U2 - Songs Of Experience - Extra Deluxe Edition [Audio Vinyl + CD]

U2 returns with their hotly anticipated new studio album with the Songs of Experience Extra Deluxe Edition 2 Vinyl LP + Deluxe CD.

Extra Deluxe Edition includes a 12” X 12” laminated cyan-blue rigid box (limited and numbered), a 2LP gatefold sleeve with 180g translucent cyan-blue vinyl, a deluxe digipak CD with 4 bonus tracks, a fold-out poster, the "Songs Of Experience" 12-page newspaper on blue tinted paper and a download voucher!

The Island Records priority release completes a stellar year for the Dublin band, following their return to stadiums with the critically acclaimed, sold out "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017" playing to 2.4 million fans in just 51 shows across Europe and North and South America, as well as the successful 30th Anniversary re-issue of "The Joshua Tree"

Recorded in Dublin, New York and Los Angeles, Songs of Experience was completed earlier this year with its subject matter influenced by Brendan Kennelly's advice to Bono, to "write as if you're dead". The result is a collection of songs in the form of intimate letters to places and people close to the singer's heart: family, friends, fans and indeed himself.

Songs Of Experience is the companion release to 2014's "Songs Of Innocence" the two titles drawing inspiration from a collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and Experience, by the 18th century English mystic and poet William Blake.

Produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder, with Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow and Jolyon Thomas, the album features a cover image by Anton Corbijn of band-members' teenage children Eli Hewson and Sian Evans. "The Blackout" and "You're The Best Thing About Me" were the first songs to be made available from the album.

"You're The Best Thing About Me" is the band's first UK Top 20 airplay record in a decade and has also been remixed by Norwegian superstar DJ and producer Kygo!