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- Summary: The 12th studio album for the Irish rock band was produced with Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite.
- Record Label: Interscope
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop
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Magnificent Oh, oh, magnificent I was born, I was born to be with you In this space and time After that and ever after I haven't had a clue Only to... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 20 out of 30
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Mixed: 8 out of 30
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Negative: 2 out of 30
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No Line on the Horizon is U2’s third killer in a row--by now, it’s bizarre to remember that just 10 years ago, everybody thought they were headed toward the dinosaur band tar pits.
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No Line on the Horizon offers idealism spliced with new attitude and the same old grace, and is all the better for it.
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No Line on the Horizon is a considered and nuanced work with significant depth beneath the dense, sometimes thorny exterior. Getting there, though, requires some work.
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It has the pomp and arrogance of their best work, enough new sounds and interesting new avenues to satisfy the musos and, at its core, is a very good collection of very good songs played very well. A little more silliness would go a long way, though.
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All in all, a departure from recent forays into overt commercialism that doesn't always work but provides a little U2 juice to keep the true believers happy for a little bit longer.
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A person of a certain disposition might feel the will to live seeping from them at the very thought of a U2 song called Cedars of Lebanon, but it turns out to be one of the album's biggest successes: a beautiful, downbeat coda to a confused and confusing album, one that can't decide whether it's ironic or sincere, experimental or straight-forward, and instead attempts to be all things to all people, with inevitably mixed results.
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NOW MagazineThe problems that litter No Line fall into two categories: mind-numbing blandness on the part of the band or embarrassing, face-palm-inducing vocal choices by Bono.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 92 out of 121
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Mixed: 14 out of 121
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Negative: 15 out of 121
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ChrisJMar 3, 2009No Line On The Horizon is a fantastic return from U2. It's a perfect mixture of classic sounds and U2 experimenting into uncharted territory.
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DarenWMar 26, 2009
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Aug 21, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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NielsenCMar 4, 2009
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Jun 15, 2012
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CameronMMar 11, 2009
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