Thursday, March 19, 2009

CD of the Week: New from U2


For music lovers, there is a new CD out by U2 – No Line on the Horizon. According to the Greg Kot at the Chicago Tribune, U2 tries to “shrug off years of staleness” with its 12th album. Coming off two popular but artistically unsurprising releases, the new CD looks to “reconnect with the sense of yearning and mystery that once made it special”. While half the songs “sound as fresh as anything U2 has done in a decade,” the other half fall prey on predictability.

No Line on the Horizon isn’t meant to reinvent U2. Rather, it’s a “record about searching for meaning, but always knowing the way home.”

U2’s new music is available at amazon.com (where the album gets a four star rating), the Itunes music store, and music sellers throughout downtown Portland.

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