Originally posted by ahn1991:I use the iTunes forced download cover art of the white LP as the album art for this one. That's how this album hit me and that's how I want it to be represented.
Speaking of the this album's delivery system, I still contend that it was probably one of the smartest things they've done. Publicly they may lament over the bad press they got for it, but privately I'm willing to bet they celebrate the move. It got them back on the headlines when people were starting to write them off and proved that this band still has ways to surprise their fans. In spite of bad press, the move yielded statistically significant benefits for the band as all their material on iTunes experienced a massive increase in sales. Finally, U2 was able to utilize a digital release platform in a way no other artist has done before and because of the ruckus it caused, no artist can make the same move without being compared to U2. I still find it shocking that nobody from the tech savvy generation had the balls to use iTunes in this way before U2 did.