Rolling Stone has announced their top album for 2014, and the award goes to U2 for their album Songs of Innocence. While it may have been the most loved album from Rolling Stone, fans were not all pleased when the song arrived on their Apple devices without giving them the option to download the album or not.
CNN reported that back in September the album was sent out to over 500 million iTunes users, without their consent.
Bono and the band later apologized and said they did get a little carried away with their technique of delivering the album. They wanted to get it out to as many people as possible and understand the music industry is changing.
Rolling Stone is defending its choice by saying that there was no bigger album in 2014. This was in terms of surprise, generosity and controversy.
"Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. put their lives on the line: giving away 11 songs of guitar rapture and frank, emotional tales of how they became a band out of the rough streets and spiritual ferment of Seventies Dublin," the editors went onto say.
Not everyone on the Internet agreed with the choice, taking to social media to express their outrage.
The band launched their creative promotion back at the Super Bowl when they made their song "Invisible' available to download for free and donated the money which was raised to charity.
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