Originally posted by yeah:[..]
Good to see that some people didn't lose their faith in the band. And no, I'm not sarcastic or anything.
My opinion is completely different, though. I highly doubt a double album. I think that idea comes from the 50-60 songs quote but that indicates nothing to me. Nobody knows if Bono talks about lyrics, music, fragments, ideas...
The last "alright" records were the last 2 and based on what I've heard so far, I expect another one for 2009.
But then again Bono promised the best U2 album ever, so who am I to doubt him?
Oh, is that songwriting vein they hit the same as 2006 or did they find a new one?
Very good arguement, but the thing was the 50-60 songs thing wasn't even in my mind at the time. Of course the 50-60 songs thing says little, but its something. Who knows though, the chances of half of those songs being good songs is likely. A small percentage, but it could happen. But when Lanios says he's mixing half the album, he could be mixing either 5 to 10 tracks. We have no idea. All I know is, that if the album is due out in 2009, something good must be going on.
HTDAAB is a great album. Sure, 1-2 tracks are alright, but that doesn;t mean the album is alright. Remember now, quite a few singles came from it. About 5 songs were singles, and all of them made the charts one way or another. Eight Grammys kinda makes it hard to call it an alright record.
Now for ATYCLB. Its a very good album. Another album with 3 alright tracks, but as I said before, that doesn't define the album. 4 singles and all of them did well. 7 grammys. Do I need to say more? Plus if other people actually listen to Kite and hear the words they might like the song instead of clinging to their radios for their next song of the moment. 2009 will belong to U2.
Just remember if U2 comes up with more than 80 mins worth of material it has to be a double album. The average song is 4 minutes. That's 20 songs. Something tells me they've come up with 21.
at it being their last album! 
