U2 release free album

2014-09-09 by beachdude | 70 Comments
Rock legends U2 announced at today's Apple Keynote event that their new album, Songs of Innocence, is now available for free to all iTunes customers. In an unusual twist, all users with an iTunes Store account have had the album automatically added to their iCloud libraries, where they can choose to stream or download it, or remove it from their library altogether.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6244130/u2-songs-of-innocence-free-album-apple-itunes

Tagged: U2

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Supercoolguy64
September 9th 2014
11796 Comments


i dont care about U2 but hey free crap yaaaaaaaaaaay

YakNips
September 9th 2014
20100 Comments


fuck yeah dudes!

oh btw here's a good free album
http://elvisdepressedly.bandcamp.com/album/hotter-sadness

WhiteNoise
September 9th 2014
3887 Comments


"users with an iTunes Store account have had the album automatically added to their iCloud libraries"

Skynet. The machines have won.

YakNips
September 9th 2014
20100 Comments


i mean if you want a free album you may as well get a good one js

joshenjammer
September 9th 2014
1 Comments


Listening now. I know U2 isn't popular on this site, but I for one love the band and think this new album is fantastic so far.

LepreCon
September 9th 2014
5481 Comments


It's not actually bad. But if you hate Bono then you'll hate this

KILL
September 9th 2014
81580 Comments


they'd have to pay me, the cunts

JokineAugustus
September 9th 2014
10938 Comments


fifty CAD

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
September 9th 2014
18258 Comments


Was wondering why it made my play list, so weird next to Eye Of Solitude and Until Death Overtakes Me

VaxXi
September 9th 2014
4418 Comments


Deff better than their last album, but still a little too safe for my taste. But hey, free music. Enjoy!

Gestapo
September 9th 2014
1487 Comments


http://thepsykeproject.bandcamp.com/

Bombastik
September 10th 2014
62 Comments


Basically middle of the road rock but still fairly good, nothing mindblowing

Bombastik
September 10th 2014
62 Comments


Basically middle of the road rock but still fairly good, nothing mindblowing

BeeRyan
September 10th 2014
1799 Comments


iTunes sucks so I won't download it unless another link falls into my lap.

Grizzlypyro
September 10th 2014
272 Comments


I didn't ask for this.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2014
19524 Comments


Don't lie, you were asking for it.

Mookid
September 10th 2014
1485 Comments


Oh shit, def getting this now


Yeah, I love U2...

Kalopsia
September 10th 2014
3384 Comments


and yet that's still more than i would ever pay for a U2 album

Insurrection
September 10th 2014
24844 Comments


smart move by U2

they know no one will buy the album so they release it for free

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
18258 Comments


And make it instantly downloadable while doing so. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Sowing
Moderator
September 10th 2014
43968 Comments


Sweeet

Has Irving jizzed his pants yet

moshpotatoes
September 10th 2014
712 Comments


It has a 'The Killers' vibe to it..

heyadam
September 10th 2014
4397 Comments


hell yeah. Free U2 is completely cool with me - there are bound to be some good tracks

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


They put that bull shit in my library without asking me?

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


That's pretty awesome hell yeahhh

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments



"It has a 'The Killers' vibe to it.."

Well, the Killers based their sound almost completely off of U2, so...

tommygun
September 10th 2014
27109 Comments


'automatically added to libraries' get fucked

Mutantsnowstorm
September 10th 2014
514 Comments


I about had a heart attack cause I saw this in my library and I don't care for U2. I thought my account was hacked in to...

Guess I'll give it a listen.

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


That's what I'm saying, tommy.

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2014
19524 Comments


You know, if they're going force this into people's libraries, at least make it good ffs

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


U2 rule you sissies

tommygun
September 10th 2014
27109 Comments


:D

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


Don't you :D me cunt
These dudes know how to play
Every Breaking Wave is massive

Frippertronics
Emeritus
September 10th 2014
19524 Comments


they've been trash for twenty years m8, the U2 of yore is fookin ded

Imperial
September 10th 2014
2050 Comments


Their albums are like straight to dvd sequels now.

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


Except somehow they're embedding themselves into our iTunes accounts without us noticing.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


You're acting like they're hackers or something
They're just really fuckin smart at promoting their music
Listen to that groove in Volcano come on mane

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


Nah. If they hacked it, that would be cool. But they payed iTunes money to force their crappy music onto people without their consent. That makes it lame. I'll listen to it for you, row. But if I 1.5 it, you can't take it personally.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


Because illegal hacking is so much better than a legitimate, legal spread of music? alrighty then
When Radiohead did this everyone was jizzing over it as basically the future of music yet when U2 do it its apparently an insult to iTunes users

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


Did Radiohead do this? I was unaware. I'm just fucking around anyway. I don't even use iTunes for real.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


Radiohead released In Rainbows for free, they just didn't use iTunes
admittedly iTunes is a load of bollocks but still this is a very clever marketing move, one of the best I've seen in ages
but hey whatever you like dude its all just opinions

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


This is the worst thing ever. I am genuinely outraged. You aren't overreacting to my sarcastic over reactions at all. I'm gonna go smash things. Brb, bby.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


Arcade my nigga always got my back
Maybe my overreactions were also sarcastic overreactions to your sarcastic overreactions? hmm

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


It starts of with a bit of middle-of-the-road jams as you'd expect but every song from Volcano onwards is actually a tune

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


Well, I'm gonna eat a cheese sandwich.

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
47670 Comments


yes you do

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
18258 Comments


"Has Irving jizzed his pants yet"

He's got a 4/5 hard boner for it.

insomniac15
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
6191 Comments


I know it's a free album, but why couldn't they give it a proper cover?

zakalwe
September 10th 2014
38983 Comments


U2 have been forced down our throats since the '80s but this is taking the fucking piss.

Deviant.
Staff Reviewer
September 10th 2014
32289 Comments


all users with an iTunes Store account have had the album automatically added to their iCloud libraries,


What a fucking ridiculous idea

deathschool
September 10th 2014
28660 Comments


U2 is working with the NSA.

Faraudo
September 10th 2014
4648 Comments


The hate this thing is getting just because it is a U2 album is pretty shocking lol. It's actually kinda good, and free.

Chrisjon89
September 10th 2014
3833 Comments


spare a thought for all the disgruntled hipsters who actually had a U2 album show up in their library.

it's clever cos even though War is awesome, I've not been the least bit interested in anything they've done this millennium, save for a couple of singles. and I wouldn't have been with this had it been released by normal means. but now i'm gonna listen.

DrSelker
September 10th 2014
17 Comments


Uncomfortably invasive, but at least the songs are nice

Tyler.
September 10th 2014
19025 Comments


wait this is just getting forced into people's libraries? lmaoooooooooooo wft

Final Origin
September 10th 2014
891 Comments


BONO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlXsCLWgFkw

AcidCaravan
September 10th 2014
503 Comments


Oh...maybe I'll give it a try. Even if U2 pretty much sucked for ages to my ears. Their last decent effort was "Zooropa" (1993!!!!)

beefshoes
September 10th 2014
8443 Comments


Boy was a killer record. Everything after and before was meh at best.

bloc
September 11th 2014
70281 Comments


"users with an iTunes Store account have had the album automatically added to their iCloud libraries"

HOW DARE THEY

IFeelTeeth
September 11th 2014
34 Comments


Saw this and legit yelled at my roommate thinking he downloaded U2 on my iphone as a joke!
This is fucking bullshit i dont want U2 anywhere near my ears ever!!!!

TalonsOfFire
Emeritus
September 11th 2014
20969 Comments


calm down

IAmTheSun
September 11th 2014
29 Comments


sounds free

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
September 11th 2014
47670 Comments


"Saw this and legit yelled at my roommate thinking he downloaded U2 on my iphone as a joke!"
fucking lol'd

Trebor.
Emeritus
September 11th 2014
59876 Comments


glad I don't have an iphone

Spec
September 11th 2014
39565 Comments


Annoyed that this shit randomly appeared on my phone.

Gassman3268
September 11th 2014
177 Comments


Rolling Stone just gave it a 5/5. I wonder if its some sort of internal joke to always give U2 prefect scores?

gocsa666
September 11th 2014
475 Comments


Mediocrity U2 is thy name. I could care more about them if at least they were really bad, but no, they are just so painfully, utterly harmless and mediocre. It's like the ultimate white middle class radio rock.

henryChinaski
September 11th 2014
5045 Comments


glad I don't have an iphone [2]

toomanyxsinmyname
September 13th 2014
506 Comments


u2 sucks

toomanyxsinmyname
September 13th 2014
506 Comments


but free shit yay



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