Songs of Experience

Description

Songs Of Experienceis the companion release to 2014’sSongs Of Innocence, the two titles drawing inspiration from a collection of poems,Songs of Innocence and Experience, by the 18th century English mystic and poet William Blake. WhileSongs of InnocencechartedU2’searliest influences and experiences in the late-1970s and early-1980s, the new album is a collection of songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people close to Bono’s heart i.e. family, friends and fans.

The original thirteen-track album features the previously released tracks “You’re The Best Thing About Me” and “The Blackout” as well as “The Little Things That Give You Away,” whichU2debuted during their Joshua Tree 2017 tour. The song “American Soul” is a fleshed-out version of “XXX,” the band’s collaboration with Kendrick Lamar that was featured on the rapper’sDamnalbum. The front cover features a photograph of band members’ teenage children Eli Hewson and Sian Evans as photographed byU2’slong-time visual collaboratorAnton Corbijn.

LP1

1. Love Is All We Have Left
2. Lights of Home
3. You’re The Best Thing About Me
4. Get out of Your Own Way
5. American Soul
6. Summer of love
7. Red Flag Day
8. The Showman (Little More Better)
9. The Little Things That Give You Away

LP2

1. Landlady
2. The Blackout
3. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way
4. 13 (There is a Light)
5. Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix)
6. Book Of Your Heart
7. Lights of Home (St Peter’s String Version)