Pega na guitarra, agarra o microfone... foi o que disseram e fizeram! Provavelmente o trabalho mais pessoal dos U2 até hoje leva o ouvinte numa viagem onde as influências Rock e Punk Rock dos anos 70, bem como da Electrónica Ambiental dos 80, oferecem uma preciosa introspecção sobre as origens da banda e como ela se formou. Produzido por Danger Mouse, Flood e outros, é música U2 a não perder!

Album do Ano 2014 pela revista Rolling Stone

• Vinil 180 Gramas
• LP Duplo Vinil Branco
• Inclui remix exclusivo no lado D
• Corte por Scott Sedillo e Chris Bellman
• Masterizado nos Estúdios Bernie Grundman

Songs of Innocence was U2's first album since No Line on the Horizon (2009), marking the longest gap between studio albums of their career. After the latter's relatively lukewarm commercial performance, lead singer Bono expressed uncertainty over how the band could remain musically relevant. During the album's five-and-a-half-year gestation period, they reportedly worked on three separate projects with multiple producers, including an aborted companion to their previous record called Songs of Ascent. However, they struggled to complete an album to their satisfaction and continually delayed a release. After working with Danger Mouse for two years, the group collaborated with Flood, Epworth, and Tedder to complete the record. Thematically, it revisits the group members' youth in Ireland, paying tribute to musical inspirations Ramones and the Clash, while touching on childhood experiences, loves and regrets. Bono described it as "the most personal album we've written".

Songs of Innocence was recorded in Dublin, London, New York and Los Angeles and is produced by Danger Mouse, along with Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney and Flood. The album closes with 'The Troubles' featuring the distinctive vocals of Swedish indie singer-songwriter Lykke Li.

"No other rock band does rebirth like U2. No other band – certainly of U2's duration, commercial success and creative achievement – believes it needs rebirth more and so often. But even by the standards of transformation on 1987's The Joshua Tree and 1991's Achtung! Baby, Songs of Innocence – U2's first studio album in five years – is a triumph of dynamic, focused renaissance: 11 tracks of straightforward rapture about the life-saving joys of music, drawing on U2's long palette of influences and investigations of post-punk rock, industrial electronics and contemporary dance music..." - Rollingstone

Rolling Stone was breathless with enthusiasm, awarding the album a full 5 out of 5 stars: “These are the oldest stories in rock & roll – adolescent restlessness; traumatic loss; the revelation of rescue hiding in a great chorus or power chord. But Songs of Innocence is the first time U2 have told their own tales so directly, with the strengths and expression they have accumulated as songwriters and record-makers.”

Lista de Faixas:

LP 1 Lado A:
1. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
2. Every Breaking Wave
3. California (There is no End to Love)
4. Song for Someone

LP 1 Lado B:
1. Iris (Hold Me Close)
2. Volcano
3. Raised By Wolves
4. Cedarwood Road

LP 2 Lado C:
1. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
2. This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
3. The Troubles

LP 2 Lado D:
1. The Crystal Ballroom 12" Mix

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