No Line On The Horizon (studio album) by U2

No Line On The Horizon by U2
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-02-25
Overall rank: 3,327th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 535 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (46th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (574th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,327th)

U2 bestography

No Line On The Horizon is ranked 13th best out of 35 albums by U2 on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by U2 is The Joshua Tree which is ranked number 52 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,875.

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No Line On The Horizon track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 535 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.8/100, a mean average of 64.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.9.

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40/100
From 06/28/2023 19:02
Not a bad album, but no real standout tracks. Maybe this was the time in their career they were starting to run out of ideas. My favourite track is Magnificent.
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70/100
From 10/26/2020 21:00
Álbum perdido entre a tentativa de ser diferente e o mais do mesmo.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/18/2019 07:37
This isn't an album that I would have particularly sought out, as my U2 collection tends to be their 'classic, output, i.e. 'War', 'Unforgettable Fire', 'Joshua Tree' etc. Having just received this for a Birthday present, I am really surprised and impressed by the overall 'freshness' the album provides. It is quite different from the other U2 albums I own but I really like it and can see myself listening to this a lot.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 01/10/2018 22:17
love, love this. Experimental album, good as U2 is!
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/03/2016 14:59
No line on the horizon, is U2 getting back to their more arty groove, it's a much more challenging record than most of their Other albums, and is all the better for it. The title track kicks off the LP, sounding nothing like they've ever sounded before. Magnificent, is more traditional U2, and is magnificent. Moment of surrender, about a suicide bomber, is one of the best tracks here, as is, unknown caller. Get on your boots, sounds like, acthung baby, era U2, and, stand up comedy, even has a Led Zeppelin feel. There's a couple of nice ballads in, white as snow, and closing track, cedars of Lebanon. If there's any disappointing moments, it's the throwaway, I'll go crazy, and the dull, fez, which goes round and round in circles, not getting anywhere. Breathe, is an excellent cut. All in all, proof there's lives in the old dogs yet, very good.
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From 08/11/2015 12:57
Bringing on their 2000s rocker approach, it sounds very exciting sometimes, but it lacks of something.
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From 05/17/2015 14:53
I love the first 6 songs. Not sure how I feel about everything after, but it's somewhere between Rolling Stones' 5 star review and Pitchfork's 4.2 out of 10.

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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/17/2015 02:44
I really enjoy half of the album, 2 more ok tunes & a few clunkers. Love this band. MEZ
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50/100
From 09/12/2014 01:04
One of their weaker albums. It tries to be Unforgetable Fire II but ends up being ATYCLB-lite. That said, I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy Tonight is a fantastic song. Aside from that, there aren't many noteworthy tracks.
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From 09/11/2014 00:28
so, what is it that makes this album so terrible in the eyes of most people? someone please explain
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