# New U2 album free to all iTunes subscribers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995 "2014-09-09T18:59:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/21 "2014-09-10T18:44:19Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > He can’t spend every bloody Sunday writing songs. What in the name of love are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/22 "2014-09-10T19:53:02Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > What in the name of love are you talking about? I’d explain it to you, but I don’t work _pro bono_. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/23 "2014-09-10T19:54:04Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > I’d explain it to you, but I don’t work _pro bono_. That was Bad. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/24 "2014-09-10T21:08:26Z")
He probably did it before love came to town. ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/25 "2014-09-10T21:47:01Z")
It took me a bit of messing about to get iTunes to actually download the album. I don’t know what it was that finally worked, exactly. Might have been reloading the iTunes Store page a few times, might have been just waiting long enough. It did eventually work, though. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/26 "2014-09-10T21:58:18Z")
> [@susan](#): > > He probably did it before love came to town. True. But any day with a new U2 album is definitely a beautiful day. I bet this goes to #1 with a bullet. The blue sky is the limit, I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/27 "2014-09-10T23:24:48Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > In true hipster fashion, Reddit today is full of people bitching that Apple dared to put U2 in their purchased music folders, apparently because if the music is there, someone is going going to strap you down and make you listen to it. Just looked at my library and it is slightly weird to just have it appear there out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/28 "2014-09-10T23:49:12Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > Just looked at my library and it is slightly weird to just have it appear there out of nowhere. Did you feel a sense of [Pride](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_%28In_the_Name_of_Love%29) when you saw it in there? ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/29 "2014-09-11T02:41:36Z")
I just hope the album is not a Lemon. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/30 "2014-09-11T03:03:07Z")
> [@Sam\_Lowry](#): > > I don’t know how Billboard or whoever else will measure the actual release. If all 500 million iTunes users actually download it, it would be by far the biggest album of all time, but I doubt everyone will. If only 10% download it, it will still be the biggest of all time, topping the current biggest of Thriller at 42.4 million. Well when Jay-Z made his “Magna Carta” album a free download with use of a Samsung app, Billboard refused to count that as a record sale. Then again Billboard has been known to recently change its rules when big timers put up pressure. ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/31 "2014-09-11T05:36:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > That was Bad. Yeah. This means War. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/32 "2014-09-11T12:24:06Z")
Boy, this thread’s getting silly. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/33 "2014-09-11T12:28:06Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Boy, this thread’s getting silly. I don’t know. I think it’s even better than the real thing ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/34 "2014-09-11T12:50:37Z")
I like U2. I’ve only ever gotten to see them play once (MSG) and 2 tix and a T-shirt cost me easily 1 month’s pay (back when I was making good money). I was maybe 5 rows from the farthest, highest back wall. I heard the music fine, but the show was too energetic to see well through binoculars. Still, I’m glad that I went. Thank You Very Much for telling me about the album! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/35 "2014-09-11T16:08:55Z")
Seriously though, what’s the deal? I can see in the iTunes store it says “purchased”. But the songs aren’t in my iTunes Library nor can I play any of the songs for more that 90 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/36 "2014-09-11T17:02:07Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Seriously though, what’s the deal? I can see in the iTunes store it says “purchased”. But the songs aren’t in my iTunes Library nor can I play any of the songs for more that 90 seconds. Try the trick in comment #8. It worked for me and it should work for you too. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/37 "2014-09-11T17:11:00Z")
Oh, there is just one other thing. The code to fully download this free album is split into two parts. You get half when you purchase an iPhone6 and half when you get the iWatch. The only surprise is that anyone is surprised by this… ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/38 "2014-09-11T17:12:08Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Seriously though, what’s the deal? I can see in the iTunes store it says “purchased”. But the songs aren’t in my iTunes Library nor can I play any of the songs for more that 90 seconds. You still haven’t found what you’re looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/39 "2014-09-11T17:27:30Z")
Go to the right side of Windows based iTunes when you’re on the store. See ‘Purchased’? Click on that. Under Music, Not On This Computer. Down in the lower right there should be a download all button. If there’s other stuff on that page that you don’t want to download, you should be able to click on the album and then download one or all. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995/40 "2014-09-11T17:31:03Z")
I notice nobody’s really talking about the content, probably because it’s pretty terrible. Maybe one level above the blandness of Sting. Which is to say, Coldplay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-u2-album-free-to-all-itunes-subscribers/697995.md?page=3)