Stereogum — Apple’s annual product rollout shebang, the one that ended with U2 forcing its new album onto your computer, began with a video called “Perspective” that was pegged as a tribute to original thinkers “who have always seen things differently.�... more info

Mercury News, California — Read our ranking then vote for your favorite U2 album. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Is the Apple-partnered launch of U2's "Songs of Innocence" really the biggest album release of all time? more info

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Perez Hilton — Tuesday was a beautiful day for the band U2 and their loyal fans. After performing a song off their album Songs of Innocence at the Apple event, it was revealed that the album would be free for all iTunes subscribers. Yep, if you have an iTunes accou... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — One danger of artistic longevity is repetition. Then there's the problem of self-parody. In the case of U2, a band with 13 documented and doted-upon studio albums across 34 years, how does an artist deliver surprise instead of lapsing into well-worn ... more info

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LargeHeartedBoy — io9 shared an excerpt from John Darnielle's new novel Wolf in White Van. The new U2 album is available for free to iTunes customers. The Nervous Breakdown shared an excerpt from Dylan Landis's novel Rainey Royal. John Cheever's daughter toured... more info

NME — Band released surprise new LP yesterday (September 9) more info

The Telegraph — More than half a billion iTunes customers have received a free copy of the new U2 album, Songs of Innocence - and not all of them are happy about it more info