were listening to music. We the all draw the same conclusion: hotel lobby music.
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JohnCMar 5, 2009Overproduced, mediocre generi-pop. sounds like they took ever U2 album since Joshua Tree, threw in a blender, and what poured out was this acoustical pap. Sad to believe this is the same band that gave us the albums War and Joshua Tree. Now they're just a completely over-comericialized sellout band today.
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JohnNMar 7, 2009Apart from a couple songs (the first two), this is a pretty boring album, which is sad considering their last one was insipid as well. At least they are trying to mix things up a little with their sound. But the hooks and songs just aren't here. Too bad.
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JohnnyG.Feb 2, 2010
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CameronMMar 11, 2009
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MichaelJMar 15, 2009
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MarliseGMar 19, 2009This is pure garbage for me, i miss The Joshua Tree, Rolling Stone, what happened to us?, 5 stars for this trash, I can't believe it.
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JoeDMar 6, 2009
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ClarkeMar 9, 2009Puppet Show and U2. 2 out of 10 for two good songs, rest is either dull or both dull and lacking any tonality. After the last three albums, it is clear there is no way the boys will ascend again to an 'Achtung Baby' level. At least there will always be that.
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WilliamI.Mar 9, 2009Who could put all of those B-sided songs into an album? Energy level is no more than hum. Must be last album...songs are lame, music lame....I own almost all of their albums...this one...the should pay me to listen to. Seriously, do not waste your time or money.
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tjmaxJul 11, 2009The album sounds simultaneously overproduced and unfinished. It sounds fussed over and doesn't really come to life. The lyrics are really uninspiring. I love U2, but this one stinks.
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DaveBJul 7, 2009A couple of decent songs but far too many embarrassing, dull, or directionless moments for this to be considered a good album. It seems they are spending too much time trying to figure out where they can fit into the market and not enough time coming up with some worthwhile ideas.
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JuanPMar 19, 2009The worst album from U2, this album hurts me.
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Awards & Rankings
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No Line on the Horizon partakes of that romance by trying to expose its inner workings. It's risky to expose those delineations; as the band said long ago, it's like trying to throw your arms around the world. But the effort has its payoffs.
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As far as exploration goes, U2 seem to have finally found what they were looking for.
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Upon first listen, No Line on the Horizon seems as if it would be a classic grower, an album that makes sense with repeated spins, but that repetition only makes the album more elusive, revealing not that U2 went into the studio with a dense, complicated blueprint, but rather, they had no plan at all.