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Riffiter listeners rate Songs of Experience 3.6/5 from 9 ratings.

What is the highest-rated track on Songs of Experience?

Landlady, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.

When was Songs of Experience released?

Songs of Experience was released in 2017 on Universal-Island Records Ltd..

How many tracks are on Songs of Experience?

Songs of Experience has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.

What genre is Songs of Experience?

Songs of Experience is catalogued under Pop Rock, Rock, Alternative Rock.

What BPM is Songs of Experience?

Songs of Experience runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in D major, measured from audio analysis.

What albums are similar to Songs of Experience?

Listeners of Songs of Experience also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Automatic for the People by R.E.M..

Who produced Songs of Experience?

Songs of Experience was produced by Jacknife Lee, Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle and Andrew Barlow, among 7 credited in total. Jacknife Lee produced 9 of them.

Album · 2017

Songs of Experience

by U2

Songs of Experience is a 2017 pop rock album by U2. It runs 13 tracks across 51 minutes on Universal-Island Records Ltd.. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.6/5 from 9 ratings.

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Jacknife Lee

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Pop Rock · Rock · Alternative Rock

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Tracks: 51 min
Runtime: 130 bpm
Tempo: D major
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Songs of Experience is the fourteenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Released on 1 December 2017, it was produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder with Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow, Jolyon Thomas, Brent Kutzle, Paul Epworth, Danger Mouse, and Declan Gaffney. The album is intended to be a companion piece to U2's previous record, Songs of Innocence (2014). Whereas its predecessor explored the group members' adolescence in Ireland in the 1970s, Songs of Experience thematically is a collection of letters written by lead vocalist Bono to people and places closest to his heart. Songs of Experience was first conceived during the Songs of Innocence sessions and initially started with Bono writing songs while recuperating from a serious November 2014 bicycle accident. U2 began work on the album in earnest during the 2015 Innocence + Experience Tour, with the band members individually collaborating with the producers while on the road. The sessions continued into 2016 and mostly wrapped up by the end of the year.

The group had planned to release the album in the fourth quarter, but after the shift of global politics in a conservative direction, highlighted by the UK's Brexit vote and the 2016 US presidential election, they chose to put the record on hold and reassess its tone. With the extra time, U2 re-recorded many of the songs as a group while remixing and exploring different production techniques. Bono rewrote his lyrics to reflect the political climate as well as a "brush with mortality" that he experienced in late 2016. The album was ultimately completed during the Joshua Tree Tour 2017. Compared to Songs of Innocence's pervasive no-cost release through the iTunes Store, promotion for Songs of Experience was more understated, using several postal mail letters to fans to tease the album prior to its release. The record received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom believed it tread old ground for the band. Due in part to bundling with ticket purchases for the 2018 Experience + Innocence Tour, the album debuted at number one in the United States, making U2 the first group to top the country's chart in four consecutive decades. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number five.

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Is Songs of Experience good?: Riffiter listeners rate Songs of Experience 3.6/5 from 9 ratings.
What is the highest-rated track on Songs of Experience?: Landlady, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.
When was Songs of Experience released?: Songs of Experience was released in 2017 on Universal-Island Records Ltd..
How many tracks are on Songs of Experience?: Songs of Experience has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 51 minutes.
What genre is Songs of Experience?: Songs of Experience is catalogued under Pop Rock, Rock, Alternative Rock.
What BPM is Songs of Experience?: Songs of Experience runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in D major, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Songs of Experience?: Listeners of Songs of Experience also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Automatic for the People by R.E.M..
Who produced Songs of Experience?: Songs of Experience was produced by Jacknife Lee, Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle and Andrew Barlow, among 7 credited in total. Jacknife Lee produced 9 of them.