The Tracklist And Cover Art For U2’s Long-Awaited ‘Songs Of Experience’ Has Reportedly Been Revealed

With the Apple-centric release of U2’s 2014 album Songs Of Innocence, the band proved that a low-key album release just doesn’t do it for them anymore. That record’s upcoming follow-up, Songs Of Experience, will seemingly be preceded by a similarly enigmatic rollout. It’s already been teased with mysterious letters and the solar eclipse, and now they’re back to sending out letters, this time mailing a blacked-out version of the Songs Of Experience tracklist to fans.

Although the only legible title is the previously unannounced “The Showman (Little More Better),” long-running fan site @U2 has posted the full tracklist, which they say “comes from photos shared with @U2 of the deluxe vinyl edition.” The tracklist posted by the site does seem to match up with the blacked-out U2 mailer, based on the stray visible letters in some track titles.

Photos of the deluxe edition have found their way online as well, and it looks like it will be available in a gorgeous blue vinyl edition, CD, and other formats that come with various goodies like posters, a Songs Of Experience newspaper, and more. This also seems to confirm the rumored album cover, which the band has shown on stage during live shows this year, and which features an Anton Corbijn photo of Bono’s son, Eli Hewson, and The Edge’s daughter, Sian Evans. It’s important to note, though, that none of this has been officially confirmed by the band yet.

Check out the Songs Of Experience art above and the tracklist below. Also, revisit our review of the band’s Rose Bowl performance from earlier this year here.

1. “Love Is All We Have Left”
2. “Lights Of Home”
3. “You’re The Best Thing About Me”
4. “Get Out Of Your Own Way”
5. “American Soul”
6. “Summer Of Love”
7. “Red Flag Day”
8. “The Showman (Little More Better)”
9. “The Little Things That Give You Away”
10. “Landlady”
11. “The Blackout”
12. “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way”
13. “13 (There Is A Light)”

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:
14. “Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix)”
15. “Book Of Your Heart”
16. “Lights Of Home (St Peter’s String Version)”