‘Songs Of Surrender’

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But it's 2023 now, and we need the wide-horizon howl and electric ambition of U2's classic sound, not this sleepy faux-hipster slog. Recording on Songs of Surrender began in 2021 and spanned a two-year period during lockdowns for the COVID-19 pandemic. And then it came out, and I listened to it, and it turns out I was right in being skeptical about it because this album was—to put it nicely—not a good one. Petridis enjoyed the reimagined deep cuts the most and thought the group's biggest songs "don't work rendered in soft-focus miniature".

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Ultimately, the confluence of two events convinced the Edge to pursue a re-recording project: the pandemic lockdowns resulted in more free time that he viewed as a creative opportunity; and Bono decided to structure his memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story into 40 chapters titled after U2 songs. Following her ascent to the office of state counsellor, she was criticised for Myanmar's inaction to the genocide of the Rohingya people. All studio albums from the group's career are represented with the exception of: October (1981); No Line on the Horizon (2009); and Original Soundtracks 1 (1995), U2's collaboration with Eno that was released under the pseudonym "Passengers".The Edge conscientiously shifted songs into lower keys to better tailor them to Bono's vocal range, saying his goal was to "serve the song by serving the singer". The announcement of the track listings was accompanied by the release of a new version of " Pride (In the Name of Love)", which was premiered by radio host Dave Fanning on RTÉ 2fm.

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Rearranged versions of the songs were first included in the audiobook edition of the memoir, and were performed by Bono during the book's promotional tour.In the London session, which was intended to "really get the ball rolling", producer Brian Eno recorded vocals and Clayton laid down bass tracks.

It debuted at number one on 11 charts in Europe, including in the United Kingdom for U2's 11th number one there and first since 2009.

Around the same time, 40 of the group's songs were updated on Spotify with an embedded video snippet that depicted the same Morse code, leading fans to piece together what they believed to be the track listing. Clayton first mentioned a re-recording project during a June 2021 interview with Rocky O'Riordan on the band's U2-X Radio station on Sirius XM: "we are playing around with rearranging some of the songs that we have and setting them in a more acoustic environment.

In the United Kingdom, Songs of Surrender debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, [63] with first-week sales of 20,569 units (comprising 11,042 CD copies, 6,000 vinyl copies, 1,008 cassette copies, 1,407 digital downloads, and 1,112 streaming equivalent units). I’d say after 45 years as a cohesive, powerful, and influential band they have every right to take their art in a new direction. He criticised the group for having the songs "repeat the same mistake made 21 years prior when The Best of 1990–2000 was regrettably peppered with 'new' mixes – they just aren't that interesting. Songs of Surrender was officially announced on 10 January 2023 with a trailer video soundtracked by a new version of " Beautiful Day"; the video also revealed the album's release date of 17 March. The Edge acknowledged many of the group's earliest songs were written with the intention of winning over audiences during live performances, [10] and that as a result, there was an intensity to their music, particularly in Bono singing at the top of his range.

Lana Del Rey secures sixth Number 1 album with Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd". In Ireland, Songs of Surrender debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart to become the group's 10th number-one album in their native country, and the same week U218 Singles jumped 28 spots on the chart to number five.