U2start.com | No Line On The Horizon 11 years on.

No Line On The Horizon - 8/10
Magnificient - 10/10
Moment Of Surrender - 7/10
Unknow Caller - 9.5/10
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - 10/10 this song follow perfectly Unknow Caller
Get On Your Boots - 7/10 this song like too much at Vertigo
Stand Up Comedy - 7/10 I don't like very much this song
Fez Beeing Born - 10/10 I love very very very much this song
White As Snow - 8/10
Breathe - 10/10 great song great guitar solo
Cedars Of Lebanon - 7/10

Crazy Tonight ( Remix ) - 6/10 this song make the ambiance OK but I prefer the original version and U2 has a lot of others songs to make the ambiance

Total - 99.5/120 or 83%.

leonard_sh

14 years

1. No Line On The Horizon - 10/10
2. Magnificent - 10/10
3. Moment of Surrender - 8/10
4. Unknown Caller - 9/10
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Crazy Tonight - 8/10
6. Get On Your Boots - 4/10 (Vertigo is by far stronger)
7. Stand Up Comedy - 8/10
8. Fez-Being Born - 8/10
9. White As Snow - 8/10
10. Breathe - 7/10
11. Cedars Of Lebanon - 7/10

certainly not an epic one but more experimental (so better) than HTDAAB.

17s

14 years

Hi everybody! Well, it's been a long time since I've been here.
I remember the day when No Line On The Horizon released, I bought the box set, then huge disappointment. I remember when they rehearsed to the tour, the first few gigs completed, then huge disappointment.
But now, I can see that it is not so bad, I just had to deference that this era is mainly not about music but not that cool as PopMart or Zooropa.

So No Line On The Horizon in more than 2 years distance: It's definitely better album than ATYCLB and HTDAAB. But will it be a classic as Achtung Baby or Joshua Tree? I don't think so, it'll become a sort of Rattle And Hum but it's on the future.

1 - No Line On The Horizon | 8/10:
I didn't like it first becouse of Bono's voice but now one of my favourites on the album.

2 - Magnificent | 4/10:
First it was one of my favourites but now I find tiring to listen to it. Too long and too calculable.

3 - Moment Of Surrender | 9/10:
Still one of the best both musically and lyrically. And the best part is on the end when Bono doesn't start rapping.

4 - Unknown Caller | 9/10:
Sibling of Moment Of Surrender, pure genius. The only worse things are Edge's singing (Sunshine, sunshine) and the long instrumental organ solo before Edge's guitar. If they would sort them out this would be the best on the album for me.

5 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight | 4/10:
Lyrics are full of cliches but the music is catchy. But still I often skip it.

6 - Get On Your Boots | 0/10
Meh...

7 - Stand Up Comedy | 2/10
Almost as Boots but still better without gay choruses.

8 - Being Born | 10/10
The thing why I've bought No Line. This is the whole album. The only song on the album which really gives you something new, something Arabic and something they've been promising for us for 3 years.

9 - White As Snow | 1/10
Seriously? Why is this on the album? They could put it on a B-side or something while put Winter or something else on the album. I hope next time they'll say Bono: "If you want to sing folk songs go home and do it in the shower!"

10 - Breathe | 6/10
Quite good but it is like a leftover from Atomic Bomb. The live version was miles more enjoyable. Nothing new and interesting.

11 - Cedars Of Lebanon | 8/10
Too long intro but the other part is brilliant.

61/110

So as they said "it is a very innovative album and the best thing they've done ever" we know that it isn't. There are some innovative things but only on 3 or maximum 4 songs. And those are not enough to make this record their best.

It seems my opinion changed a lot but I'm still more pessimist that I should be.

aussiemofo

14 years

In short, I still rate the album very highly. Their boldest since Achtung for sure.

diegoqvu2

14 years

This is my rank:

1. No Line On The Horizon - 8/10
2. Magnificent - 8/10
3. Moment of Surrender - 8/10
4. Unknown Caller - 9/10
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Crazy Tonight - 6/10
6. Get On Your Boots - 7/10
7. Stand Up Comedy - 5/10
8. Fez-Being Born - 8/10
9. White As Snow - 7/10
10. Breathe - 6/10
11. Cedars Of Lebanon - 6/10

Genaro92U2

14 years

Better than ATYCLB and Bomb, but not by that much. There's no real crap on here, every song kind of serves a purpose. The band went for a Beatles vibe of having a wide variety of songs (Crazy, Tonight, MOS, Cedars on the same album for goodness sakes) but it lacks coherence. But I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing in this day and age. times have changed as much as we'd like to, we don't listen to albums straight through always, we get roughly half or just our favorites. This is where NLOTH succeeds imo, the songs themselves are good except a few of course (looking at you White as Snow and Boots)

Yeah some songs have cringeworthy lyrics but don't all albums have them? Overall I think this album is a good 7.5/8 out of 10 with some only 4 songs that I truly give 10/10. NLOTH, MOS, Fez and Cedars being the masterpeices

Mr_Trek

14 years

I think Boots is one of the 10/10s on this album, that song doesn't get boring, like Magnificent which I thought was the best track on the album when I first got it, now I think it's the worst. And I don't think White as Snow is too bad either.

Mr_Trek

14 years

My defensive rating on this album, on my iPod nearly every track has 5/5 stars.

1. No Line On The Horizon - 9/10
2. Magnificent - 5/10
3. Moment of Surrender - 10/10
4. Unknown Caller - 8/10
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Crazy Tonight - 9/10
6. Get On Your Boots - 10/10
7. Stand Up Comedy - 7/10
8. Fez-Being Born - 9/10
9. White As Snow - 8/10
10. Breathe - 10/10
11. Cedars Of Lebanon - 10/10

That would give the album 8,64/10 from me

jones

14 years

1. No Line On The Horizon - 10/10
2. Magnificent - 4/10

3. Moment Of Surrender - 10/10
4. Unknown Caller - 6/10
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight - 2/10

6. Get On Your Boots - 1/10

7. Stand Up Comedy - 3/10

8. Fez-Being Born - 10/10
9. White As Snow - 10/10
10. Breathe - 2/10

11. Cedars Of Lebanon - 10/10

Total Score: 6/10

Best Track: Moment Of Surrender
Worst Track: Get On Your Boots

jones

14 years

Compared to All That You Can't Leave Behind

1. Beautiful Day - 10/10
2. Stuck In A Moment - 4/10

3. Elevation - 10/10
4. Walk On - 10/10
5. Kite - 4/10

6. In A Little While - 1/10

7. Wild Honey - 1/10

8. Peace On Earth - 2/10

9. When I Look At The World - 3/10

10. New York - 4/10

11. Grace - 1/10

Total Score: 4/10

Mr_Trek

14 years

Hehe, I would give Beautiful Day studio version 1/10^

pleasegone

14 years

Originally posted by wraitii:For me
1. No Line On The Horizon 7/10 : correct opener, but I prefer version 2
2. Magnificent 5/10: a poor man's Beautiful day
3. Moment of Surrender 6/10 : Never really liked it, live a bit more
4. Unknown Caller 8/10 : not a lot to add, it just works for me
5. Crazy 1/10 really lame album version, particularly compared to the live
6. Get On Your Boots 6/10: not such a bad song, quite "fun", and I like it live
7. Stand Up Comedy 7/10: two minutes too long, great riff.
8. Fez-Being Born 10/10: took me some times, but this is the true heir of Zooropa
9. White as Snow 3/10: boooooring. I always skip it.
10. Breathe 5/10 : might have worked if Bono had voice
11. Cedars of Lebanon 9/10: Great finisher, great modern ballad.

Yet overall, I still rate it their third best album. The weak songs only highlight the goods.
However, the band obviously lacked inspiration.

Ok, this is their 3rd best album for you, yet only 3 songs are 8/10 or better, and 6 of the 11 songs are 6/10 or worse? That means you really must only like 2 other U2 albums, and hate 9 others? Wow. So out of Pop, Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, and Zooropa....you think 2 of those stink?

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