Top 5 Albums of 2009:

2) U2 - “No Line on the Horizon”

When “No Line” came out, I gave it a listen and thought it was “really good” and perhaps a top 10 for the year.  While I almost instantly put the title track into my top 10 favorite U2 songs ever, I thought the album was 60% great, 30% average, and 10% “bleh.”  However, just like HTDAAB, I went back to the record around the time the 360 Tour rolled through Boston and it sounded completely different.  Maybe it was because I was really happy in the summer of last year.  That happens you know?  I believe our happiness is why we sometimes look back at our music collection and think, “why did I ever love Tommy Shaw’s late 90’s solo record’?”