last blindness (boxes on annhilation and blindness are the same as before)
Blindness is the twelfth studio album by
Irish rock band
U2, it is currently in production with a projected release date of September 2008. The album will be accompanied by the
Annhilation tour.
Bono has revealed some hyperbolic information about the style of Blindness:
"U2 in dancefloor shock!" joked Bono. "Normally when you play a U2 tune, it clears the dancefloor. And that may not be true of this. There's some trance influences. But there's some very hardcore guitar coming out of The Edge. Real molten metal. It's not like anything we've ever done before, and we don't think it sounds like anything anyone else has done either. Three years ago there was virtually no one in Africa on antiretroviral drugs," he explained. "Now you'll have two million by the end of this year."
About the album, Bono has said: "It is our first single, really. After 30 some years it's our first single, but with 10 really kickboxin' b-sides. Elimination is the first single. Watch out for it. It's going to be huge. We can't even fucking play it."
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Much controversy has been made over the inclusion of the Blindness cut "A Fricken' American" in the tour setlist. The anthem drops the F-bomb several times over some of the Bush administration's actions and several other subjects, including the
Grammys.
These are some of the rumored album titles for what promises to be quite an incredible new U2 album!
Working Album Title(s):
1. This is the Sound! (From Venus) or TITS( FV)
2. This is the Sound of a Band From Venus Applying for the Position of Best Rock and Roll Band! 0r TITSBFVAFTPBRARB
3. Africa
4. Molten Metal From Venus/Edge is on Fire or (MMFV/EF)
Below is a working list of some of the new songs that will appear in the new album (subject to change - DISC ONE CONFIRMED BY U2.COM):
Disc 1:
1. Elimination
2. Mercy
3. No Line on The Horizon
4. A Fricken' American
5. Baby Dance With Me Tonight!
6. Thank You For the Day
7. Africa
8. Drunk America
9. Modern Times Venusian Rock and Roll
10. A Prayer For The Love of Humanity, Peace, Love and Hope
11. Lighting Edge on Fire (Bonus Track on limited Japanese edition)
Disc 2 (On "Extra Shitty Bonus B-Sides" Plus! Edition):
1. North Star
2. Treason
3. Crumbs From Your Table Part Deux
4. How to Dismantle an F-Bomb
5. I Write The Songs
6. Lead Me in The Way I Should Go
7. All My Life
8. Punk Rock From Venus
9. Vertigo (Extended Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeahhhhhh Mix) (feat. Brian Eno)
10. Molten Metal
11. Zooro-Dance (Clearing The Dance Floor)
12. Making Love Not War
13. Africa II
14. An Angel in Disguise
15. Love is All We Have Left (feat. Frank Sinatra)
16. Sky Hawk
17. F-Bush (Rumored bonus song on the American CD)
[edit] About The First Single
Release Date: September 2 2008
1. Elimination(4:27)
2. Elimination (extended Venus mix, 12:59)
3. Elimination (Burnt Edge Mix, Featuring screams from edge being on fire! 10:08)
4. God Bless Those Drunk Americans ( now became Drunk America 3:22)
5. Elimination (Clearing The Dance Floor/Molten Metal Mix 5:59)
6. Doing the Cha Cha Cha (Boom Cha Mix, left over from TITS 3:07)
A second version of the single Elimination is also in the works but will only be available in the UK:
1. Elimination (4:27)
2. Evolution (TITS left over, 5:34)
3. Molten Metal (Jacknife Lee Mix, 13:00)
4. Elimination (Molten Egde/Guitar mix,4:30)
5. Full Metal Jacket (HTDAAB leftover, 3:20)
6. Crumbs from your table Part Deux ( A Crummy Mix, 7:48)