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At [[Midem]] 2008, U2 manager [[Paul McGuinness]] said the album would be ready for release in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=4879&Key=&Year=2008&Cat= |title=U2 manager wants illegal downloaders blacklisted |first=Adam |last=Sherwin |date=2008-01-29 |publisher=Times Online, hosted by Atu2.com |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> Danny Lanois corroborated that in an interview with RTÉ Radio on 4 June 2008, stating the album should be ready in 3–4 weeks and "We're just finishing the vocals. [[Bono]]'s in great form, singing fantastic." On 3 September 2008, U2.com posted an article in which Bono revealed that the new album would be out "in early 2009", also noting that "around 50–60 songs" had been recorded in the sessions.<ref name="RS U2" /> It was later confirmed the album would be released on 27 February 2009 in Ireland, 2 March in the UK, and 3 March in North America.
At [[Midem]] 2008, U2 manager [[Paul McGuinness]] said ''No Line on the Horizon'' would be ready for release in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=4879&Key=&Year=2008&Cat= |title=U2 manager wants illegal downloaders blacklisted |first=Adam |last=Sherwin |date=2008-01-29 |publisher=Times Online, hosted by Atu2.com |accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> Danny Lanois corroborated that in an interview with RTÉ Radio on 4 June 2008, stating the album should be ready in 3–4 weeks and "We're just finishing the vocals. [[Bono]]'s in great form, singing fantastic." On 3 September 2008, U2.com posted an article in which Bono revealed that the new album would be out "in early 2009", also noting that "around 50–60 songs" had been recorded in the sessions.<ref name="RS U2" /> It was later confirmed the album would be released on 27 February 2009 in Ireland, 2 March in the UK, and 3 March in North America.


[[Universal Music Group]] took extreme measures to prevent the album from leaking by offering pre-release listening sessions for critics instead of sending out review copies. However Universal Music Australia's online music store, getmusic.com.au, accidentally released the album for digital sale on 18 February 2009, almost two weeks before the scheduled release date. The complete album appeared on the website for a short time before it was removed, and the accidental sale led to the album being leaked on and illegally shared across the Internet.<ref name="Leak">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/u2-album-leaks-gets-streamed-on-myspace-1003943462.story |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Jonathan |last=Cohen |coauthors=Lars Brandle |date=2009-02-20 |title=U2 Album Leaks, Gets Streamed On MySpace |accessdate=2009-02-21}}</ref> The band reacted to the leak with some positivity, with [[The Edge]] commenting, "The one good thing about that is a lot of our fans have already given us their thumbs up. Even though it was fans getting it for free."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=5379 |title=The Edge: 'Album Leak Was Good' |publisher=[[Xfm]], hosted by Atu2.com |date=2009-02-26 |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref>
[[Universal Music Group]] took extreme measures to prevent the album from leaking by offering pre-release listening sessions for critics instead of sending out review copies. However Universal Music Australia's online music store, getmusic.com.au, accidentally released the album for digital sale on 18 February 2009, almost two weeks before the scheduled release date. The complete album appeared on the website for a short time before it was removed, and the accidental sale led to the album being leaked on and illegally shared across the Internet.<ref name="Leak">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/u2-album-leaks-gets-streamed-on-myspace-1003943462.story |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Jonathan |last=Cohen |coauthors=Lars Brandle |date=2009-02-20 |title=U2 Album Leaks, Gets Streamed On MySpace |accessdate=2009-02-21}}</ref> The band reacted to the leak with some positivity, with [[The Edge]] commenting, "The one good thing about that is a lot of our fans have already given us their thumbs up. Even though it was fans getting it for free."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atu2.com/news/article.src?ID=5379 |title=The Edge: 'Album Leak Was Good' |publisher=[[Xfm]], hosted by Atu2.com |date=2009-02-26 |accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref>

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No Line on the Horizon is the twelfth studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on 27 February 2009. The album is their first since 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the longest gap between studio albums in the band's career.[11] The material was originally intended to be released as two EPs, titled Daylight and Darkness, but it was decided to combine them into one album.[11] A companion film, Linear, was developed and released in conjunction with No Line on the Horizon.

U2 began work on the album in 2006 with Rick Rubin but later decided to shelve most of the material from those sessions. The band collaborated with producers Brian Eno and Danny Lanois from June 2007 to December 2008 for the album, allowing them to be involved in the songwriting process.[12] Writing and recording for the album took place in four different cities. No Line on the Horizon was planned for release in November 2008 when the band had written approximately 50–60 songs, but it was delayed as they wished to continue writing.[13][14]

Prior to release, U2 indicated that their collaborations with Eno and Lanois, as well as the brief time they spent in Fez, resulted in a record more experimental than their previous two albums. Upon release, No Line on the Horizon received generally favourable reviews from critics, although many noted that the album was not as experimental as previously suggested. The band are supporting the album with the U2 360° Tour, and they have indicated plans to release a follow-up record entitled Songs of Ascent.

Recording and production

Aborted sessions with Rick Rubin

In July 2006, U2 sent e-mails to subscribers of U2.com, confirming that the band had begun work on the follow-up to 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb with producer Rick Rubin in the south of France and in Abbey Road Studios.[15][16] Two songs from these sessions were released on the compilation U218 Singles; a cover of The Skids' "The Saints Are Coming" with Green Day, and "Window in the Skies". Both were played on the final leg of the Vertigo Tour in late 2006.[17] In a January 2007 radio interview with Jo Whiley, Bono stated that the band intended to move in a different direction musically with their next album, saying, "We're gonna continue to be a band, but maybe the rock will have to go; maybe the rock has to get a lot harder. But whatever it is, it's not gonna stay where it is."[18]

Rubin encouraged a "back to basics" approach and wanted the band to bring finished songs to the studio. This approach conflicted with U2's "free-form" recording style.[19] They eventually decided to cease recording with Rubin and the material from these sessions was shelved, though they expressed interest in revisiting the material in the future.[20] They subsequently employed Brian Eno and Danny Lanois as principal producers and co-writers, with Steve Lillywhite also being brought in to produce a few of the tracks.[20][21] Some of the sounds created during the Rick Rubin sessions carried over to the sessions with Eno and Lanois; the guitar sound from the "Fez" piece of "Fez – Being Born" was first developed during the recording of "The Saints Are Coming".[22]

Sessions with Brian Eno and Danny Lanois

An overhead image showing the band members as they record a song. A fountain is in the centre. The bassist is at the bottom, the guitarist at the top-left, the singer at centre-top with a guitar, a keyboardist at the top-right, and the drummer at centre-right.
The band rehearse during a recording session in a Fez, Morocco hotel Riad in June 2007.

The No Line on the Horizon sessions with Eno and Lanois began in June 2007 in Fez, Morocco after Bono had accepted an invitation to attend the World Sacred Music Festival and invited his bandmates, along with Eno and Lanois, to attend.[23] The six of them traveled to Fez and rented out the courtyard of a hotel Riad, turning it into a makeshift recording studio for a period of two weeks.[24][25] Eno insisted that drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. use an electronic drum kit during these sessions. The open-air Riad allowed the band to hear the overhead birdsong during their sessions, as captured in the introduction to "Unknown Caller", but the birds also defecated on Mullen, Jr.'s drum kit.[26] "Moment of Surrender", "White as Snow", "No Line on the Horizon" and "Unknown Caller" were written at this time, each track being recorded in one take.[25]

U2, Lanois, and Eno indicated that the time spent in Fez led them to find a more experimental sound based on the North African and Moroccan influences they explored.[24][23][27] Bassist Adam Clayton said the music they heard in Fez "had a primitivism... but there was an other-worldly feel, there was that connection with that Arabic scale."[23] The music that the band recorded in Morocco was long and vibe-heavy.[23] After the band's last two albums presented a more straightforward rock sound, the band expressed interest in taking more risks with their songwriting, though Mullen, Jr. noted "at a certain stage, reality hits, and you go, 'What are we gonna do with this stuff?' Are we going to release this sort of meandering experimentation, or are we gonna knock some songs out of this?"[23] Bono shared this opinion, stating "We went so far out on the Sufi singing and the sort of ecstatic-music front, that we had to ground it and find a counterpoint."[23] After leaving Fez, the band spent time recording in Hanover Quay Studios in Dublin, New York City, and Olympic Studios in London.[24][28]

We're working on new songs and getting lost in the music. I don't think we're going to try and think too much about what we're going to do with it yet, we're just going to do a lot of writing and just see what gives. There's some amazing things coming through.

— The Edge discussing the band's progress in 2007.[29]

In June 2008, the band were in Hanover Quay Studios. Bono indicated around this time that he "got tired of [writing in] the first-person so [he] invented all these characters; a traffic cop, a junkie, a soldier serving in Afghanistan."[24] The junkie character appears in the song "Moment of Surrender". Eno described the song as such: "Apart from some editing and the addition of the short cello piece that introduces it, the song appears on the album exactly as it was the first and only time we played it."[24] The junkie is also the subject of "Unknown Caller" where he is suicidal and, when attempting to use his phone to buy drugs, begins receiving cryptic text messages with technology-inspired directions.[22] The soldier appears in the song "White as Snow", which focuses on his last thoughts as he dies from the wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.[19] The track is set to appear in the 2009 war film Brothers.[30]

"White as Snow" (2009)
Sample of "White as Snow" − based on the hymn "Veni, veni Emmanuel", it describes the last thoughts of a dying soldier in Afghanistan.[19]
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At various stages of the writing and recording process Adam Clayton filmed the band's progress; these videos were subsequently added to the subscribers section of U2.com, providing a look at the band's songwriting process.[31] On 16 August 2008, a fan recorded four songs playing in Bono's beach house in Eze, France. These "beach clips" were subsequently uploaded to YouTube, but were removed at the request of Universal Music.[32] In November 2008, The Edge noted that the band were scrambling to finish the mixing of the album as the new February release date drew closer, while also confirming No Line on the Horizon as the working title. An interview with Q revealed that will.i.am had worked with the band on the track "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight".[20][33]

In December 2008, U2 were in Olympic Studios in London to put the finishing touches on the album.[24] Prior to the final sessions they were planning on releasing the material as two extended plays, titled Daylight and Darkness. In an interview with NME, Bono stated "It was only going to Olympic Studios in London that sorted us out. We were going to release two EP sets, Daylight and Darkness; we had all these ideas, but in the end we just took the best songs and made the one record."[11] The band struggled to finalize "Stand Up Comedy", a song they had been working on in the 16 months since the Fez sessions, and one that had gone through multiple iterations and titles (including "For Your Love" and "Stand Up").[24] Many changes were made to the album in this time. "Winter", a song Eno had tried to convince the band to complete, was cut, as were "Tripoli" and "Every Breaking Wave"; the latter was not included because it would have made the album too long.[23][34] "Winter" makes an appearance on the accompanying Anton Corbijn film, Linear.[35] All three had previously been mentioned in pre-release album reviews.[24][33][36]

Many tracks had their names changed during the recording sessions; "French Disco" and "Chromium Chords" were retitled as "Magnificent", and "Fez – Being Born", respectively, while "Crazy Tonight" was renamed "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" near the sessions' end. [24][37] A sample of "Against the Sky", a track Eno had collaborated on with Harold Budd for the 1984 album The Pearl, was included in "Cedars of Lebanon".[22] "Fez – Being Born" was originally planned to open the album, but the band decided that the higher-energy "No Line on the Horizon" was a better selection.[37] "White as Snow" was chosen for inclusion at the end of the sessions to balance out the rockier tunes present earlier on.[34] The band had tried to keep the theme of war out of the album with the exception of this track.[22] In early December 2008, Clayton stated "this is definitely the last week of recording. But then again, last week was definitely the last week of recording, and the week before that."[24] The final sessions were completed later that month.[12] No Line on the Horizon is dedicated to Rob Partridge, who signed the band's first record deal in 1979 and died of cancer in late 2008.[22][38]

Linear

Main article: Linear (film)

Linear is a film directed by Anton Corbijn, based on a story by Corbijn and Bono, that is included with the digipak, magazine, box, and deluxe iTunes formats of the album.[39][40][41] The idea behind the film originated from a U2 video shoot in June 2007. During the shoot, Corbijn asked the band to remain still while he filmed them; this created a "photograph on film", in which U2 did not move but the objects around them did.[42] Impressed, the band believed that the online album listening experience could be enhanced with moving imagery, and in May 2008 they commissioned Corbijn to create the film.[42] Corbijn has claimed that the film is not a music video, but rather "a new way to listen to a record" and "a new way to use film to connect to music".[43]

The plot is based on the characters Bono created for the album, with the story revolving around a Parisian motorcycle cop (played by Saïd Taghmaoui) who has become disillusioned with his life, as well as the conflict between immigrants and the police in the city, causing him to leave and see his girlfriend in Tripoli.[42][35]

Songs of Ascent

Template:Redirect5 In a February 2009 interview with Sean O'Hagan of The Guardian, Bono stated that U2 would release another album by the end of the year that would consist of material recorded during the No Line on the Horizon sessions, labelling it "a more meditative album on the theme of pilgrimage".[24] Provisionally titled Songs of Ascent, it will be a sister release to No Line on the Horizon in a similar way that Zooropa was to Achtung Baby.[44] The first single is intended to be "Every Breaking Wave".[44] In a later interview with the Irish Independent in June 2009, Bono noted that although nine tracks had been completed, the album would be released only if the quality surpassed that of No Line on the Horizon, and that it would not be in 2009.[45]

Release

At Midem 2008, U2 manager Paul McGuinness said No Line on the Horizon would be ready for release in October 2008.[46] Danny Lanois corroborated that in an interview with RTÉ Radio on 4 June 2008, stating the album should be ready in 3–4 weeks and "We're just finishing the vocals. Bono's in great form, singing fantastic." On 3 September 2008, U2.com posted an article in which Bono revealed that the new album would be out "in early 2009", also noting that "around 50–60 songs" had been recorded in the sessions.[14] It was later confirmed the album would be released on 27 February 2009 in Ireland, 2 March in the UK, and 3 March in North America.

Universal Music Group took extreme measures to prevent the album from leaking by offering pre-release listening sessions for critics instead of sending out review copies. However Universal Music Australia's online music store, getmusic.com.au, accidentally released the album for digital sale on 18 February 2009, almost two weeks before the scheduled release date. The complete album appeared on the website for a short time before it was removed, and the accidental sale led to the album being leaked on and illegally shared across the Internet.[47] The band reacted to the leak with some positivity, with The Edge commenting, "The one good thing about that is a lot of our fans have already given us their thumbs up. Even though it was fans getting it for free."[48]

Cover art

"No Line on the Horizon" (2009)
Sample of "No Line on the Horizon" − the band struck a deal with Hiroshi Sugimoto where they could use his image "Boden Sea" for the album cover, and he could use the track in his future projects.
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The cover art for No Line on the Horizon is a photograph of Lake Constance, taken by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto; titled Boden Sea, it is one of 200 pictures in his Seascapes collection.[49] The image was the inspiration for Bono's lyrics on "No Line on the Horizon".[49] Sugimoto and U2 struck a deal in which the band could use the photograph as the cover art and Sugimoto could use the track "No Line on the Horizon" in his future projects, with the only provision being that no text could be placed on top of the image.[49] Original releases of the album's cover had an equals sign superimposed in the middle of the cover, but later releases featured only the image itself without the equals sign.[50] When the album was released, an equals sign was attached to the plastic casing, but did not appear on the artwork itself.[49]

The exact same image had previously been used by Richard Chartier and Taylor Deupree for their 2006 album Specification.Fifteen. The covers of both album covers are very similar, except for the fact that No Line on the Horizon has a white border around the image, and Specification.Fifteen had a box at the top of the cover with the artists' names and the album title.[51] Deupree blasted the band, labelling it "nearly an exact rip-off" and stating that for U2 to obtain the rights to the image it was "simply a phone call and a check."[49][52] Sugimoto refuted both of these claims, calling the use of the same photograph a coincidence and stating that no money was involved in the deal.[49]

Formats

No Line on the Horizon was released in five different formats and was made available for pre-order on the iTunes Store on 19 January 2009, the day "Get on Your Boots" premiered on radio. iTunes album pre-orders contained bonus tracks unavailable with any other version.[40] Digital versions were also initially available from Amazon.com in MP3 format, as well as U2.com in both MP3 and FLAC formats. In addition to the digital versions of the album, five physical formats of the album were released, four of which were considered "limited editions".[39][53]

Format name Album medium Booklet Linear film Limited edition
Standard jewel case CD 24 pages ☒N ☒N
Digipak format CD 36 pages with poster Downloadable Green tickY
Magazine format CD 60-page magazine Downloadable Green tickY
Box format CD 64-page hardback with poster DVD Green tickY
LP vinyl Two vinyl discs 16 pages ☒N Green tickY


Promotion

A green street sign with 53rd Street written on it. Just above the sign is another, identical in colour, which says "U2 Way". A skyscraper with reflective windows is immediately behind the signs.
53rd Street in New York City was renamed "U2 Way" during the album's promotion.

Despite the album not being eligible for nomination, U2 performed "Get on Your Boots" at the 51st Grammy Awards, the 2009 BRIT Awards, and the 2009 Echo awards in promotion for the album.[54][55][56] The band later appeared on French television and radio on 23 February 2009, and on 26 February they taped a segment for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, which was aired the next day.[37][57][58] On 27 February they made an appearance on a Live Lounge session for BBC Radio 1, followed by a mini-concert on the roof of the Broadcasting House.[59][60] On the week of 2 March 2009, U2 appeared on CBS-TV's Late Show with David Letterman for five consecutive nights to promote No Line on the Horizon, the first time a musical guest has performed for an entire week on the show.[50] The band performed "Breathe", "Magnificent", "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight", "Beautiful Day", and "Get on Your Boots". On 3 March, Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, temporarily renamed 53rd Street to "U2 Way".[61] In addition to the Late Show, U2 also performed at Fordham University on 6 March 2009 for an appearance on ABC-TV's Good Morning America.[62] From 9 to 11 March, the band participated in "U2 3 Nights Live", a series of radio interviews and performances that were broadcast across North America and streamed live on U2.com.[63] Tickets for these three events were available only to winners of radio competitions.[62]

From 11 to 17 February 2009, U2.com hosted a promotion where 4000 fans could win a 7" single collectors edition box set that would contain all four of the singles released from No Line on the Horizon.[64] A version of the title track "No Line on the Horizon" debuted on RTÉ 2XM on 12 February 2009.[65] The full album began streaming on the band's MySpace page on 20 February 2009, and on U2.com a few days later.[47]

U2 360° Tour

The tour stage. The video screen is above the band in a large black container. Four silver legs supporting the screen curve down into the audience. Five circular orange lights are dotted along the top of each leg. The round stage is surrounded by a semi-circular catwalk which can be reached by crossing a bridge. The audience surrounds the band on all sides.
The U2 360º Tour features the largest concert stage ever constructed.
Main article: U2 360° Tour

U2 have begun a worldwide stadium tour entitled the U2 360° Tour to support No Line on the Horizon. The tour began on 30 June 2009 in Barcelona and will include European and North American legs in 2009, each approximately six weeks long, with additional shows to follow in 2010.[66] The tour features a 360-degree staging configuration with fans surrounding the stage from all sides.[67] The idea for a 360-degree staging with some initial design suggestions had been proposed to the band by the set designer, Willie Williams, at the end of the Vertigo Tour in 2006.[68][69] At 50 meters (165 feet) tall, the stage is the largest ever constructed and twice the size of the previous largest set, which was used on The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour.[69]

Reception

No Line on the Horizon received generally favourable reviews. Website Metacritic calculated an average score of 72 out of 100 from 30 professional reviews, three of which gave the album a perfect score.[70] Blender, Q, and Rolling Stone all gave it 5 stars, with Rolling Stone labelling it "their best, in its textural exploration and tenacious melodic grip, since 1991's Achtung Baby."[3][6][7] Mojo and Uncut both gave the album 4 stars, with Uncut commenting that "It's U2's least immediate album - but there's something about it that suggests it may be one of their most enduring."[4][71] Entertainment Weekly graded it an A−, calling the album "an eclectic and electrifying winner, one that speaks to the zeitgeist the way only U2 can and dare to do."[72] NME gave it 7 out of 10, calling it "a grand, sweeping, brave record that, while not quite the reinvention they pegged it as, suggests they've got the chops to retain their relevance well into their fourth decade as a band."[5] Time Out Sydney gave No Line on the Horizon two stars out of six, stating "U2 return with a new album. Sadly, it's Brian Eno's... for all that's new, there's no way that you'll mistake it for another band."[73] Pitchfork Media gave a score of 4.2 out of 10, stating "the album's ballyhooed experimentation is either terribly misguided or hidden underneath a wash of shameless U2-isms."[74] Time also gave it an unfavorable review, calling the effort "unsatisfied" and "mostly restless, tentative and confused."[10]

No Line on the Horizon debuted at number one in 30 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[75][76] In the United Kingdom, the album became U2's 10th number one album, making them the 5th most successful act on the UK album chart.[77] First-week sales in the United States were over 484 000, the band's second highest figures after How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It was their seventh number one album in the United States, placing them third behind The Beatles and the Rolling Stones for the most number one albums in the country.[75] Within one week of release the album was certified platinum in Brazil, a record for the country.[78]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducerLength
1."No Line on the Horizon"BonoU2, Brian Eno, Danny LanoisEno, Lanois, Steve Lillywhite4:12
2."Magnificent"Bono and The EdgeU2, Eno, and LanoisEno, Lanois, Lillywhite5:24
3."Moment of Surrender"BonoU2, Eno, LanoisEno, Lanois7:24
4."Unknown Caller"U2, Eno, LanoisU2, Eno, LanoisEno, Lanois, Lillywhite6:03
5."I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"BonoU2Lillywhite, will.i.am, Declan Gaffney4:14
6."Get on Your Boots"BonoU2Eno, Lanois, Gaffney3:25
7."Stand Up Comedy"BonoU2Eno, Lanois, Lillywhite3:50
8."Fez – Being Born"BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois 5:17
9."White as Snow"U2, Eno, and LanoisTraditional; arranged by U2, Eno, LanoisEno, Lanois4:41
10."Breathe"BonoU2Lillywhite5:00
11."Cedars of Lebanon"BonoU2, Eno, and LanoisLanois4:13
Total length:53:43
Bonus track (UK, Australia, and iTunes)
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducerLength
12."No Line on the Horizon 2"BonoU2, Eno, and LanoisU24:07
Bonus track (iTunes pre-order)
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducerLength
13."Get on Your Boots" (Crookers remix)BonoU2Eno, Lanois, Gaffney4:27

Charts and certifications

Singles

The first single, "Get on Your Boots", was released as a digital download on 19 January 2009, and in a physical format on 16 February 2009.[116] The iTunes store held the exclusive digital download rights to the single for the first 24 hours.[40] The second single, "Magnificent", was released in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2009 and in North America on 9 June 2009.[117] The third single, "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight", is scheduled to be released on 17 August 2009.

Non-singles

Song Chart Peak
"Moment of Surrender" Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia) 35[129]
"No Line on the Horizon" Belgium Singles Chart (Wallonia) 38[130]

Personnel

U2
Additional personnel[22]

See also

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Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 9, 2009 - March 23, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Only by the Night by Kings of Leon
 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album
March 7, 2009 - March 28, 2009 		Succeeded by
We Zijn Hier Nu Toch by Yevgueni
Preceded by Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
March 8, 2009 - March 29, 2009 		Succeeded by
Fais-moi la tendresse by Ginette Reno
Preceded by Mexican AMPROFON Albums Chart number-one album
March 2, 2009 - March 22, 2009 		Succeeded by
Primera Fila by Vicente Fernández
Preceded by UK Albums Chart number-one album
March 8, 2009 - March 22, 2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by US Billboard 200 number-one album
March 14, 2009 - March 28, 2009 		Succeeded by


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