I'm surprised no ones mentioned this yet?

U2 have announced their new album No Line on the Horizon will be released on March 3rd, on Interscope Records. The track listing has not yet been revealed but reportedly three of those 50 to 60 songs the band recorded for Horizon include the title track, “Moment of Surrender” and “Unknown Caller.” A source told Billboard that the songs are “amazing and a little out there. I hope they don’t change anything.” As reported earlier, the album was produced by the Joshua Tree dream team of Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite. The album is the band’s first since 2004’s How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb. Bono and gang plan to tour in 2009, their first jaunt under the Live Nation banner, so Live Nation will get back a large portion of that $19 million they owe U2. - Rolling Stone


http://www.rollingstone.c...march-3rd/

From What I Hear Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite and Flood are producing it
so it's the dream team that was behind Achtung Baby...
Should be good...
[Edited 12/21/08 2:51am]

too bad they cant produce the new Prince album

this U2 record will be great

thanks 4 the news

just as long as they dont start mixing in beats and bullshit, which i doubt, but you never know.

lastdecember said:

I wouldn't mind the beats, as long as their good!

I always laugh when artists say they recorded 50/60/70 songs for their new album, when they release about 10 or 12 and normally several of those are filler...especially on recent U2 albums

lastdecember said:

A U2 album usually has the stuff to live up to the hype. I've heard two of the songs thanks to some close friends on the inside & cannot wait to hear the complete package!

compare album tracks on last 2 cds to achtung baby...and im sure u will disagree

U2 Unveils Album Configurations
December 22, 2008
by Jonathan Cohen
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U2's upcoming album, " No Line on the Horizon," will be available in five different incarnations, the glitziest of which carries a $96 list price on Amazon.com. The set is due March 2 internationally and the following day in North America.

Beyond the standard CD and double vinyl packages, "Horizon" will be offered in three additional limited editions.

The digi-pack version, which lists for $35.98, has the CD in a cardboard folded sleeve with a 36-page booklet, a fold-out poster and "a new film from Anton Corbijn featuring the music of U2," the latter of which is available as a download.

The magazine version, for $49.98, finds the CD housed in "a special 60-page soft cover magazine-style book," and also includes the downloadable Corbijn film.

Lastly, the box set version comes, naturally, in a box with a 60-page hardcover book, a second poster and the Corbijn film on DVD.

Although the track list for "No Line on the Horizon" has yet to be announced, Q Magazine reports it will feature songs such as "Magnificent," "Stand Up," "Winter," "Breathe," "Every Breaking Wave" and "Crazy Tonight," the latter of which sports as-yet-unspecified contributions from the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am.

peppeken said:

first of all, most bands don't ever get an "achtung baby" and comparing everything a band does to their biggest highlight seems absurd to me.

secondly, i don't think atomic bomb has a week track on the record. not one. all that you can't leave behind, i think, has a ocuple tracks that leave me untouched but those same songs are some other folks' favorites.

tastes differ and its all good, but its hella stupid when someone lays their opinion down as fact for all to follow.

I see they're churning out their next album which will be nominated for every possible Grammy three years in a row.

Well the industry needs a big record at this point, everything coming out is disappearing and isnt holding the interest of the music genre. Even things that are selling big like Ac/Dc are not really making an impact as a BIG record. u2 has always been able to do that, but its time to get back to some basics and kick alot of new jacks in the ass and some old timers really kicks in the asses too.

Well Considering the delays on this album you would expect the guys would be hard at work
naw My wife saw Bono and Ali with The Edge and, she presumes, his partner Morleigh walking the streets off Dublin tonight. Probably looking 4 a bite 2 eat.

lastdecember said:

that's sad but kind of true - I don't see anybody getting all that excited about any new releases these days. I don't think it's up to the bands to generate the excitement though. The problem is the marketing or just consumers in general - we've been oversold everything possible and I think we're tired.

anyway, I'm ready for some new U2, though VoicesCarry is totally right - the awards-winning aspect of their new releases is annoying as hell.

lastdecember said:

What the Industry needs to do , is just keel over and die...
It's like a goddamn villain from a horror movie,
despite all the blows, it keeps coming back1

EmbattledWarrior said:

more than the "industry" needing it, music itself needs it. Right now its not even relevant like it was, the day of the BIG album really is over, and when i say BIG i dont mean "seller" i mean "importance"

lastdecember said:

U2's always been able to rekindle the industry
even with a horrible album...
Cause they made tons off of atomic bomb,

U2 Break Down 'No Line on the Horizon'
Key tracks from the band's eclectic new album
by Brian Hitatt
January 2008


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. For the full story, see the new issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands Wednesday, January 7th. Here's a first report on 10 of the album's tracks:


"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."
[Edited 1/6/09 9:35am]