Post in this thread when you realize Apple forced the new U2 album on you.

[Incandenza]

 

[Incandenza]

Well, it's on here, so maybe I should listen to it? Liveblog it? Even their "best" work has never gotten more than a "it's OK" reaction from me.

Someone get Edwin MacPhisto and bob barron in here.

 

[Skywarp!]

Between this and the Fappening, September 2014 will go down in history as the month everyone realized just how creepy the iCloud can be.

 

[Incandenza]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/u2-songs-of-innocence-20140911

Has David Fricke ever written a negative review in his life? I'm sure he has, but you'd probably have to dig deep. (And it certainly wasn't for an album by one of Rolling Stone's pet favorites.) I bet Kamala can find one.

And I still haven't listened to this.

 

[Edwin]

Well, it's on here, so maybe I should listen to it? Liveblog it? Even their "best" work has never gotten more than a "it's OK" reaction from me.

Someone get Edwin MacPhisto and bob barron in here.

ONE WEEK LATER...

I'm sure it's fucking terrible. I don't think I actually had it appear in my iTunes library, somehow. I also don't know that I've actually put a U2 album on in a decade, though I'll still listen to anything from Boy through The Unforgettable Fire when it comes up on XM First Wave.

 

[Alfie]

Even the U2 albums that are supposed to be good are incredibly boring.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Yeah i got it. Even underground, when I can't use pandora, I still refused to listen. Nice try, apple.

 

[Gary]

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/rolling-stone-names-u2-album-that-pissed-everyone-off-best-of-2014_b234291

 

[Skywarp!]

Oh yeah, I still have this album hanging around and haven't listened to it.

Actually, I started it once months ago. Two minutes into the first song my toddler son said, "This song is boring, Dad. Please turn it off."

I did.

 

[Mattdotcom]

What a poorly written article

 

[AA484]

I like how the guy name-dropped Wu-Tang, as if their new disc could be a potential album of the year - which is funny considering they haven't released a good one in nearly twenty years.

 

[MFer]

A year and half later, I upgrade my iTunes (and my OS in general) and whaddya know? That damn U2 album! Oh well.

 

[The Coat Is My Father]

it's still on my phone