U2 SONGS OF INNOCENCE

U2 SONGS OF INNOCENCEMany U2 albums experience a difficult birth, but their 13th studio record underwent a particularly extended labor. Gestating for years, possibly started immediately after 2009's No Line on the Horizon and ushered into existence by many midwives, Songs of Innocence appeared suddenly in September 2014, nearly nine months after "Invisible," the presumptive lead single for the record, flopped. "Invisible" is nowhere to be found on Songs of Innocence, yet

1965 at the Matrix nightclub in San Francisco

thanks to his regular session work)

On I Long to See You

Released by Jealous Butcher Records

that makes Ray Price's early-'70s singles sound like Jimmie Rodgers

Paul Stanley (Picture Disc Vinyl) [Import] is a Records & LPs from Kiss

The Sequel

a captivating rock album presented on random color vinyl

" he plays an MC/doctor treating a certain music genre diagnosed as lifeless and closes with a quintessential Weezy snarl: "Welcome back hip-hop/I saved your life

and the jacked-up rockabilly of Buddy Holly's "Well Alright

Recorded a year earlier in Hamburg

Dennis Davis (percussion)