U2 Video Albums (Music Guide) - No Line on the Horizon, U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, the Unforgettable Fire (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 24. Chapters: No Line on the Horizon, U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky, The Unforgettable Fire, U2 360 at the Rose Bowl, The Best of 1990-2000, The Best of 1980-1990, U218 Singles, Zoo TV: Live from Sydney, PopMart: Live from Mexico City, Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago, Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland, U218 Videos, Live from Paris. Excerpt: No Line on the Horizon is the twelfth studio album by rock band U2. Released on 2009, it was the band's first record since How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), marking the longest gap between studio albums of U2's career. The band originally intended to release the songs as two EPs, but later combined the material. Photographer Anton Corbijn shot a companion film, Linear, to be released alongside the album and included with several special editions. U2 began work on the album in 2006 with record producer Rick Rubin, but shelved most of the material from those sessions. From May 2007 to December 2008, the band collaborated with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, who produced and co-wrote many of the new songs. Writing and recording took place in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Morocco. The group intended to release No Line on the Horizon in November 2008; after composing 50 to 60 songs, they postponed the release because they wanted to continue writing. Prior to release, U2 indicated that Eno's and Lanois' involvement, as well as the band's time in Fez, Morocco, had resulted in a more experimental record than their previous two albums; the band compared the shift in style to that seen between The Joshua Tree (1987) and Achtung Baby (1991). Upon its release, No Line on the Horizon received generally favourable reviews, although many critics noted that it was not as experimental as p...