U2 - Songs Of Experience (Deluxe) (2017) [24.96 FLAC]  

  Released: 2017
  Genre: Rock
  Styles: Contemporary
  Codec: FLAC
  Bit Rate: ~ 3,000 kbps
  Bits Per Sample: 16
  Sample Rate: 44,100 Hz

  01 Love Is All We Have Left 
  02 Lights of Home
  03 You’re the Best Thing About Me 
  04 Get Out of Your Own Way 
  05 American Soul
  06 Summer of Love 
  07 Red Flag Day 
  08 The Showman (Little More Better) 
  09 The Little Things That Give You Away  
  10 Landlady 
  11 The Blackout 
  12 Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way 
  13 13 (There Is a Light) 
  14 Ordinary Love [Extraordinary Mix] 
  15 Book of Your Heart 
  16 Lights of Home [St. Peter's String Version] 
  17 You’re the Best Thing About Me (U2 Vs Kygo) 

   "I shouldn't be here because I should be dead" sings Bono on "Lights of Home," the second track on Songs of Experience, the long-delayed sequel to 2014's Songs of Innocence. It's not merely a turn of phrase. Two months after U2 unleashed Songs of Innocence on the world, Bono injured himself in a bicycle accident so severe he suspected he may never play guitar again. He recovered, but his misfortune derailed plans for the band to wrap up Songs of Experience swiftly, so U2 decided to take their time. A version of the record neared completion in 2016, but that year's twin elections of Brexit and Trump spurred U2 to revise the album, as they decided they couldn't release a record that didn't address such cataclysmic political events. Retro-conning the existing Songs of Experience material to suit the political climate wasn't the easiest task and the album often shows its seams, particularly when Bono decides to tackle the crisis head-on: the line "Democracy is flat on its back, Jack" arrives with a thud on "The Blackout," but it's nothing compared to "American Soul," an ode to real America where the singer and the band engage in a battle of hams. Here, U2 feel trapped between their history and the pull of the year, and they wind up seeming diminished. For the first time, they seem smaller than life