Originally posted by Remy:SOE announcement seems like a good time to start rumouring about Songs of Ascent.
I suspect this topic will be lasting 7 years full of rumours until U2 finally brings us something
Originally posted by Remy:SOE announcement seems like a good time to start rumouring about Songs of Ascent.
I suspect this topic will be lasting 7 years full of rumours until U2 finally brings us something
Originally posted by AnselmoLopes:[..]
I believe the Songs of Ascent will be a thank-you album and possibly will not have a live tour. All well planned. Innocence + Experience + Ascent. And after that, the end. But I believe it will be 3 or 4 years from now.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
That's always been my idea and it sounds like a freaking good (and sad) one.
Originally posted by Alvin:I made my own SOA mini album back in 2010 (when it was promised as new album) with new tracks played etc.
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Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
LOL...I did the same...although somewhat more recently, and not exactly a mini-album either. A 2 LP set actually
For me it serves as a compilation of rare tracks and b-sides that are not on one of the regular albums, including
Artifical Horizon and Duals. Critical minds will perhaps say that Stateless features on the Million Dollar Hotel
Soundtrack, but I've included it still because I rarely listen to that album (and because I do think Stateless is a great
song and thematically very "ascent"
- DO NOTE that inclusion of Stateless doesn't fit a 1 CD (no worries for the iPod though )
SONGS OF ASCENT
(some rare tracks & mixes + 1 unreleased) - 2LP
A1. Soon
A2. Stateless
A3. Winter
A4. What's Going On (London Version - feat. Chris Martin)
A5. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
B1 New York (Nice mix)
B2. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
B3. No Line On The Horizon 2
B4. Mercy
C1. All Because Of You (Killahurtz Fly mix)
C2. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Jacques Lu Cont mix)
C3. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Toninight (Redanka's "Kick The Darkness" vocal version)
D1. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
D2. Holy Joe (Garage mix)
D3. Night + Day (edit)
D4. Ave Maria (Jacknife Lee mix)
D5. Viva Davidoff
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NB: I have also designed a companion release called SONGS OF DECENT with serves both as some kind of
Best Of 2005-2017 and a compilation album of U2 singles and rare tracks that haven't been released on one
of the regular albums. (Well, actually Songs Of Ascent is the companion release of Songs Of Decent )
Spoiler (click to toggle)
SONGS OF DECENT - 1 LP or 1 CD
A compilation album with "hits" like Ordinary Love, Magnificent and IGCIIDGCT, the two SOI singles with their unique mix
and even COBL that didn't feature on U2 18 Singles. Also an album that would hold beautiful tracks like This Is (the 2013
unreleased Aslan cover) and the (somewhat rare) acoustic A Man And A Woman.
But most importantly, an album that would play like a great record. In short, an album with some decent songs!
And, believe it or not, I spent months finding the right selection and to get the sequence right
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A1. Ordinary Love
A2. Instant Karma
A3. A Man And A Woman (Acoustic)
A4. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version)
A5. Every Breaking Wave (New Radio mix)
A6. City Of Blinding Lights (Radio edit)
B1. You're The Best Thing About Me (Sci-Fi Soul mix)
B2. This Is
B3. Magnificent (UK edit)
B4. Red Hill Mining Town (Steve Lillywhite 2017 mix)
B5. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Radio edit 96 bpm)
B6. Song For Someone (Radio mix)
CD bonus track:
I Believe In Father Christmas
I think it is a pretty smart compilation (if I say so myself )
For the fans at least 1 previously unreleased track (not sure what the status of the sci-fi mix is - can you get it at iTunes?)
and some rare tracks, or only available on cd singles (even SYCMIOYO is a different version than on HTDAAB or on 18 Singles!).
And for the general public (read: older still cd and lp buying), a very decent album for your turntable or (car) cd-player
The kind of record that you would buy your mum
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Originally posted by DutchU2Fan:After SOA, there will be their final album called Man.
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
I think timescale wise 2 albums definitely make sense if they’re thinking about that 50th anniversary (2026) which I think could be the target. It sounds funny to talk about it with musicians but that would bring them all to around the retirement age and give them a chance to enjoy the rest of there lives with there families.
Originally posted by u2_michaelc:[..]
indeed.
Man would be an epic finish to the U2 adventure we all ride. Just imagine having Boy and Man on your shelf
Originally posted by BigGiRL:[..]
LOL...I did the same...although somewhat more recently, and not exactly a mini-album either. A 2 LP set actually
For me it serves as a compilation of rare tracks and b-sides that are not on one of the regular albums, including
Artifical Horizon and Duals. Critical minds will perhaps say that Stateless features on the Million Dollar Hotel
Soundtrack, but I've included it still because I rarely listen to that album (and because I do think Stateless is a great
song and thematically very "ascent"
- DO NOTE that inclusion of Stateless doesn't fit a 1 CD (no worries for the iPod though )
SONGS OF ASCENT
(some rare tracks & mixes + 1 unreleased) - 2LP
A1. Soon
A2. Stateless
A3. Winter
A4. What's Going On (London Version - feat. Chris Martin)
A5. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
B1 New York (Nice mix)
B2. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
B3. No Line On The Horizon 2
B4. Mercy
C1. All Because Of You (Killahurtz Fly mix)
C2. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Jacques Lu Cont mix)
C3. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Toninight (Redanka's "Kick The Darkness" vocal version)
D1. Don't Take Your Guns To Town
D2. Holy Joe (Garage mix)
D3. Night + Day (edit)
D4. Ave Maria (Jacknife Lee mix)
D5. Viva Davidoff
Spoiler (click to toggle) [image]
NB: I have also designed a companion release called SONGS OF DECENT with serves both as some kind of
Best Of 2005-2017 and a compilation album of U2 singles and rare tracks that haven't been released on one
of the regular albums. (Well, actually Songs Of Ascent is the companion release of Songs Of Decent )
Spoiler (click to toggle)
SONGS OF DECENT - 1 LP or 1 CD
A compilation album with "hits" like Ordinary Love, Magnificent and IGCIIDGCT, the two SOI singles with their unique mix
and even COBL that didn't feature on U2 18 Singles. Also an album that would hold beautiful tracks like This Is (the 2013
unreleased Aslan cover) and the (somewhat rare) acoustic A Man And A Woman.
But most importantly, an album that would play like a great record. In short, an album with some decent songs!
And, believe it or not, I spent months finding the right selection and to get the sequence right
[image]
A1. Ordinary Love
A2. Instant Karma
A3. A Man And A Woman (Acoustic)
A4. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (Single Version)
A5. Every Breaking Wave (New Radio mix)
A6. City Of Blinding Lights (Radio edit)
B1. You're The Best Thing About Me (Sci-Fi Soul mix)
B2. This Is
B3. Magnificent (UK edit)
B4. Red Hill Mining Town (Steve Lillywhite 2017 mix)
B5. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own (Radio edit 96 bpm)
B6. Song For Someone (Radio mix)
CD bonus track:
I Believe In Father Christmas
I think it is a pretty smart compilation (if I say so myself )
For the fans at least 1 previously unreleased track (not sure what the status of the sci-fi mix is - can you get it at iTunes?)
and some rare tracks, or only available on cd singles (even SYCMIOYO is a different version than on HTDAAB or on 18 Singles!).
And for the general public (read: older still cd and lp buying), a very decent album for your turntable or (car) cd-player
The kind of record that you would buy your mum
[image]
Originally posted by deanallison:[..]
I think timescale wise 2 albums definitely make sense if they’re thinking about that 50th anniversary (2026) which I think could be the target. It sounds funny to talk about it with musicians but that would bring them all to around the retirement age and give them a chance to enjoy the rest of there lives with there families.