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1. Radiohead - The Bends 2. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head 3. Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory) 4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 5. Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming 6. Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot 7. Editors - An End Has A Start 8. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 9. Nirvana - Nevermind 10. Pearl Jam - Vs. 11. U2 - October 12. Travis - The Man Who 13. R.E.M. - Reckoning

Coldplay x3 U2 x3 Pete Yorn x6 The Rolling Stones Collective Soul Cold War Kids x2 The Hives Flogging Molly x6 Editors The Bravery Death Cab For Cutie The New Pornographers Billy Joel & Elton John x2 John Mayer x2 Counting Crows x2 Dave Matthews Band x3 Jimmy Buffet The Killers James Taylor Hot Hot Heat x2 Red Hot Chili Peppers Richard Ashcroft Okkervil River David Gray Coming Up: Tokyo Police Club

Q has had a world exclusive preview of the forthcoming new U2 album, provisionally titled No Line On The Horizon. Sessions for the long awaited album were completed at a feverish pace at Olympic Studios in West London throughout November. However, recording actually began in October 2006, with U2 teaming up once more with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois after first exploring the idea of working with Rick Rubin. Between them, Lanois and Eno worked on the key triptych of U2 records - The Unforgettable Fire, The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. "We learned a lot from Rick," says Bono. "He's head over heels in love with the concept of the song. But our feeling was, you don't go to rock'n'roll just for the songs. We wanted songs that would take us into a different world. "And because Brian and Dan are experimental in their niches, the opportunity to bring some experimentation into the pop consciousness is so exciting to them. And to us." By the time U2 arrived at Olympic Studios, Eno was shepherding the album to a conclusion with various other producers being called in to mix specific tracks - long-time cohort Steve Lillywhite and Black Eyed Peas man Will.I.Am among them. As has become customary for U2 records, tracks were being re-worked - and in some cases completely overhauled - right up to the final deadline. Q initially heard previews of seven tracks at various stages of completion as the band were winding up. First impressions were that, while the two most recent U2 albums (2000's All That You Can't Leave Behind and 2004's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb) marked a return to basics, No Line On The Horizon is more in keeping with the spirit of 1991's Achtung Baby: which is to say, a bolder, more testing collection. The material itself runs a gamut from the classic U2-isms of Magnificent, which echoes The Unforgettable Fire's opening track A Sort Of Homecoming in its atmospheric sweep, to the straight up pop of Crazy Tonight (the track Will.I.Am was taking a pass at) and the swaggering Stand Up, wherein U2 get in touch with their, hitherto unheard, funky selves - albeit propelled by some coruscating Edge guitar work, a signature feature of a number of the tracks. The latter track is also home to the knowing Bono lyric, "Stand up to rock stars/Napoleon is in high heels/Be careful of small men with big ideas." Among other instantly striking tracks are Get Your Boots On, a heaving electro-rocker that may mark the destination point the band had been seeking on Pop; Winter, featuring a fine Bono lyric about a soldier in an unspecified war zone, surrounded by a deceptively simple rhythm track and an evocative string arrangement courtesy of Eno; and the stately Unknown Caller, which was recorded in Fez and opens with the sounds of birdsong taped by Eno during a Moroccan dawn. At Olympic, particular excitement was reserved for two tracks: Moment Of Surrender and Breathe. A strident seven-minute epic recorded in a single take, the first of these sounds like a Great U2 Moment in the spirit of One, while Eno suggests the latter (at the time still a work in progress) is potentially both the best song the band had written and that he had worked on. A week after the Olympic playback, Bono treated Q to a private audience of two further unfinished tracks - playing both on his car stereo at teeth-rattling volume whilst being piloted through London's rush-hour traffic. Two versions of the title track were extant: the first is another Unforgettable Fire-esque slow burner that builds to a euphoric coda, the second a punk-y Pixies/Buzzcocks homage that proceeds at a breathless pace. "We recorded the second version just last night," explained the singer whilst enthusiastically air drumming along to it. "I'm very excited by that one," Q begged to differ, casting a vote for the more layered earlier version. One other track, Every Breaking Wave, was beginning to take shape around an emotive Bono vocal and an appropriately grand swell of a climax. "We might be on to something special there," noted Bono. And within the U2 camp, this is the general consensus around the album as a whole. A clearly excited Eno told Q No Line On The Horizon could be the band's greatest album, a view also echoed by the Edge. "We've learnt a few things over the years," said the guitarist. "So I think (the album) could be a bringing-to-bear of all those eureka moments from the past." No Line On The Horizon is set for release on March 2. And you can read more about the album in Q magazine's world exclusive U2 cover feature from December 31. http://promo.q4music.com/q4music/u2/inside.shtml

Edge stated this about the title in an interview with Mojo Magazine about a month ago: Is the album still going to be called No Line On The Horizon, or is that a red herring? It’s not totally firmed up but it’s still the working title. So, what the hell does it mean? It’s an image. It’s an image, Bono tells me [laughs]. It’s like when you’re moving forward, but you’re not exactly sure what you’re heading towards – that moment where the sea and the sky blend into one. It’s an image of infinity, I suppose – a kind of Zen image. http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2008/11/u2_album_still_not_finished.html

It's official - "No Line on the Horizon" will be out March 2. 18.12.2008 'No Line on the Horizon' No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released on Monday 2nd March 2009. Written and recorded in various locations, No Line On The Horizon is the group’s 12th studio album and is their first release since the 9 million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004. Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, continued in the band’s own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and finally being completed at Olympic Studios in London. The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite. http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=2279

I'd say "Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" is their best.

I listened to Dear Science for the first time last night and I love it. Definitely one of the best albums this year. Don't know what took me this long to check it out. Crying, DLZ, and Golden Age are my favorites so far.

Glass Of Water 22 Life In Technicolor ii 21 Prospekt's March/ Poppyfields 17 Rainy Day 13 + Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground 9 Postcards From Far Away 0 -

Travis - Ode To J Smith

Viva la Vida 71 Strawberry Swing 48 Life in Technicolor 45 Warning Sign 37 Cemeteries of London 36 The Scientist 33 Politik 33 Lovers in Japan 25 - Death and All His Friends 23 Violet Hill 19 Amsterdam 18 Yellow 18 In My Place 15 Lost! 14 A Rush of Blood to the Head 7 +

Saw these guys last night for the first time. What an awesome show. Highlights for me: I Will Possess Your Heart, Bixby Canyon Bridge (Main set closer), Champagne from a Paper Cup, and Tiny Vessels. Set list is below. Sorry, no pics, I forgot my camera. LC Pavilion (Columbus, OH) The Employment Pages Your Heart Is An Empty Room The New Year Why You'd Want To Live Here Crooked Teeth A Movie Script Ending Company Calls Grapevine Fire Soul Meets Body I Will Follow You Into The Dark I Will Possess Your Heart Cath... We Looked Like Giants Long Division The Sound of Settling Bixby Canyon Bridge -------------- Champagne From A Paper Cup Title and Registration Expo '86 Tiny Vessels Transatlanticism

Nope, just added!

Isn't it "Spaceman"?

Elbow - The Bones of You

I don't really like Human on the first listen. The other two songs I've heard on you tube are better. Sounds like a grower for me.

Me too, I'm seeing them for the first time in October.

You can listen to the new song on their myspace page. http://www.myspace.com/blocparty

I bought tickets last week for a show in October. Can't wait. These guys are great live.

Hope I don't repeat any songs, but I'm too lazy to look through all the posts. U2 - Until the End of the World Coldplay - Spies Oasis - Supersonic Editors - Fingers In The Factories Pete Yorn - On Your Side Death Cab for Cutie - Your Heart Is An Empty Room The Verve - Lucky Man The Smiths - There is a light that never goes out Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away The Killers - Mr. Brightside Travis - Pipe Dreams Keane - Everybody's Changing Tom Petty - Last Dance With Mary Jane Pearl Jam - Daughter Radiohead - The Bends R.E.M. - Orange Crush Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days David Gray - Please Forgive Me Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye

The album is not available in the U.S. until the 17th. Just hang in there, you'll be able to download your pre-order then.

Narrow Stairs - Death Cab for Cutie

I was on right at 10 am yesterday, and managed to only get tickets in row 35 for the Cleveland show. Looks like the tickets aren't that great, but you can get floor seats.

I got presale tickets for the Cleveland show. Seems like they are only giving away certain tickets. I did manage to get floor seats, but it's Section 4, Row J. A little further back than I thought I'd get through the Presale.

51 Fix You 32 Talk 23 Speed Of Sound 23 Swallowed In The Sea +Speed Of Sound -Fix You

55 Fix You 32 Talk 24 Speed Of Sound 18 Swallowed In The Sea +talk -fy