{"product_id":"songs_of_innocence","title":"Songs Of Innocence","description":"\u003cp\u003eSongs of Innocence is U2’s thirteenth studio album, released in September 2014 and produced primarily by Danger Mouse, with additional work from Paul Epworth, Ryan Tedder, Declan Gaffney, and Flood. Conceived as a “musical autobiography,” it looks back on the band’s formative years in 1970s Dublin—early punk and glam rock influences, friendships, family trauma, and the origins of their faith and politics—while presenting those memories through a polished, modern rock production. The standard edition features 11 tracks: “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone),” “Every Breaking Wave,” “California (There Is No End to Love),” “Song for Someone,” “Iris (Hold Me Close),” “Volcano,” “Raised by Wolves,” “Cedarwood Road,” “Sleep Like a Baby Tonight,” “This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now,” and “The Troubles.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLyrically, the album is unusually personal for U2. “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)” pays homage to the Ramones and the liberating shock of punk; “Iris (Hold Me Close)” revisits the death of Bono’s mother; “Cedarwood Road” and “Raised by Wolves” confront childhood streets and political violence; while “Song for Someone” and “Every Breaking Wave” explore young love, vulnerability, and fear of commitment. Musically, it blends chiming guitars and big choruses with crisp, contemporary production, aiming for a fresh take on classic U2 rather than radical reinvention, which led some critics to praise it as a focused, tuneful late‑career effort and others to see it as competent but cautious. The album became infamous for its rollout: Apple paid U2 to push it free into millions of iTunes libraries, a move that sparked a backlash about “forced downloads” but also underscored the band’s desire to reach a huge audience with an intimate, backward‑looking record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ 2LP","offer_id":53809055662394,"sku":"39572","price":54.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-07-28_at_2.13.17_PM_967bf208-c0be-447b-8705-04ba9413b993.jpeg?v=1785262500","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/songs_of_innocence","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}