In conjunction with Apple announcing the new iPhone 6, they also gave away U2's new CD free. If you have iTunes (and if you don't have iTunes, why don't you get it now?) the song is already in your iTunes purchased list. Go there and download it your computer if you are so inclined.
After listening to this CD for the first time this morning I wasn't impressed. The CD is mostly mid-tempo and it isn't up to par of their classic work. Too few of the songs really stand out. But on the second listen the songs started to differentiate themselves a bit. But of course you can't beat the price, it's well worth the space it takes up on your hard drive or in your cloud.
Here's the full CD so you can make your own judgement, for some reason this video is longer than the actual CD:
This is just a quick review of this CD, this is "Songs of Innocence" track list:
1) "The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)" This CD's first single and the song that U2 performed at the Apple iPhone 6 announcement event. Joey Ramone, who died in 2001, was the lead singer of punk band The Ramones. (Yeah I know "no duh", but not everyone knows that.) This is a jubilant, uplifting song.
2) "Every Breaking Wave", like many other songs on this CD it starts out mellow only to kick it up a notch within a minute into the song.
3) "California (There Is No End To Love)" Yet another upbeat song.
4) "Song For Someone" is not quite "All I Need Is You", but I do see this song being played at a few weddings. One of the happiest songs on the CD.
5) "Iris (Hold Me Close)" Iris Hewson is Bono's mother, she died when Bono was 14. (Thanks to rollingstone.com.)
6) "Volcano", one of the more upbeat songs on the CD. It lives up to it's title and perhaps should have been the first single.
7) "Raised By Wolves", another upbeat song and it has potential to be a future single. Just when the song threatens to break out into full rock mode, it scales back and never quite reaches full rock mode. I love the lyrics to this song.
8) "Cedarwood Road" One of the two or three out and out rock songs on this CD. This song has potential of being put on my iPod.
9) "Sleep Like A Baby Tonight", another one of the mellow songs off of the CD. This feels a bit like a throwaway song.
10) "This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now", by the time get to this song it sounds like we've already heard this song 6 or 7 times.
11) "The Troubles", another mellow song. A perfectly decent song, but U2 doesn't end this CD on a strong note.
After listening to this CD for the third time today, it has grown on me. Although nearly every song follows the start out slow and becomes at least a mid tempo song. That's very noticeable when listening to this CD song by song. I would give this CD a solid B. My favorite songs on this CD are "Volcano" "Cedarwood Road"and "Song For Someone".
And for those of you who want the actual CD, it's coming on October 14th. According to Billboard.com:
"Songs of Innocence will be released physically on Oct. 14 with a 24-page booklet. A deluxe edition with four additional tracks and an acoustic session of album tracks will be also released that day."
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