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U2 - Songs Of Surrender (2023)
 Tracks: 40
  1. From which band member do you like their tracks most?

    Edge:
    One
    Where The Streets Have No Name
    Stories For Boys
    11 O'Clock Tick Tock
    Out Of Control
    Beautiful Day
    Bad
    Every Breaking Wave
    Walk On (Ukraine)
    Pride (In The Name Of Love)

    Larry:
    Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
    Get Out Of Your Own Way
    Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
    Red Hill Mining Town
    Ordinary Love
    Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
    Invisible
    Dirty Day
    The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
    City Of Blinding Lights

    Adam:
    Vertigo
    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    Electrical Storm
    The Fly
    If God Will Send His Angels
    Desire
    Until The End Of The World
    Song For Someone
    All I Want Is You
    Peace On Earth

    Bono:
    With Or Without You
    Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
    Lights Of Home
    Cedarwood Road
    I Will Follow
    Two Hearts Beat As One
    Miracle Drug
    The Little Things That Give You Away
    40
  2. Team Bono
    And then....
    Team Adam
  3. Bit disappointing there wasn't more thought put into choosing who got which tracks:

    " The album is divided into four sections, and each one is named after a member of the band. What is the significance of these sections?

    Honestly, I think it’s more an instinctive thing. We just kind of felt, in a very non-analytical way, “Who sort of feels like the right figurehead for these 10 songs?” And we did it that way. It wasn’t particularly… We didn’t sweat it. I can’t remember how we came up with it. It was one e-mail. “Does this look good?” And everyone was like, “That’s cool. I’m happy with my collection.” [Laughs."
  4. I think all 4 sets have good tracks and clunkers. I’m not sold on any of the sets as a whole. But I think the latter two are better than the first two.
  5. Originally posted by Hoosier2012:I think all 4 sets have good tracks and clunkers. I’m not sold on any of the sets as a whole. But I think the latter two are better than the first two.
  6. I'd say least favorite is Larry's, favorite is Adam's. But yeah there are some I like and dislike on all four
  7. So far, Bono. I think Larry’s disc is gonna be the hardest for me to get into.
  8. I’m Team Larry all the way! Loving what I have heard thoughout (so far!)
  9. I’m on Team Larry, save for Get Out of Your Own Way which sounds like a complete ramshackle I like all the other songs on it, and some versions - specifically Stuck in a Moment, Invisible and Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own - even have the potential to become the definitive versions for me. I also really like the new versions Red Hill Mining Town and Dirty Day, even if they don’t appear to quite match the original recordings.

    Not easy to pick a favourite though!
  10. Originally posted by SJKamal:Bit disappointing there wasn't more thought put into choosing who got which tracks:

    " The album is divided into four sections, and each one is named after a member of the band. What is the significance of these sections?

    Honestly, I think it’s more an instinctive thing. We just kind of felt, in a very non-analytical way, “Who sort of feels like the right figurehead for these 10 songs?” And we did it that way. It wasn’t particularly… We didn’t sweat it. I can’t remember how we came up with it. It was one e-mail. “Does this look good?” And everyone was like, “That’s cool. I’m happy with my collection.” Laughs."
    Totally understandable but they don’t always care too much about tracklists. I remember reading about how they wanted Streets and Mothers to bookend the Joshua Tree and they let someone’s wife choose the rest of the running order.
  11. Originally posted by kris_smith87:[..]
    Totally understandable but they don’t always care too much about tracklists. I remember reading about how they wanted Streets and Mothers to bookend the Joshua Tree and they let someone’s wife choose the rest of the running order.
    That was Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite's wife. And I think we can agree she did quite a great job choosing TJT's running order, huh?

    I agree with @sjkamal that it would have been nice if they put a bit more thought and feeling into choosing who got each tracks. Even though I think Bono's tracklist is logical for him, I think Miracle Drug should be in Edge's and maybe Out Of Control in Bono's.

    Besides that, I honestly don't think Larry Mullen has any special personal attachment to other than just a handful of U2 songs so I guess he didn't care at all which tracks were "assigned" to him
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
    That was Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite's wife. And I think we can agree she did quite a great job choosing TJT's running order, huh?

    I agree with @sjkamal that it would have been nice if they put a bit more thought and feeling into choosing who got each tracks. Even though I think Bono's tracklist is logical for him, I think Miracle Drug should be in Edge's and maybe Out Of Control in Bono's.

    Besides that, I honestly don't think Larry Mullen has any special personal attachment to other than just a handful of U2 songs so I guess he didn't care at all which tracks were "assigned" to him
    Oh she definitely did!

    And I agree that some more thought could have been put into this... like the cover? haha