Q MINI-SITE (KINDA) ONLINE
December 21, 2008
posted by: m2
Although the Q magazine "U2 mini site" isn't due to go online until
December 31 (see news bit below), our friends at U2tour.de have tipped
us to what looks like an in-progress version of the mini-site here:
Q "Mini Site"
The Photo Gallery link doesn't work, but you can watch the video taken
during a November photo shoot (watch Bono relive PopMart with his
Bowler Hat and umbrella!), and read Q's "Inside the New Album"
article, which is filled with new album details. In case Q magazine
takes this URL down until the mini-site is finished, here's a quick
recap of that article:
In mid-November, Q "initially heard seven tracks at various stages of
completion," which suggests the song titles might have changed between
then and now. Their overall assessment? "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."
Here are the song titles listed in the Q album preview:
* "Magnificent" ("classic U2isms" ... "atmospheric sweep")
* "Crazy Tonight" (will.i.am worked on this one)
* "Stand Up" ("swaggering" ... "coruscated Edge guitar work")
* "Get Your Boots On" ("a heaving electro-rocker"<WBR>)
* "Winter" ("about a soldier in an unspecified war zone")
* "Unknown Caller" ("stately")
* "Moment of Surrender" ("a strident seven-minute epic recorded
in a single take")
* "Breathe" (Eno loves this song)
* "No Line On The Horizon" (there were two versions being
considered at the time)
* "Every Breaking Wave" (Bono: "We might be on to something
special there.")
Eno told Q he thinks it might be U2's best album, and Edge agreed.