This new U2 album is amazing

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

It's free on iTunes:

[lame54]

1. if you belong to iCloud...

which isn't free

[ballardgirl]

2. I like what I hear so far

even though I've never been a huge fan.

[mackerel]

3. Remember when they used to be a punk band?

I hope the title refers to something other than NI.

[lovemydog]

5. Another tune name-checked by Bono earlier this year, "The Troubles"

Another tune name-checked by Bono earlier this year, "The Troubles" was presumed to be another U2 song about the political situation in Northern Ireland, but it's more about Bono learning to move on from his own problems. Guest singer Lykke Li repeats the refrain "somebody stepped inside your soul", and Bono reflects on his own redemption: "I have a will for survival/So you can hurt me then hurt me some more/I can live with denial/But you're not my troubles anymore"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/u2-songs-of-innocence-surprise-album-guide-20140909

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it’s easier
To put your finger on the trouble
When the trouble is you
And you think it’s easier
To know your own tricks
Well, it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do

I have a will for survival
So you can hurt me
And then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you’re not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

You think it’s easier
To give up on the trouble
If the trouble is destroying you
You think it’s easier
But before you throw me a rope
It was the one thing I could hold on to

I have a will for survival
So you can hurt me
And then hurt me some more
I can live with denial
But you’re not my troubles anymore

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Got knows it’s not easy
Taking on the shape of someone else’s pain
Got now you can see me
I’m naked and I’m not afraid
My body’s sacred and I’m not ashamed

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

Somebody stepped inside your soul
Somebody stepped inside your soul
Little by little they robbed and stole
Till someone else was in control

http://www.allu2songslyrics.com/2014/02/the-troubles-lyrics-by-u2.html

[lovemydog]

4. That's Lykke Li as featured vocalist.

Lykke Li born Li Lykke Timotej Svensson Zachrisson is a Swedish indie pop singer-songwriter. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, alternative, and electronic; instruments found in her songs include violins, synthesizers, tambourines, trumpets, saxophones, and cellos. Li possesses the vocal range of a soprano. Her debut album, Youth Novels, was released in 2008, her second album, Wounded Rhymes, was released in 2011, and her most recent album, I Never Learn, was released in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lykke_Li

Thanks for sharing Adenoid_Hynkel.

[mackerel]

6. didnt know she had a new album out

[lovemydog]

7. Five-star (highest rating) review

from Rolling Stone.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/u2-songs-of-innocence-20140911