Tim Cook Gave Me This Album | U2 - Songs of Innocence

On this episode of Vinyl Verdict, Bell, Jamie and Plouffe listen to Bell's next pick, U2's "Songs of Innocence". Released in 2014, it is their 13th album. It was released following the Apple Event to announce the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, with Apple making the album available to all iTunes users at no additional cost. Within a month, the album had been listened to by 81 million users and downloaded 26 million times. However, many artists were upset by the way the album was released, with some saying that giving the music away for free cheapened the art form. A great many iPhone users were upset that the album was automatically added to their phones, and Apple had to release a webpage to remove the album from users' accounts. Critics were also polarized by the issue, as well as the musical content itself, with many saying the album was very bland and middle-of-the-road.

What will the boys think of the album? Will they all try and acquire it for their record libraries or will they have to have Bell exorcise it from their ears? Come along and find out!