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  1. I think we can conclude the snippets didn't brought us any further then we were.

    And better than BOMB? Absolutely. Bomb is one of their least actually.
  2. anyone thinks his voice is much better than on bomb?
    better than last few years!
    reminds me of AB

    and that for an 48 year old...

  3. Originally posted by ad87:anyone thinks his voice is much better than on bomb?
    better than last few years!
    reminds me of AB

    and that for an 48 year old...




    Thats the first thing i noticed was how good Bono's voice was on this, especially White As Snow.

  4. Anyone else think that Sexy Boots sounds out of place on the album? Just sounds like it doesn't belong there. Sort of like sticking Vertigo on Joshua Tree or something.
  5. This is sooooooooo frustrating,
    I'm reading these forums all afternoon now and still haven't been able to download or listen myself. This is so unreal.
  6. Love what I've heard of NLOTH. It's a grower and it's growing nicely, for me.

    So what happened to Tripoli and "Every Breaking Wave"? Perhaps the rumoured album to soon follow?

    From RS magazine: Jan 22, 2009

    In early December, Rolling Stone traveled to London to visit U2 in the studio as Bono and Co. worked on the upcoming No Line on the Horizon. The journey was as spellbinding and energizing as you might imagine, and you'll be able to read all about it when our new issue hits newsstands on Wednesday, January 7th. To tide you over, here's a track-by-track preview of 10 choice songs (and you can dig deeper into all our U2 coverage in our archive):
    "Get On Your Boots"
    The likely first single, this blazing, fuzzed-out rocker picks up where "Vertigo" left off. "It started just with me playing and Larry drumming," the Edge recalls. "And we took it from there."

    "Stand Up Comedy"
    Another hard rock tune, powered by an unexpectedly slinky groove and a riff that lands between the Beatles' "Come Together" and Led Zep's "Heartbreaker." Edge recently hung out with Jimmy Page and Jack White for the upcoming documentary It Might Get Loud, and their penchant for blues-based rock rubbed off: "I was just fascinated with seeing how Jimmy played those riffs so simply, and with Jack as well," he says.

    "Crazy Tonight"
    "It's kind of like this album's 'Beautiful Day' — it has that kind of joy to it," Bono says. With the refrain "I know I'll go crazy/If I don't go crazy tonight," it's the band's most unabashed pop tune since "Sweetest Thing."

    "Unknown Caller"
    This midtempo track could have fit on All That You Can't Leave Behind. "The idea is that the narrator is in an altered state, and his phone starts talking to him," says the Edge.

    "Tripoli"
    This strikingly experimental song lurches between disparate styles, including near-operatic choral music, Zooropa-style electronics, and churning arena rock.

    "Cedars of Lebanon"
    "On this album, you can feel what is going on in the world at the window, scratching at the windowpane," says Bono, who sings this atmospheric ballad from the point of view of a war correspondent.

    "Magnificent"
    "Only love can leave such a mark," Bono roars on what sounds like an instant U2 anthem. Will.i.am has already done what Bono calls "the most extraordinary" remix of the tune.

    "Moment of Surrender"
    This seven-minute-long track is one of the album's most ambitious, merging a Joshua Tree-style gospel feel with a hypnotically loping bass line and a syncopated beat.

    "Every Breaking Wave"
    A swelling soul-pop song, with bright synth sounds influenced by OMD and, Bono says, "early electronica." "You don't hear indie bands doing blue-eyed soul [like this]," he adds.

    "No Line on the Horizon"
    The title track's relentless groove began as a group improvisation. "It's very raw and very to the point," says the Edge. "It's like rock & roll 2009."

    [From Issue 1071 — January 22, 2009]

  7. Originally posted by iTim:Anyone else think that Sexy Boots sounds out of place on the album? Just sounds like it doesn't belong there. Sort of like sticking Vertigo on Joshua Tree or something.


    I think it sounds great there. They have placed the songs better this time out. They didn't pile all the rock first and then soft (like ATYCLB felt)
  8. Originally posted by iTim:Anyone else think that Sexy Boots sounds out of place on the album? Just sounds like it doesn't belong there. Sort of like sticking Vertigo on Joshua Tree or something.


    I'm skipping it every time
  9. Originally posted by iTim:Anyone else think that Sexy Boots sounds out of place on the album? Just sounds like it doesn't belong there. Sort of like sticking Vertigo on Joshua Tree or something.


    Yep, totally awkward.

    Having listened to the album several times now, my first impression is that it is neither the "3rd masterpiece" nor the radical, innovative shift they promised.
    It is a good album with a good number of very good/great tracks, no doubt. There are also some downers, no doubt. All in all - and I'll mention again that this is based on a first impression- this sounds as the best album of the 00's.
    It's main advantage is that it (partly) gets me emotionally and even more important, it calls on my imagination. Something I missed so much since Pop...

    Proper judgement will follow next year.
  10. Picked up NME today, it has an article with U2. Bono mentions that NLOTH was initially going to be released as 2 ep sets, 'Daylight' and 'Darkness'. Not a bad article.
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    Unnecessary and distasteful. No more.
  12. What?