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This is something I'm curious about. With that said, I have a hard time believing that U2 would ever pull off a surprise Internet release.
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This is something I'm curious about. With that said, I have a hard time believing that U2 would ever pull off a surprise Internet release.
JamietheEdgefan
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Well, all we've been told about is danger mouse. The closer we've gotten to now, the less information has been released (i mean over the year, obviously the last week we've heard quite a bit). So imo, it's still possible that they could have brought someone like Lillywhite in to help with finishing touches, which would have coincided with the band being in lockdown, so we wouldn't have heard about it.
Having said that, there's no evidence either way... and the important thing is that Danger Mouse is still with them, even now during mastering - he wasn't discarded like Chris Thomas or Rick Rubin, and he certainly is the 'main guy' at the helm.
jeevey
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But.... they must figure out eventually that if they did, the new strategy would attract a lot of attention.
JamietheEdgefan
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Maybe they're worried it would impact album sales?
PennyLanePHINS
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They should just release a single without more than a few days' notice. The album wont be like that though. Bowie's was announced like a month or two before right? But the single was a shock.
Nick66
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At Electric Lady:
That pic has a nice optical illusion...the reflection of that guy in the door makes it look like Bono is a hunchback holding something and wearing a short sleeve shirt on one side, and long sleeve on the other. Funny.
mama cass
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i don't know if albums (esp. hard copies) sell that well these days?? i thought bands were having to make money touring nowadays rather than relying on album sales??
Mrs. Garrison
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Mrs. Garrison
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I still buy the album (CD). I can download to my ipod and then keep a copy for my fleet of cars. its how i R{}||
Nick66
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I do the same with my fleet of planes. It's how I F-L-Y.
Sometimes I take Gavin Friday and Daniel Lanois for rides in my plane.
Good ole' Gavin. Good ole' Danny.
Nick66
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The most I ever felt ripped off by U2 was when I bought the absolutely worthless "Deluxe Edition" of Bomb. The one with the DVD of them playing some acoustic songs on the couch and their crappy Crayola looking "artwork". That thing pisses me off to this day. It didn't help that the record pretty much sounded like (to quote Cobbler), shit. Never again.
There are times when I feel ripped off for buying a $10 normal version of Bomb.
youarenotimmune
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LemonMelon
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I love your new avatar, Nick. It's funny because it's true.
GEORGE is starting to get excited over here
:shameless sienfeld reference:
Von Schloopen
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Justin Timberlake's latest sold 968,000 US albums back in March.
Hell, Daft Punk just put out their first album in 7 years last week. They sold 339,000 US copies.
People still buy music.
Rachel D.
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Wow, so much album news in one day! 
dan_smee
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Are they physical sales or total sales?
Justin Timberlake would likely get that many just in casual fans, and mums buying for their kids based on what they liked 7 years ago.
Von Schloopen
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Total sales. $ paid, record handed over.
The notion that people don't buy music anymore is simply untrue.
The notion that people don't buy music anymore is simply untrue.
gvox
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dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
I don't think anyone was making that argument. The argument was that no-one buys physical CDs anymore.
U2s dilemma is that with physical / digital sales ratio moving firmly towards digital, they have yet to tap into the digital market.
dan_smee
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Also, U2 would consider those numbers a massive fail for total sales.
Von Schloopen
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No mention of physical VS digital.
Paid sales are paid sales. Format doesn't matter.
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lazarus
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I really like this book. I thought it was cool to see the various band members' providing material that wasn't the typical interview stuff (see: the No Line special edition). We got to see a different side of the band members. Weird charts and diagrams from Edge, photos by Adam, photos and art from Larry, and Bono's musings including the full lyrics to Mercy.
The bonus DVD didn't have much, but whatever.
gvox
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I couldn't agree more. To this day I still think its one of the cooler things they've given (well, sold
) us fans in their history.
bonocomet
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I couldn't agree more. To this day I still think its one of the cooler things they've given (well, sold
Total agreement here as well.
One of my favorite U2 items. It's so much more personal than the usual photos and art they hire someone else to do. It was like they gave us a copy of their personal journals and notebooks. Very cool, and having Mercy's lyrics when it wasn't even on the album was really a sweet. 
popacrobat
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whatever. U2 are releasing 10-12 new songs this year. if you're not down with that then fuck you.
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