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So ... there's a new album out.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link

01 The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
02 Every Breaking Wave
03 California (There Is No End To Love)
04 Song For Someone
05 Iris (Hold Me Close)
06 Volcano
07 Raised By Wolves
08 Cedarwood Road
09 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
10 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
11 The Troubles.

I love this tracklisting so much I almost want to hear the album

da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link

Sounds fine so far.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link

Snap reaction: the fact that this is the real Bono and not any of a few dozen not-Bonos is a benefit to an album that's trying (albeit not too hard) to sound like all the bands fronted by not-Bonos.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:24 (ten years ago) link

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Produced by: Danger Mouse, Paul Epworth and Ryan Tedder

da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link

Jesus fucking

famous instagram God (waterface), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link

Haha are those really the song titles? Those are great.

tylerw, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:26 (ten years ago) link

track-by-track at rolling stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/u2-songs-of-innocence-surprise-album-guide-20140909

da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link

The amazing song titles on "No Line on the Horizon" are what sparked the ILX precovers concept.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link

However "Songs of Innocence" is a terrible album name.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link

the next album is called Songs of Experience

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link

Sex of Songperience

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link

the tedderization of everything is complete

resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link

Dongs of Senecense

Liquid Plejades, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link

I guess there was a proposed album called Songs of Ascent that was never released?

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:34 (ten years ago) link

Please tell me there isnt a song on this thing called The Troubles

jesus

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link

Not about the IRA! But an earlier song is.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link

The Miracle (Of the Troubles)

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/09/09/u2-makes-history-offers-new-album-for-free-on-itunes-during-apple-event/

U2′s new album being automatically added to our iTunes library is the most disgusting invasion of personal space by technology in history

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link

the mIRAcle (of joey ramone) right?

lol

everyday sheeple (Michael B), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link

when I got my first Mac in 2001 it came with some songs preloaded, including New Order's "Age of Consent", and I guess Apple did that? so not unprecedented ... though still it's 2010s we're talking about here

Euler, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link

Wait, is this getting downloaded to our computers without us asking for it or do you have to click download to get it in your iTunes?

brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link

You have to click download. (Note: you do not have to click download. No one is forcing you to listen to U2.)

Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit, and quoted in that Post article

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link

some folks on twitter exaggerating a bit

nothing new to ILX there tbf

nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link

I remember that my sister's macbook has Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' preloaded sometime in the early 2000s

wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link

Free album? When is Bono gonna come through with some fuckin' free t-shirts, man?

dave matthews' gland (sic), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link

Is there really supposed to be a period after Troubles?

The Troubles.

WTF man

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link

That is so fucking precious

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link

So everyone who bought a MacBook in the early 2000s was greeted with "I DON'T BELIEVE IN AN INTERVENTIONIST GOD"
xpost

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link

Sonic Cathedral @soniccathedral

U2 are already in my music library are they? no they're not *deletes itunes*

http://perfectedpixels.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/9/3/459344/5939044.png

LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link

The Miracle (Of Joey From Friends)

Doran, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link

apparently, iTunes was bundled with all of the following songs when first launched in 2001:

Amanda Ghost, Idol
Amanda Ghost, Cellophane
Andreas Johnson, Glorious
Arkarna, Life Is Free
Arkarna, Insecurity
Arkarna, House On Fire
Barenaked Ladies, If I Had A $1,000,000
Barenaked Ladies, Jane
Barenaked Ladies, One Week
Belly, Feed The Tree
Bob James, Raise The Roof
Boney James, All Night Long
Boney James, R.S.V.P.
Brad Mehldau, Madrid
Dave Ralph, Max Graham "Airtight"
Dave Ralph, Tea Freaks "Arms of Orion"
Depeche Mode, Strangelove
Euge Groove, Romeo & Juliet
Holly Palmer, Come Lie With Me
Infected Mushroom, Symphonatic
Joshua Redman, Neverend
Kenny Garrett, G.T.D.S
Kevin Mahogany, Still Swingin'
Lang, K.D., When We Collide
Lang, K.D., Only Love
Larry Carlton, Fingerprints
The Living End, Roll on
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Into My Arms
Pat Metheny, Follow Me
Pat Metheny, James
Paul Oakenfold, Ascension "Someone" (Slacker Mix)
Penelope Houston, Sweetheart
Penelope Houston, Grand Prix
Phish, Heavy Things
Phish, Sample In A Jar
Phish, Limb By Limb
Randy Newman, The World Isn't Fair
Randy Newman, Can't Keep A Good Man Down
Sasha & John Digweed, Breeder 'Tyrantanic' (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix)
Submarine, Sunbeam (Deepsky's Desert Sunset Mix)
Total Eclipse, Psychedelic Terrorist
Wilco, Monday
Wilco, A Shot In The Arm
8 Stops 7, Question Everything

wolves at doors: they flan @ u face (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link

A lot of harsh zings of a band that literally every adult has liked at some point in their lives.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link

Is there really supposed to be a period after Troubles?

The Troubles.

WTF man

― Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis)

please god, we'll be living in it soon enough

nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link

every adult

speaking of exaggerations

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link

Not an exaggeration.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link

xxxxpost a poll that has to happen

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link

U2′s new album being automatically added to our iTunes library is the most disgusting invasion of personal space by technology in history

the public should probably sue these fuckers but apparently a lot of the lawyers involved would be pro bono

john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link

They should have a hidden track on this called Fuck REM

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:52 (ten years ago) link

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

woah sell it to grantland, don't give it away for free

da croupier, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link

I'm trying to think of any other band that I rallied around in the early 80s where I just do not care about a new release any more. REM got there too at the end, but I think I cared about them longer.

Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:51 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

44 and nope

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link

the public should probably sue these fuckers but apparently a lot of the lawyers involved would be pro bono
i'm definitely mullen over some legal action

tylerw, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link

lololol

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link

can the latest update of imovie come bundled with the bono tinariwen video?

Rand McNulty (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link

woah sell it to grantland, don't give it away for free

― da croupier, Tuesday, September 9, 2014 3:53 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dying

mattresslessness, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link

If you're over 20 years old, you have liked U2 at some point.

― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, September 9, 2014 5:51 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You've polled everyone in China, Indonesia, Sudan...

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link


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