Songs of Experience
Conceived as a companion to Songs of Innocence, this album looks outward through personal addresses and reflections on experience. Multiple producers worked with U2 over several years.
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Inside the recording
- Producers
- Jacknife Lee; Ryan Tedder; additional producers credited in the source
- Engineering & mixing
- Andy Barlow, Jacknife Lee, Steve Lillywhite, Alex Bailey, Matt Bishop
- Recording locations
- Electric Lady (New York City); The Garage (Topanga, California); Shangri-La (Los Angeles); Strathmore House (Killiney); Neptune Valley (Los Angeles); Hanover Quay (Dublin); Windmill Lane (Dublin); The Woodshed (Los Angeles); Uno Mas (Brentwood, Tennessee); Waterloo (Los Angeles); The Church (London)
- In the studio
- The band delayed and reassessed the record after the political changes of 2016, revisiting songs rather than issuing the earlier sequence unchanged.
Selected credits, not an exhaustive personnel list. Release credits — U2SongsPersonnel & background — Wikipedia
Tracks
- Love is All We Have LeftStudio Version
- Lights of HomeStudio Version
- You're The Best Thing About MeSingle Version
- Get Out Of Your Own WayStudio Version
- American SoulStudio Version
- Summer of LoveStudio Version
- Red Flag DayStudio Version
- The Showman (Little More Better)Studio Version
- The Little Things That Give You AwayStudio Version
- LandladyStudio Version
- The BlackoutStudio Version
- Love is Bigger Than Anything in its WayStudio Version
- 13 (There is A Light)Studio Version
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Chart positions
Certifications
- UK — BPI: Gold Source
Grammys & other honours
No work-specific award win has been verified for this entry. This is not a claim that none exists.
Selected documented achievements, not a worldwide exhaustive register. Certifications are award levels, not current sales estimates. Song and video awards appear on the relevant song pages and are not automatically credited to the album.
Did you know?
The album's US number-one debut made U2 the first group to top that chart in four consecutive decades.