What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

U2 "no line on the horizon" cd, 2009

career stats:
studio albums.................13
singles...........................58

this album.....................#1 IRE...#1 UK...#1 AU...#1 US...#1 CAN
singles:
"get on your boots".........#1 IRE....#12 UK...#26 AU...#37 US....#3 CAN
"magnificent".................#5 IRE....#42 UK.................#79 US...#68 CAN
"ill go crazy if I don't..."...#7 IRE....#38 UK..............................#78 CAN

first up, I don't know why I persisted with these guys for so long, but I have!....
and secondly, love the album title and the cover art....
album IMO, doesn't even sound like U2 to me....'
was produced jointly be Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois and im not a fan of either
for the most part, I find they overtake the artist and instil too much of themselves
into any recording they make (Eno/Bowie were good because they were one of the same IMO)....
very little on here I like, and the chart placings for the singles prove that also to an extent...
album sold a paltry five million copies worldwide, pretty poor by their usual sales figures,
only "boy", "October" and their most recent effort have sold less copies...
their albums generally only make the pass grade for me but this one comes nowhere near
passing from my piint of view, a terrible album by anyone's measure IMO....

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: FEZbest track: magnificent

[video=youtube;Yi52HjJbwVQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi52HjJbwVQ[/video]

tracks:

1...no line on the horizon *
2...magnificent **
3...moment of surrender **
4...unknown caller *
5...i'll go crazy if I don't go crazy tonight *
6...get on your boots **
7...stand up comedy *
8...FEZ *
9...white as snow **
10.breathe *
11.cedars of Lebanon *
12.no line on the horizon II **

3s=0
2s=5
1s=7

rating: 1.4