U2 has been working on No Line On The Horizon for over four years. It is the twelfth studio album by the Irish rock band and therefore the direct follow-up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb from 2004. The reviews are generally favorable. “If you like rock music, you have to deal with U2”, Mojo writes. “U2 are holding a winning hand again” (Q) and “[…] it may be one of their most
… enduring,” said Uncut. Although producer and co-author Daniel Lanois called the album 'fantastically innovative', it is not as innovative as Achtung Baby (1991) once was, the sound remains too pronounced U2 for that. Compared to the previous two albums, the band does opt more for the experiment. The lyrics are less personal and there is more attention for sonic innovation. But the biggest change is in spelling out the numbers, with a big role for Brian Eno's soundscape-like textures. (JWvR)more
