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• No Line on the Horizon is the title of the 12th studio album from Irish superstars U2. It was released March 2, 2009 in Europe and on March 3 in the States. It is the follow-up to the group's 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.Billboard: U2 Looks Toward New 'Horizon' (December 18, 2008)

  The album was accidentally leaked online by employees at Universal Music Australia in February of 2009, with thousands of copies disseminated through BitTorrent downloads. Following the leak, U2 began streaming the album on their MySpace page. Billboard: U2 Album Leaks, Gets Streamed On MySpace (February 20, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. U.S. Release date: March 3, 2009Billboard: U2 Looks Toward New 'Horizon' (December 18, 2008)
  2. Labels: Island, Interscope
  3. Genre: Pop, Rock
  4. Artist: U2
  5. Producers: Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite
  6. Single: "Get On Your Boots"
  7. Released in 5 different formatsBillboard: High Five: U2 Unveils Album Configurations (December 22, 2008)
  8. Artwork features a photo by Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto
  9. In August of 2008, a fan reportedly recorded and leaked four tracks from the new album
  10. The band's label, Universal Records, registered the domain name nolineonthehorizon.comConsequence of Sound: U2 does little to downplay new album’s title... (August 17, 2008)
  11. The album was accidentally made available for purchase on the Universal owned Getmusic.com.au several weeks before it's official release date Billboard: U2 Album Leaks, Gets Streamed On MySpace (February 20, 2009)

• Tracklist

  1. "No Line on the Horizon"
  2. "Magnificent"
  3. "Moment of Surrender"
  4. "Unknown Caller"
  5. "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"
  6. "Get On Your Boots"
  7. "Stand Up Comedy"
  8. "Fez - Being Born"
  9. "White as Snow"
  10. "Breathe"
  11. "Cedars of Lebanon"

• Producers

  Initial rumors had suggested that the band was working on tracks for the new album with legendary producer Rick Rubin. Although the band confirmed those rumors, they also stated that those tracks had been set aside for the moment and that they had decided to instead start work on a set of different songs with longtime collaborators Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite. According to guitarist The Edge, "We actually laid all that stuff to one side. Really out of deference to Rick and that set of songs we just said, OK, that’s that, and we drew a line. So none of the Rick material went into this project. Everything has been written subsequently."NME: U2 scrap Rick Rubin tracks on new album (November 26, 2008)

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