No Line on the Horizon

Tuesday, U2 released their newest album, No Line on the Horizon. Here are my thoughts:

Solid. The album starts out with a handful of songs that remind me of their work from the 80s (I mean that in a good way) and works its way toward their more recent stuff. In my opinion, the album is not so clearly made up of singles. The songs are great individually but the album as a whole shines. It is great to just put on and listen to the entire thing. Monica commented to me that I was going to wear it out because I was playing it so much. I haven't done that with an album in a long time. One review I read described it as their fourth masterpiece (Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind being the other three). It very well could be. Standout tracks include: No Line on the Horizon, Magnificent, Moment of Surrender, Stand Up Comedy and Breathe.

Have you heard the album? What are your thoughts?