The Irish band U2 released their album Carnaval De Luz on November 13. It is their sixteenth studio album and, with twelve tracks, the first collection of new original material since the 2017 album Songs of Experience. It comes out in the year when Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. are marking fifty years since the band's formation in Dublin. Hudba.sk ↗
The closing track Torn is attracting the most attention. Bono sings it as a duet with Dolly Parton, who recorded her part in June in Nashville. It is the country legend's last vocal recording, as she died on August 25. The song about disrupted family relationships was written by Dolly Parton, Bono and Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, with Daniel Lanois playing pedal steel guitar on it. Hudba.sk ↗
The album was produced by Jacknife Lee. Brian Eno contributed to three tracks, Martin Garrix to the song Glorify, and Ryan Tedder to the track Silencio. The album was preceded by this year's EPs Days of Ash and Easter Lily. Hudba.sk ↗
The Czech news portal Novinky.cz gave the album 80 percent. Reviewer Jaroslav Špulák praises the punk-cheeky Silencio, the catchy Street of Dreams and the stadium-sized Superficiality. Torn, in his view, comes across as weaker. "There's no new revolution happening, but a good, full-fledged album has emerged," he concludes. Novinky.cz ↗
Photo: Remy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (U2 on the Joshua Tree tour, Brussels 2017)
U2 released their first album in nine years. Carnaval De Luz features Dolly Parton's last recording
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