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U2NoLine.com:: 'I want people to listen to it as opposed to just buying it. I want this to be an album people go back to, and really get into, in-depth. Like all the records I love... I think we've learnt a few things over the years... I think it could be a bringing to bear of all those eureka moments from the past. And I think it could be our best album.' Edge

One of the most challenging U2 Albums of all time...

No Line On The Horizon the latest album release from the biggest band in the world, means that the time has come for U2 to reclaim their rock 'n' roll crown.

In some ways this is one of the most intriguing u2 albums. But does it deliver? While the emphasis is on Zooropa-style experimentation, not everything works.

With No Line On The Horizon the huge, rousing tunes are still there but there's a schism at the heart of this their 12th studio album. About half of the new album could be classed as having come from the classic U2 mould - driving rhythms, wide open guitars, impassioned vocals. The huge, rousing tunes are there. The other half of No Line examines the state of the planet from the viewpoint of victims and witnesses. It is the dicothemy between rock n roll and a very hard place.

So culturally significant have the band become in recent years that some u2 concerts have been hijacked by politicians to raise funds for their campaigns. While U2 have been involved in political activity themselves, backing campaigns against nuclear testing and nuclear power and Bono has campaigned to help the financial and health crisis in Africa, their concerts are strictly for U2 fans.

The band have been going to great heights to promote No Line On The Horizon including a surprise roof top performance on top of BBC Broadcasting House, in central London. They performed four tracks during the 20-minute gig, including new songs Get On Your Boots and Magnificent.

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