U2 - BBC Sessions, Volume 8: Acoustic Session, BBC Radio 2, London, Britain, 10-15-2014

I think it's undeniable U2's music has declined in quality since the early 2000s. One can see it in critical ratings and well as sales. And that's typical for most musical artists. Very few can stay on top creativity after decades. That said, they still have done some interesting stuff in their later years. This is an interesting BBC studio session because the band played their songs in an acoustic style. Actually, it's more accurate to call this semi-acoustic, since they played most of these songs with bass and drums. But still, these are definitely different arrangements of these songs.

This session took place after the release of the band's studio album "Songs of Innocence." That was the album that was controversially included for free for about 500 million Apple iTunes users. It caused a backlash since many people felt it was forced on them.

The first six songs all come from the "Songs of Innocence" album. The seventh song, "Ordinary Love," wouldn't be released until the 2017 album "Songs of Experience." Those first six songs were later included on a deluxe edition of "Songs of Innocence," but the seventh is still unreleased. 

This album is rather short. So I an extra song at the end, "Mysterious Ways." It's also done in a similar style, so I think it fits right in. It's unreleased, coming from a tour rehearsal in 2015.

This album is 30 minutes long.

01 Every Breaking Wave (U2)
02 California [There Is No End to Love] (U2)
03 Raised by Wolves (U2)
04 Cedarwood Road (U2)
05 Song for Someone (U2)
06 The Miracle [Of Joey Ramone] (U2)
07 Ordinary Love (U2)
08 Mysterious Ways (U2)

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For this session, U2 performed in Abbey Road Studios in London, where the Beatles recorded most of their albums, including "Abbey Road." For fun, the band did a photo shoot that was a nighttime version of the Beatles' iconic "Abbey Road" album cover.