“Songs of Surrender” consists of a collection of 40 songs from the group’s repertoire that was re-recorded and recreated. The new version of “Pride (In the Name of Love)” is now available.
Island Records and Interscope announce the release of “Songs Of Surrender” – a collection of 40 seminal U2 songs, re-recorded and recreated for 2023 in sessions spanning the past two years. “Songs Of Surrender” will be released in full on Friday, March 17th. The first song to be made available from this brand new set of recordings is the anthem “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”.
Curated and produced by The Edge, “Songs Of Surrender” sees the band revisit some of the most celebrated songs from U2’s 40+ year career, including “With Or Without You”, “One”, “Beautiful Day”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “Invisible”. Each chosen theme was completely re-recorded and recreated, in order to include new arrangements and, in some cases, new lyrics.
The Edge said of the project: “Music allows a person to travel back in time and we were curious to find out what it would be like to bring our first songs back to the present day and give them the benefit, or not, of a century re-enactment. XXI.
What started as an experiment quickly turned into a personal obsession, as many of our songs gave way to new interpretations. Intimacy has replaced post-punk urgency. New tempos, new keys, and, in some cases, new chords and new lyrics. A great song is almost indestructible.
The process of selecting which songs we should revisit started with a series of mockups. I watched how a song would fit together if all the essential elements were stripped away. The other main objective was to find ways to bring intimacy to the songs, as most of them were originally written with concerts in mind.
When revisiting these recordings with producer Bob Ezrin, it was very easy to see which ones worked right away and which ones needed more work. We all understand that less is more.”
The 40 newly recorded songs are organized by band member names into four separate “albums”. The Edge adds: “Hearing the songs interact with each other and define the lineups for the four albums was really exciting; finding amazing sequences, having the opportunity to be a DJ. Since we had four distinct albums, it was easy to see who would be the figurehead for each one.”
“Songs Of Surrender” will be available in several formats: digital album with 40 songs; limited edition double CD with hardcover; limited edition 4LPs.
Full tracklist of “Songs Of Surrender”:
Side 1 – The Edge
1. One
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Stories For Boys
4. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
5. Out Of Control
6. Beautiful Day
7. Bad
8. Every Breaking Wave
9. Walk On (Ukraine)
10. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Side 2 – Larry
1. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
2. Get Out Of Your Own Way
3. Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
4. Red Hill Mining Town
5. Ordinary Love
6. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
7. Invisible
8. Dirty Day
9. The Miracle Of Joey Ramone
10. City Of Blinding Lights
Side 3 – Adam
1. Vertigo
2. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
3. Electrical Storm
4. The Fly
5. If God Will Send His Angels
6. Desire
7. Until The End Of The World
8. Song For Someone
9. All I Want Is You
10. Peace On Earth
Side 4 – Bono
1. With Or Without You
2. Stay
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. Lights Of Home
5. Cedarwood Road
6. I Will Follow
7. Two Hearts Beat As One
8. Miracle Drug
9. The Little Things That Give You Away
10. 40
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