9. White As Snow

To those of you who have been following this track by track review, sorry for skipping a few days. I’ve been busy this weekend and have probably broken the #1 blog rule of following through on commitments, but such is life. Enough chit-chat, on to the...

8. FEZ-Being Born

Welcome to day/track 8 of the review of No Line on the Horizon. Check out the previous track posts or my intro post if you’re interested. Here goes: Interesting double track. I’m again reminded a bit of Coldplay’s latest album where they’ve got...

7. Stand Up Comedy

“stop helping God across the road like a little old lady” There’s something about this song that reminds me of Rage Against the Machine. Maybe it’s the sweet riff and the repeated “stand up,” it just feels like a great protest song....

6. Get On Your Boots

The first single… and probably most debated song on the disc to date, just because it was everyone’s first impression of U2’s new stuff. I’ve heard from people that they love it, that they hate it, and that they’re not sure about it....

5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight

This is a great song. Lyrically, musically, I just love it. Musically, I think the intro does a great job of both exciting you and letting you know what’s coming in the song. The moment when the drums and acoustic come in gets me every time – THAT’S...

3. Moment of Surrender

At 7:24, this is the longest track on the disc, but I’m not holding that against it. For me, this isn’t one of the highlights of the album, but it does have one line that has stuck with me better than most from most other songs. I guess that’s a good...