U2 announced “Songs Of Surrender”, a collection of 40 seminal U2 songs from across their catalog re-recorded and reimagined for 2023 in sessions spanning the last two years, will be released in full on Friday 17th March 2023 by Island Records and Interscope. The anthemic ‘Pride’ (In The Name Of Love) is the first track to be released from this brand new set of recordings.
The Edge curated and produced “Songs Of Surrender”, which sees the band revisit some of their most celebrated songs from their 40+ year career, including ‘With Or Without You,’ ‘One,’ ‘Beautiful Day,’ ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday,’ and ‘Invisible,’ for a musical reimagining resulting in a completely new recording of each track, including the arrangements and, in some cases, new lyrics.
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“Music allows you to time travel, and we became curious to find out what it would be like to bring our early songs back with us to the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st century reimagining,” The Edge said of the project. As so many of our songs yielded to new interpretations, what began as an experiment quickly became a personal obsession. Post-punk urgency was replaced by intimacy. New tempos, keys, and, in some cases, chords and lyrics were introduced. It turns out that a great song is almost indestructible.
The 40 newly recorded tracks are divided into four ‘albums’, one for each of the 4 band members. Songs of Surrender can be purchased in the following formats: Full 40-track digital release; Limited Edition 40-track 2-CD Hardback Deluxe release; and Limited Edition 40-track 4-LP vinyl release. Pre-ordering is now available.
