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U2 - Songs Of Surrender (2023)
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  1. Originally posted by u2wanderer1:Looks like U2 are getting their first number 1 in the UK since “No Line on the Horizon” and the album has been outselling the rest of the top five albums combined. The 2006 compilation looks like it will re-enter the top 40 as well.
    You mean U218??
  3. Originally posted by Monopoly:I have to think Innocence would have been #1 had it not been given away for free. Fans were starving for a new album and it came out of the blue. Experience was still a number 1 in other countries.


    Songs of Innocence was not considered for chart position as it was free to download.... Otherwise it would definitely reach the number 1 in the album chart. Ultimately U2's album was eligible for chart position after a month and still reached to number 6. Ultimately that album was downloaded 25 million times.
  4. Originally posted by TRISTAN:[..]
    All the NME, Guardian and Independent of UK media outlet could not take down a fine album from reaching to the summit of the chart !!
    The tasteful music lovers of UK have given their verdict with their wallet.


    The British music press is so toxic and snarky. They hate anything that wasn’t made by a Gallagher. It brings me great joy to know that they are but hurt by U2’s enduring success.


  5. This ad is quite honest actually, saying it's an Edge project and a strike through 'new album'. I see the whole SoS thing more as his experiment to see how far he can deconstruct U2 in times of pandemic lockdown and match Bono's book
  6. Originally posted by podiumboy:[..]


    The British music press is so toxic and snarky. They hate anything that wasn’t made by a Gallagher. It brings me great joy to know that they are but hurt by U2’s enduring success.
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  8. Originally posted by germcevoy:Who oh why did they bundle with with the Vegas announcement? It has hurt this album. If this arrived standalone last year, I think it would have gone down much better.

    Agreed. Should have come out right before Christmas, after Bono's first run of theater shows was done.

    Maybe this has been mentioned before, but I just was looking at the liner notes and the copyright is "2022". Why not just put it out then if it was in fact completed and ready to go?
  9. Shortage of vinyl…
  10. Anyone buy the album on iTunes and have liner notes? I never get them anymore and I’m not sure why.
  11. Are you on mobile or a desktop/laptop?