U2 to release 'Songs of Innocence' via Interscope Records on October 14, 2014

By now many (if not most) of you have already listened to U2's new album 'Songs Of Innocence' via the iTunes release on Tuesday. Here are more details on the album, including a deluxe version set to land next month...I've been listening (and loving) to 'Songs Of Innocence' since its release and will have plenty to say in my column that runs next week...

U2 To Release "Songs Of Innocence" On Interscope Records October 14

ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE FOR NEW ALBUM COMES ON THE HEELS OF HISTORIC ITUNES INITIATIVE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

U2 photo courtesy of Interscope Records

U2's latest studio album Songs Of Innocence (Interscope Records), containing 11 new tracks, will be released on October 14th, 2014.  The news comes after the album was gifted by Apple to over half a billion iTunes Music Store customers worldwide on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014.

Songs of Innocence is U2's most personal work to date, charting the band's earliest influences from 70s rock and punk rock to early 80s electronica and ambient music and giving insight into how and why the band came together. The album deals with themes of home and family, relationships and discovery and 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 track listing for Songs Of Innocence is as follows:

The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
Every Breaking Wave
California (There Is No End To Love)
Song For Someone
Iris (Hold Me Close)
Volcano
Raised By Wolves
Cedarwood Road
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles

In addition, U2 will be releasing a deluxe version of Songs Of Innocence, which will contain an acoustic session of select songs from the album plus four additional tracks:
Lucifer's Hands
The Crystal Ballroom
The Troubles (Alternative version)
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (Alternative Perspective Mix by Tchad Blake)

New U2 single 'Invisible' to be available for free during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 2

Although U2's forthcoming new album doesn't yet have a title (at least one announced to the world), the first single off the Danger Mouse-produced disc will be released as a free download during the Super Bowl.

Thank the generosity of Bank Of America because not only will anybody be able to download the single from iTunes for 24 hours staring during the Super Bowl this coming Sunday, but for every free download of "Invisible" Bank Of America will donate $1 to the AIDS-fighting charity (RED).

U2 has also filed a Super Bowl commercial, so make sure to tune in during "The Big Game" for more news on U2 2014 album, reportedly set to land this spring.

Visit U2's Web site for more information.

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