Songs of Innocence by U2

[taranis]

Songs of Innocence by U2:

Genre: Pop Release: 2014 The first studio album from the band since 2009, Songs Of Innocence was released on CD & Vinyl on October 13th 2014. The striking cover art of the physical releases, a photo by Glen Luchford, features Larry Mullen Jr protecting his 18 year old son. The image resonated with the band's iconic 1980 debut album Boy and, three years later, the War album. Both featured the face of a child, Peter Rowen, the younger brother of Guggi, Bono's childhood friend growing up on Cedarwood Road. "We've always been about community in U2, about family and friends," explained Bono. "Songs Of Innocence is the most intimate album we've ever made. With this record we were looking for the raw, naked and personal, to strip everything back." The eleven tracks on Songs Of Innocence, a kind of musical autobiography, chart U2's earliest influences from 70s rock and punk to early 80s electronica and soul, and reveal how music changed everything. As Bono sings in the lead song, 'The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)', 'I woke up when the miracle occurred/ Heard a song that made some sense out of the world.' Exploring themes of home and family, relationships and discovery, detailed liner notes fill out the picture with resonant stories, like one of the first gigs the teenage band got into. Songs of Innocence is released in three physical formats and digital.

Tracks

The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)	4:15
Every Breaking Wave	4:12
California (There Is No End to Love)	4:00
Song for Someone	3:47
Iris (Hold Me Close)	5:19
Volcano	3:14
Raised by Wolves	4:06
Cedarwood Road	4:25
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight	5:02
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now	5:05
The Troubles	4:46

[aidan]

another brilliant album

[hera]

[gwilym]

and the band has kept together over the years, well kewl.

[sucellus]

This grows on ya!