what is U2's next album gonna be like???
2007-03-19 07:03:33 · 8 answers · asked by over_the_hi1111 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The only people who can definitively answer that are Bono, Adam Clayton, Edge and Larry Mullen and I seriously doubt you'll see them floating around here (although that would be cool, wouldn't it?). From past experience, it'll be a departure from what they've previously done (as all of their albums are). Maybe something along the lines of "Window in the Skies," as it's their newest single, but then again, maybe not.
Basically we'll have to wait until 2008 at the earliest to know the answer.
Either way, it's going to ROCK!
Lots of speculative info in the link below...
Excerpts...
December, 2006: In the January, 2007, issue of Q magazine, Edge talks about U2's next studio album:
"Will there be a new record next year? We hope, but we don't know. We've got about five or six songs that are in good enough shape that we feel strong about them, but not in good enough shape that we could record them.
"It's going to be a very melodic record. It's interesting to me that some of the artists who were really glossed over in the early period of the band's existence I'm starting to 'get' more and more now. People like the BeeGees. You listen to their work now and think 'My God, how brilliant were they as songwriters?' but totally undermined by a lot of bad hair and living in Los Angeles or whatever.
"And some of the things that the Eagles wrote -- amazing songs. It's a new-found appreciation for pure melody. That seems to be what we're all interested in at the moment."
September 17, 2006: In a recent interview with TIME magazine, Edge was asked "if there's a new U2 album around the bend?" His reply:
"Noooo. Nowhere near. We're here with [producer] Rick Rubin and enjoying the chemistry, but we're nowhere near a timetable or anything. I will say that we're having a good time. And I have a feeling that because of Rick's presence it's going to sound very different. When people spend time with it, they'll pick up on a different spirit, and I think it is a departure. We don't want to spend a whole lot of time on this album, so hopefully we'll get on a roll and get it out there. But really, it's early days."
2007-03-19 07:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a little perplexed on this one myself. When I heard Rick Rubin was producing the next album, I have to admit I imagined a stripped-down, acoustic U2 that is rarely heard. I figured he'd do the same treatment he did with Johnny Cash years ago and just get to the core of what makes the band great.
Then I heard it was being recorded in Abbey Road Studios... so I guess the "underproduced" idea flies out the window there. Abbey Road can conjure up so many Rock and Roll masterpieces... "Sgt. Pepper," "Dark Side of the Moon"... the list is quite impressive. And after hearing "Window in the Skies" I can only imagine U2 will pull out all the stops in this next outing.
I imagine it will sound great whatever it is.
2007-03-22 05:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It'll probably sound like U2...
2007-03-19 07:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by sixstringbassguy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question. Window in The Skies was good, but How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb was okay, so it really could be a toss-up.
2007-03-19 12:33:34 · answer #4 · answered by emthebem007 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
don't really know but I hope its soon...HUGE U2 fan!!!!!
best band in the world!!!!
2007-03-20 12:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummmm...great!
2007-03-19 07:11:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares?
2007-03-19 07:10:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
probably good.
2007-03-19 10:37:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋