(check out my review on http://krishk.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/no-line-on-the-horizon-no-tunes-on-the-album/)
The rumour mill is on turbo at the moment as we await the latest U2 offering. Bono is confident it could be there best ever. In a recent Q magazine the provisional track listing of the album was revealed. (this was taken from www.atu2.com/newalbum/)
- Q magazine’s album preview mentions the following songs, some of which are new and some previously mentioned:
- “Magnificent” (“classic U2isms” … “atmospheric sweep”)
- “Crazy Tonight” (will.i.am worked on this one)
- “Stand Up” (“swaggering” … “coruscated Edge guitar work”)
- “Get Your Boots On” (“a heaving electro-rocker”)
- “Winter” (“about a soldier in an unspecified war zone”)
- “Unknown Caller” (“stately”)
- “Moment of Surrender” (“a strident seven-minute epic recorded in a single take”)
- “Breathe” (Eno loves this song)
- “No Line On The Horizon” (there were two versions being considered at the time)
- “Every Breaking Wave” (Bono: “We might be on to something special there.”
Apparently we are gong to get all the option to buy the album on vinyl, in a box, with a poster a book, you name it.
REM used to be my favourite band by a long way with U2 rocking up second. But looking at the last few albums REM’s output has been decidedly bland in comparison. There have definitely been some great singles coming out of Athens Georgia but nothing to compete with the consistency of albums like How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb or All that You Can’t Leave Behind. We wait with eager anticipation the new album from the greatest band in the world.
Here are some sneak peaks available on youtube:
