The Canadian music producer Daniel Lanois is saying that U2’s work-in-progress album is “fantastically innovative” and “some of their best work”.   He says that Bono is singing and writing better than he ever has, and has really broken a barrier into even better music.  They just finished a couple weeks of recording and now are on the road together, where Lanois says that his ability to produce their records gets even better.  “You just get a sense of what works with an audience.”  This is definitely good news for any U2 fan.  We’ve heard stories about how difficult it’s been to record this newest album, but now that we hear that all the hardship is paying off, we can look forward to next year’s release.  They aren’t yet sure when it will come out but it shouldn’t be long.