As November approaches, I've been hanging on every word reported by U2 fansites like @U2 and U2 Log about their upcoming album.

Within the last couple of weeks, several different reports have confirmed the release date of the album -- November 23rd! Can you think of anything else I might be excited about on that date? (Think cake and 1 candle!) Genia and I can take Bailey to Best Buy to get her first U2 cd on her first birthday! Woohoo!

Today U2 Log posted this article from the new edition of Q Magazine which lists six song titles confirmed for the new album. Here they are, with a of my few thoughts on each:

"Vertigo"
This is the lead single, and should hit radio by September 24th, though I have a feeling certain stations might be playing it early, if they get it early. A clip hit the internet earlier this month, and like the "All Because of You" clip that surfaced a few weeks prior, the sound quality was poor, and it was hard to really get a sense of what the finished song would sound like. I'm hoping it will take the airwaves by storm just like "Beautiful Day" did back in September 2000.

"Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"
This is a song Bono reportedly wrote just after his father died, right around the time of the Slane Castle concerts in fall 2001. This is sure to be loaded with emotion -- a powerful ballad. I can't wait to hear this song -- U2 fans in the know have been hearing this title for two years now!

"City of Burning Lights"
What a great song title. Very, very U2. Will it be an energetic rock song reminiscent of their early days ("I Will Follow", "Out of Control") or a big "wide-screen" song in the vein of "Streets"? The title brings Achtung Baby to my mind... It's a mystery!

"Man & A Woman"
No idea where this one could go, musically speaking, just from the title...

"Yahweh"
This is one song I'm dying to hear. I first heard (and blogged about) this song title back in January. The source who gave the title to U2 Log said it was "one of the greatest songs U2 have ever recorded."

"Crumbs From Your Table"
As soon as I read this, I thought of Mark 7:25-30 (I did have to look up the reference, of course). This could go in a number of different directions. It could have nothing at all to do with that NT story. It could be a "relationship with God" type of song, or, and this might be a stretch, it could even have something to do with Bono's work with DATA on the AIDS crisis in Africa.