{"product_id":"no-line-on-the-horizon","title":"No Line On The Horizon","description":"\u003cscript\u003emobilerider.embedAudio(692,6137,\"\",\"100%\",{extras:\"skin:audioblack,channel:6139,autoplay:0\",service:1});\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased on Saturday Feb 27th 2009 in Ireland, and in the rest of the world two days later, No Line On The Horizon, was the band's \u003cb\u003e12th studio album\u003c\/b\u003e and their first since How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecording began in 2007 in Fez, Morocco, where longtime producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois joined U2 as songwriting partners. Work continued in the band's own studio in Dublin, moved to New York's Platinum Sound Recording Studios before work was completed in December 2008 at Olympic Studios in London where Steve Lillywhite contributed additional production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album debuted at \u003cb\u003eNo. 1 in 30 countries\u003c\/b\u003e with 5million copies sold by June 2009. The striking cover art features a photograph of Lake Constance by \u003cb\u003eJapanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto\u003c\/b\u003e - an image which inspired the writing of the title song. Special editions of the album also included \u003cb\u003eLinear, a film directed by Anton Corbijn\u003c\/b\u003e based on a story developed with Bono about a Parisian motorcycle officer. Corbijn described as ' a new way to listen to a record... and to connect to music.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo Line On The Horizon was the band's 10th No.1 album in the UK and seventh in the US. Some critics loved it, some were less convinced. For David Fricke of Rolling Stone it was \u003cb\u003eU2's best album since Achtung Baby\u003c\/b\u003e in 1991 while Entertainment Weekly concluded that it 'speaks to the zeitgeist the way only U2 can and dare to do'. Andrew Mueller in Uncut said it was their 'least immediate album' but might become 'one of their most enduring.' Time, by contrast, called it \u003cb\u003e'unsatisfied'\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards, while 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight' was nominated for two other Grammy's. Rolling Stone made No Line on the Horizon best album of the year and 'Moment of Surrender' song of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"U2 FC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47005823631509,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/3365\/9285\/files\/600_1246c375-c137-4d8e-bff1-1b0dea9ee612.jpg?v=1772045823","url":"https:\/\/www.u2.com\/products\/no-line-on-the-horizon","provider":"U2.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}