Cedars of Lebanon (song)

"Cedars of Lebanon"
Song by U2 from the album No Line on the Horizon
Released 27 February 2009
Genre Rock
Length 4:09
Label Island
Writer(s) U2 (music), Bono (lyrics)
Producer(s) Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno
No Line on the Horizon track listing

"Breathe"
(10)		 "Cedars of Lebanon"
(11)

"Cedars of Lebanon" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the eleventh and final track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. It is sung in the character of a war correspondent who is "squeezing complicated lives into a simple headline"[1] and who "observes "this shitty world" where the aroma of a rose "lingers and then it just goes".[2] The song samples producer Brian Eno's own "Against the Sky" from his 1984 album The Pearl.

Reception

In a review of the album, Jon Pareles of The New York Times called the song "a somber meditation on war, separation and enmity".[3] Comparing the song with "Moment of Surrender" on the same album, NME reviewer Ben Patashnik described "Cedars of Lebanon" as "similarly downbeat but no-less-enthralling", and said that the song "is buoyed by Larry Mullen Jr's martial drumming and a twinkling guitar".[4] The Sydney Morning Herald called the song a "masterful closer", and said that the "backing vocals, ambient noises and restraint seal a deal alongside the atmosphere of philosophical weariness."[5]

Personnel

U2[6]
Technical[6]

References

Footnotes
  1. ↑ Donovan, Patrick (27 February 2009). "No Line On The Horizon". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Kootnikoff (2010), p. 139
  3. ↑ Pareles, Jon (2 March 2009). "Last Gang in Town". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Patashnik, Ben (26 February 2009). "No Line on the Horizon". NME. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Zuel, Bernard (28 February 2009). "U2: No Line On The Horizon (Universal)". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 Owens, Catherine (2009). No Line on the Horizon (Box format hardback book). U2. Interscope Records. B0012638-00.
Bibliography
  • Kootnikoff, David (2010). U2: A Musical Biography. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-36523-7. 

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