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U2 – No Line On The Horizon

February 24th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Album reviews

U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Never judge a book by its cover, and never judge an album by its lead single – “Get On Your Boots” is not at all representative of No Line On The Horizon – unlike the single, which is a cheap, thoughtless pile of pap which sounded like it was written and recorded in 5 minutes, No Line On The Horizon is lush (without sounding overproduced), thoughtful (without sounding snobby), and just plain well done all around, from the songwriting to the final production; Brian Eno rarely disappoints and neither does No Line…it’s vintage U2 without sounding like vapid U2.
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U2 – Get On Your Boots

January 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Song reviews

U2 - Get On Your Boots

“Get On Your Boots” is being heralded as a return to the Achtung Baby and Zooropa era of U2, but if this is even true it’s only in the guitar production; it wouldn’t make the cut on either album and the lyrical and song writing quality is barely that of a warm-up jam, complete with overlooped and abrupt instrumental changes and nonsensical lyrics…in reality the song is more in line with the astoundingly uninspired pap the band vomited forth on Pop, and this time not even Brian Eno could rescue it. More »

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