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No Line on the Horizon is the twelfth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was released on 27 February 2009 in Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Australia, on 2 March in the rest of Europe, and a day later in North America.[1][2] The album is U2's first since 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, the longest gap between studio albums in the band's career. The material was originally intended to be released as two EPs, titled Daylight and Darkness, but the band later decided to combine them into one album.[3]

U2 began work on a new studio album in 2006 with Rick Rubin, although material from those sessions is not a part of No Line on the Horizon. The band collaborated with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois from June 2007 – December 2008 for the album, allowing them to be involved in the songwriting process.[4] Various stages of the recording process were filmed and uploaded to U2.com by Adam Clayton.[5] The album was planned for release in November 2008, but the band had written approximately 50–60 songs and wished to continue writing.[6][7]

The album cover features a black and white photograph of the sea meeting the sky, by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.[8] It is dedicated to Rob Partridge, who signed the band's first record deal in 1979 and passed away from cancer in late 2008.[9][10]

Recording and production

Aborted sessions with Rick Rubin

In July 2006, the band's official website sent e-mails to subscribers confirming that U2 had begun work on the follow-up to 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.[11] The band had begun working on a new studio album with producer Rick Rubin in the south of France and in Abbey Road Studios.[12] 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 songs were played on the final leg of the Vertigo Tour in 2006.[13] In a late 2006 radio interview with Jo Whiley, Bono stated that musically the band intended to move in a different direction 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."[14]

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.[15] The band eventually decided to cease recording with Rubin and the material from these sessions was shelved, with the band expressing interest in revisiting the material in the future.[16] The band subsequently employed Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois as principal producers, who were also given the opportunity to write songs with the band. Steve Lillywhite was also brought in to mix a few of the songs.[16][17] Some of the sounds the band created while in the studio with Rubin carried over to the sessions with Eno and Lanois; the guitar sound in "Fez – Being Born" was first developed during the recording of "The Saints are Coming".[18]

Sessions with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois

The No Line on the Horizon sessions proper with Lanois and Eno began in June 2007 in Fez, Morocco, where the band rented out the courtyard of a hotel Riad and turned it into a makeshift recording studio over a period of two weeks.[19][20] The time the band spent in Fez led to Bono hinting that the new album would include "trance influences", with some songs consisting of North African and Moroccan sounds.[19][21] The open-air Riad allowed the band to hear the overhead birdsong during their sessions, as captured in the introduction to "Unknown Caller", but it also allowed the birds to defecate on drummer Larry Mullen, Jr.'s drum kit.[22] "Moment of Surrender", "White as Snow", "No Line on the Horizon" and "Unknown Caller" were developed over this time, all of them being recorded in just one take.[20] The band later spent time recording in Hanover Quay Studios in Dublin, New York City, and Olympic Studios in London.[23][19]

In June 2008, the band were recording in Hanover Quay Studios. Bono indicated around this time that he "got tired of [writing in] the first-person so I invented all these characters; a traffic cop, a junkie, a soldier serving in Afghanistan."[19] The junkie character in which Bono wrote 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."[19] The same junkie character is also the subject of the song "Unknown Caller", in which the person is suicidal and when attempting to use his phone to buy drugs, begins receiving cryptic text messages with technology-inspired directions.[24] The character of a soldier serving in Afghanistan appears in the song "White as Snow", which focuses on the soldier's last thoughts as he is dying from the wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device.[15] The song is set to appear in the war film Brothers.[25]

Lanois was later quoted by Le Journal de Montreal on 26 June 2008 as saying that the new album will push the limits of the sound arena much like Achtung Baby did in 1991, stating, "I think we can safely say it's one of the great, innovative records from U2."[26] Lillywhite, who came into the studio later in the recording process to help the band put the final touches on the final album, told Irish DJ Tony Fenton on 6 July 2008 that it would be U2's best ever work.[27]

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 unique look at the band's songwriting process.[5]

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.[28] In a November 2008 interview with Mojo, The Edge confirmed that the band were scrambling to finish the mixing of the album as the February release date drew closer. The Mojo interview confirmed No Line on the Horizon as the working album title, and that "Moment of Surrender" and "Unknown Caller" would be two of the tracks, while an interview with Q revealed that will.i.am worked with the band on the track "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight".[16][29]

Many tracks had their names changed during the recording sessions. "French Disco", "Chromium Chords" and "For Your Love" were retitled as "Magnificent", "Fez – Being Born", and "Stand Up" respectively.[30][19] As late as December 2008, when U2 were in Olympic Studios in London, England to put the finishing touches on the album, many changes to the track listing were still being made. The songs "Stand Up" and "Crazy Tonight" were renamed "Stand Up Comedy" and "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"; this led to several pre-release reviews erroneously referring to the tracks by their former names, as well as discussing three tracks which were eventually cut: "Every Breaking Wave", "Tripoli" and "Winter".[19][29][31] In an interview with Mojo, Adam Clayton revealed that "Every Breaking Wave" had been cut because its inclusion would have made the album too long.[32] Despite being cut from the album, "Winter" makes an appearance on the accompanying Anton Corbijn film, Linear.[33]

"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 choice.[30] "White as Snow" was chosen for inclusion at the end of the sessions to balance out the rockier tunes present earlier on.[32] Bono noted that, with the exception of "White as Snow", the band had tried to keep the theme of war out of the album.[18] In December 2008, Clayton noted that "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."[19] The band completed the album later that month.[4]

Songs of Ascent

In an interview posted on 15 February 2009 with Sean O'Hagan of The Guardian, Bono stated that U2 would release another album by the end of the year consisting of material recorded during the sessions for No Line on the Horizon, and that it will be "a more meditative album on the theme of pilgrimage".[19] Provisionally titled Songs of Ascent, it will be a sister release to No Line on the Horizon in the same way that Zooropa was to Achtung Baby.[34] The first single is intended to be "Every Breaking Wave", one of the final tracks to be cut from No Line on the Horizon.[34]

Release

At Midem in 2008, U2 manager, Paul McGuinness said the album would be released in October 2008.[35] Daniel Lanois on 4 June 2008, told RTÉ Radio the album should be ready in 3–4 weeks and "We're just finishing the vocals. Bono's in great form, singing fantastic."[36] U2.com posted an article on 3 September, in which Bono revealed that the new album would be released "in early 2009", also noting that "around 50–60 songs" have been recorded in the sessions.[7] U2.com later confirmed the album will be released on 27 February 2009 in Ireland, 2 March in the UK and 3 March in North America.[1]

Universal Music took extreme measures to prevent the album from leaking, especially in offering pre-release listening sessions for critics and not sending out review copies of the album for critics. 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 northern hemisphere release date. The complete album appeared on the site for a short time before it was removed,[37] yet the accidental sale led to the album being leaked on and illegally shared across the Internet. 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"."[38]

Promotion

Despite not being nominated for any awards, 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.[39][40][41] The band later appeared on French television and radio on 23 February 2009, and on 26 February the band taped a segment for Friday Night with Jonathan Ross which was aired the next day.[42][30][43] 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 BBC Broadcasting House.[44][45] 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; it is the first time a musical guest has performed for an entire week on the show.[46] 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, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg temporarily renamed 53rd Street to "U2 Way".[47] 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.[48][49].

From 11 February – 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.[50]

An alternate version of the title track "No Line on the Horizon" debuted on RTÉ 2XM on 12 February 2009.[51] On 20 February 2009 the full album began streaming on the band's MySpace page, and on U2.com a few days later.[37][52]

Formats

No Line on the Horizon was released in 5 different formats:[53]

  • Standard jewel case - with album CD and 24 page booklet
  • LP vinyl - limited edition with 2 black vinyl discs, gatefold sleeve, and a 16 page booklet
  • Digipak format - limited edition with album CD, 36 page colour booklet and fold out poster. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film, Linear.
  • Magazine format - limited edition with album CD, with 60 page magazine. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film, Linear.
  • Box format - limited edition bespoke box containing digipak format album CD, DVD of Anton Corbijn's exclusive film Linear, 64 page hardback book, plus a fold out poster.

A press release from Universal Music Canada revealed that No Line on the Horizon would be available for pre-order on the iTunes Store on 19 January 2009, the day "Get on Your Boots" would premiere on radio. This version of the album includes two bonus tracks, including one available only to those who pre-ordered the album.[54]

Single releases

On 11 December 2008, U2.com reported that the band had filmed a music video in London for a new song with Alex Courtes, with the article stating that "there may have been some marching girls involved. With their boots on."[55] Courtes previously directed videos for the U2 songs "Vertigo" and "City of Blinding Lights". The first of four singles, "Get on Your Boots", was released as a digital download on 15 February 2009, and in a physical format on the following day.[8]

Reception

No Line on the Horizon received generally favourable reviews. Blender, Rolling Stone and Q magazine 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."[56][57][58] 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."[59][60] 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."[61] 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."[62] Consequence of Sound gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an eccentric album... It's not that the band sounds unoriginal or dated, it’s just that this particular sound has over-saturated the modern music scene", while 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."[63][64] 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."[65] TIME Magazine also gave it an unfavorable review, calling the effort "unsatisfied" and "mostly restless, tentative and confused."[66]

Within one week of release, the album was certified platinum in Brazil, a record for the country.[67] No Line on the Horizon debuted at number one in Belgium, France, and Ireland.

U2360° Tour

Main article: U2360° Tour

U2 will begin a worldwide stadium tour entitled the U2360° Tour to support No Line on the Horizon. The tour will begin on 30 June 2009 and will feature European and North American legs in 2009 each approximately 6 weeks long, with additional shows to follow in 2010.[2] The tour will feature a 360-degree staging/audience configuration, in which the fans will surround the stage from all sides.[68]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."No Line on the Horizon"BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois4:12
2."Magnificent"Bono and EdgeU2, Eno, and Lanois5:24
3."Moment of Surrender"BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois7:24
4."Unknown Caller"U2, Eno, and LanoisU2, Eno, and Lanois6:03
5."I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"BonoU24:14
6."Get on Your Boots"BonoU23:25
7."Stand Up Comedy"BonoU23:50
8."Fez – Being Born"BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois5:17
9."White as Snow"U2, Eno, and LanoisTraditional, arranged by U2, Eno and Lanois4:41
10."Breathe"BonoU25:00
11."Cedars of Lebanon"BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois14:13
Total length:53:43
UK, Australia and Japan physical/iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."No Line on the Horizon 2" (From the "Get on Your Boots" single)BonoU2, Eno, and Lanois4:07
iTunes pre-order bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Get on Your Boots [Crookers Remix]"BonoU24:27

Linear

Linear is a silent film directed by Anton Corbijn, based on a story by Corbijn and Bono, that comes with the digipak, magazine, box, and deluxe iTunes formats.[53][69] The film features a mix of black-and-white and colour filming.[70]

Development

The idea behind Linear stemmed from a video shoot in June 2007, in which Corbijn asked the band to remain still while he filmed them; this created a "photograph on film", in which the band were still but the objects around them moved.[71] Impressed, the band believed that the online listening experience could be improved with moving imagery and commissioned Corbijn to create the film in May 2008.[71] He decided to create a silent film based on the characters Bono had created for the album, and came up with the story of a Parisian motorcycle cop who has become disillusioned with what is happening between immigrants and the Police in the city, and who decides to leave and see his girlfriend in Tripoli.[33][71]

Linear was completed in time for the album's original November 2008 release date, but as the band continued to work into December the film became out of sequence with the album.[33] 10 of the 11 songs in the film were edited as a solution, and the original running order was kept intact.[33] The film features Said Taghmaoui as the cop, Lizzie Brochere as the waitress, Marta Barrio as the lone dancer, and Francisco Javier Malia Vazquez as the barman.[70]

Plot

The film opens with a scene of Paris as night falls, before moving on to a journey through the city streets ("Unknown Caller"). At the end of the trip through Paris, a motorcycle cop (Taghmaoui) sits on his police bike, staring at some graffiti on a wall which reads "Fuck the Police" in French.[71] Kicking his bike over, he pours gasoline on it, sets it alight, and watches it burn ("Breathe"). As dawn breaks, he gets on the motorcycle he bought for his home use and begins his journey through the French countryside before crossing into Spain, aiming to see his girlfriend in Tripoli ("Winter"). Pulling off for a break part-way through the journey, the cop lays on his back and watches a cloud form the image of the African continent before falling asleep ("White as Snow"). Waking up, he resumes his journey across Spain ("No Line on the Horizon").

Upon coming to a town, he pulls off for lunch and enters a small cafe which, with the exception of the waitress (Brochere), is devoid of people ("Fez – Being Born"). Bored, the waitress flicks on the television and they watch a U2 music video ("Magnificent"). Resuming his journey, the cop travels through the countryside until making a stop in Cádiz ("Stand Up Comedy"). Walking into a bar, the cop attracts the attention of a woman who begins to gyrate against a mirror (Barrio), while the barman (Vazquez) serves him several drinks. Leaving his keys on the table, the cop goes to leave the bar, but as he does so he looks through a peephole and observes several women with moustaches dancing ("Get on Your Boots"). Walking alone through the streets and with no place to stay overnight, he makes his way down to the beach and falls asleep on the sand ("Moment of Surrender"). Waking up in the morning, he rents a rowboat and begins to paddle his way across the Mediterranian Sea to Tripoli ("Cedars of Lebanon").[70]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Unknown Caller"6:18
2."Breathe"4:37
3."Winter"6:17
4."White as Snow"4:46
5."No Line on the Horizon"4:11
6."Fez – Being Born"5:15
7."Magnificent"5:23
8."Stand Up Comedy"3:50
9."Get on Your Boots"3:28
10."Moment of Surrender"7:24
11."Cedars of Lebanon"4:14
12."Credits"2:29
Total length:58:20

Charts and certifications

Chart (2009) Peak
position 		Certifications
(sales thresholds) 		Sales
Australia [72] 1 Platinum 70,000
Brazil[67] 1 Platinum
Belgium [73] 1
Finland[74] 3
France[75] 1 63,109
Hungary[76] 1
Ireland[77] 1
Japan (Overall)[78] 4 32,474
Japan (International)[79] 1 23,208
Netherlands[80] 1 Platinum
Poland[81] 1 2× Platinum
Portugal[76] 1 Platinum
Sweden[82] 2

Personnel

U2
Additional personnel[9]

See also

Notes

1. ^ "Cedars of Lebanon" features a sample of "Against the Sky", a track by Harold Budd and Brian Eno from the 1984 album, The Pearl.[9]

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Preceded by Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album
March 7, 2009 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
March 9, 2009 		Succeeded by
incumbent


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