Finally we have an album: SONGS OF INNOCENCE!! DISCUSSION THREAD ONLY

[dan_smee]

Oh yeah...you could say that.

Of course it is. We are excited.

 

[Rafiennes]

Cedarwood Road just came on and rocked my balls right off on to the floor.
Holy f**k.
Edge is on fire.

 

[God Part III]

U2 is punk again, guys. Fuck if they're relevant, popular, whatever. They're fucking badass


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[Nick66]

Interesting, no Invisible. I wonder if we'll hear some expanded version of this as a bonus whenever the CD actually comes out (in October I assume).

 

[SpiralStaircase]

STILL CAN'T GET FULL SONGS SOMEONE HELP ME

 

[dazzledbylight]

I didn't realize that I had my phone on Shuffle mode until The Miracle went directly into Stay (Faraway So Close)

oh no!

 

[watsons]

Raised by wolves....wow, can't wait for live version


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[dazzledbylight]

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[rennowba]

Im in the uk

If anyones having problems with it saying youve already purchased it but you cant find it.

Log out your itunes then search u2, click the the album ,then the free tab you will have to log back in and it will start to download

 

[Vox16]

The store says the album is purchased but it's not showing up anywhere. Any guesses on what I need to do?


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[Vox16]

Ha. Just saw your post. Thanks!!!


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[powerhour24]

I'm not loving the production, I would love to be able to hear what each of these tracks sounded like in the hands of their individual producers. I'm looking forward to hearing them live at the very least, despite their constant tinkering their work almost never comes together fully on record, at least it hasn't in the past 21 years.

Also thematically and sound wise Invisible is prefect for this, why did they leave it out? Don't get me wrong I'm glad we get 11 tracks we hadn't heard before but it's a shame to leave it orphan given the trappings.


Still though

 

[snutes1]

Volcano very "War" or "UF" era style. Some REM thrown in there. Luv it.

 

[mgokelly]

Early days yet but this sounds like a classic from the boys

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[DaveC]

U2 is punk again, guys. Fuck if they're relevant, popular, whatever. They're fucking badass


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This.

I don't care if this album goes straight to number one or not - I think it kicks ass, and I'll have it on permanent repeat for the foreseeable future, I think.

Cedarwood Road is going to be a good song for the gym

 

[trevgreg]

The store says the album is purchased but it's not showing up anywhere. Any guesses on what I need to do?


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Close and re-open Itunes. Then click on View and see if there's an option that says "Show Music in the Cloud". That seemed to work for me.

 

[artdirector]

WOW! Cedarwood Road....BEAST GUITAR AND BASS!

 

[powerhour24]

Of course it is. We are excited.

So am I but it is not remotely true to say he sounds like himself in the JT era. Just see their debut performance of The Miracle earlier.

 

[dan_smee]

I can see why they needed a single - the songs seem great to me, but nothing stands out as a kind of epic, stand-alone, radio song. I hope they aren't discouraged because of that.

 

[artdirector]

I've got the same thing

it'll say download in a minute.

 

[chrissybaby]

Sleep like a baby is my kind of U2. Holy SHit. LIB guitar solo

 

[U2democrat]

Please help! It's not showing up in my iTunes library on my laptop or on my iPad, despite saying "Purchased" in the store. Neeeeeeeeeeeeeed new U2!!!!!!!

 

[U2freakboy]

So for those of us who have no fucking access to iTunes right now, where can we hear this?

 

[dan_smee]

So for those of us who have no fucking access to iTunes right now, where can we hear this?

A link a couple of pages ago to RTE who are streaming it

 

[TIJERINO]

amazing....! beautiful day

Just downloaded it, guys I like the song. this is a happy day. new iphone and new U2 album for free...

i find classic sounds of U2 in these songs.

 

[artdirector]

So for those of us who have no fucking access to iTunes right now, where can we hear this?

Web Radio

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Am i really listening to a new fucking U2 album here? WOW

 

[Vlaco]

Thrilled! I'm going to listen now!

 

[Dakotalola]

go to "recently purchased", should be right there, on your itunes. then i hit download and it did.
it took a while for that to show up on mine, so open and close iTunes a few times.

 

[chrissybaby]

don't wanna overdo it, but this is brilliant. its a heavy heavy record.