Breathtaking, heart-opening, consciousness-shifting music and lyrics throughout the entire album.

I've fallen in love with this masterpiece!

...A gift to mankind.

I listen over and over again and... still... I'm brought to tears.

The U2 site has the entire album available to listen to for free. Even if you only have crappy speakers on your computer... I think you'll be moved.

Here's where you can go to listen:

http://www.u2.com/soundandvision/index/#

Click on the album and it will load.

Here's where you can go for lyrics:

http://nolineonthehorizonlyrics.blogspot.com

Enjoy!

My brother sent me an advanced copy. It's pretty good, though certainly not one of their best, far better than the 90's crap they put out and better than How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. I've only listened to it once all the way through, though. My opinion of it could change after a couple of listens, usually does with U2. I find it grows on me after a couple of times through.

Been a rabid fan practically since their inception

I was a fan, but never really considered myself "rabid" until now...

I've got it playing all day and all night.

Seems as if, the more I listen, the more my hearts opens to something infinitely greater than me... Humanity... the Universe.

Yeah... I know... Probably sounds nutty. Oh well...


Here are the links again so one can just click and get there:


To listen:

http://www.u2.com/soundandvision/index/

Go down to Audio and click on the album cover (No Line One the Horizon) and it will load.

For lyrics:

http://nolineonthehorizonlyrics.blogspot.com

Actually, it does not sound nutty to me. U2 has always been an incredibly spiritual (and political) band. Much of their music, especially the stuff not played on mainstream radio, is about their struggle with God, spirituality, religion, the human soul, the state of humanity, etc. And, they practice what they preach, which is refreshing. They are the band that got me politically active in college and opened my eyes to the fact that there is so much more to life than what we see right in front of our faces on a day-to-day level.

Yes... As I look back on their lyrics through the years with a slightly clearer head, I see this. There seems to be something much greater that they give these days (or perhaps I just have the eyes to see more). Seems highly unprecedented for a band as huge as U2 to have shown up on Letterman for 5 nights in a row and to make public appearances all over NY and to perform on a College Campus during that week.

To have their music available online to play as often as anyone wishes... where anyone could easily only listen online and not ever have to make an actual purchase...

Seems to be a gifting going on here and a greater push to get the words and the spirit from which they came out their to as many people as possible, regardless of "profit".

When they performed at the Inauguration, Bono cried. I can see it in this man and really feel that this is his true destiny. He's ALL there. I never saw this before.

Have you seen them live? If not, their US tour starts in the fall, I would highly recommend trying to go if you can afford it. You don't really get Bono and the band until you see it live. I saw them for the 1st time in 83 or 84, one of their first tours. That was when I truly became rabid Last show I saw was their All that You Can't Leave Behind Tour, I miss them. Gonna try to be able to afford to see them when they come in September.

I have not seen them live yet.

Perhaps this time it will be made more affordable (single mommie here, with no assistance).

Something tells me it WILL be possible.

They've said they're lowering ticket prices and are giving more ticket price options. Considering their last tour was $125, I think, I couldn't afford it. The one before, tix were $40 on up. I got the $40 tix and was perfectly happy with them. Or you could try to win them from your local radio station

Huge fan, had a copy weeks before it came out and was pretty stoked.

I've seen them a total of 3 times, the first time was on The Joshua Tree tour, the 2nd and 3rd were from the elevation tour. The first show was in april of 2001 (pre-9-11) and then the 2nd was here in Austin in November after all the chaos had happened. I'm hoping to catch them again if they come through here :)

As far as the album itself, I really like their last 2 since they went back to a lot of the people they worked with in the 80's for the producing and such. They got a little obnoxious there for a while with the whole Zoo Tv thing and all that madness, I missed that tour on purpose actually as I heard they weren't playing older songs on it. They played a TON of older stuff when I saw them at that November show here, it was pretty sweet. I've been listening to them since before cd's were popular, I still have several of their albums on cassette

What do you think of this album?

LOVE the new album, it has elements of their past sound with a continuation of some of the more edgy rock and roll type sound mixed in (like Vertigo for example). I like that I can listen to it all the way through and not skip a song, it's hard to find releases like that nowadays.

Very rare for me to be able to listen to anything over and over again... all the way through.

Have you really listened to the lyrics?

Of course, it's U2 for crying out loud