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WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting-edge bands of early '80s rock and the definitive post-punk commercial breakout. From the insularity and ruminative splendor of their studio work, U2 blossomed into a visceral live band capable of turning elegant webs of sound into in-your-face rock and roll. The Edge's innovative guitar work was now augmented by his piano playing (particularly on the hit single "New Year's Day"), while Bono's lyrics turned explicitly to politics for the first time ("Sunday Bloody Sunday").
WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting edge bands in all of contemporary music. From the insularity and ruminative splendor of their studio work, U2 blossomed into a visceral live band capable of turning elegant webs of sound into in-your-face rock and roll. The Edge's innovative guitar work was now augmented by his piano playing (particularly on the hit single "New Year's Day"), while Bono's lyrics turned explicitly to politics for the first time ("Sunday Bloody Sunday").
All songs written by U2.
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.
U2: Bono (vocals, guitar); The Edge (guitars, lap steel, piano, vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion)
U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass guitar); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterer: The Edge.
U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, lap steel, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals).
Rolling Stone - Ranked 40th in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).
CMJ (1/6/03, p.14) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"
CMJ (1/5/04, p.12) - Ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1983". War Music | List Price | $10.99 (You save $1.00) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock | | Label | Island | | Orig Year | 1983 | | All Time Sales Rank |  41491  | | CD Universe Part number | 7625685 | | Catalog number | 001083202 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 22, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Steve Lillywhite | | Engineer | Paul Thomas | | Personnel | Bono - vocals, guitar
Edge - guitars, lap steel, piano, vocals
Adam Clayton - bass
Larry Mullen Jr. - drums, percussion
Also: Steve Wickham, Kenny Fradley, Adriana Kaegi, Cheryl Poirier, Jessica Felton, Taryn Hagey | | Additional Info | Remastered |
War Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Rock's best protest album
U2 have had some measure of commercial success before they came up with the effectively titled album "War", but "War" really cemented them as the international stars they became. Every single song on here resonates with the theme of war and its effects. Now, in 2009, it still resonates as strongly as it did back in the eighties. Listen to "Seconds", and then think about 9/11, for an example. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" may have actually been Bono's rant against the IRA back in Ireland. If you watch the "Rattle & Hum" documentary, he really lays it on thick against the IRA in the middle of the song. "New Year's Day" is scary, but at the same time hopeful, almost as if it documented the lives of oppressed people and their desire for freedom from tyranny, without ever mentioning anything whatsoever in connection with those subjects. "Like A Song" and "Two Hearts Beat As One" are more straightforward rock-and-roll, but the album's mood keeps you thinking about war throughout the entire album. "Drowning Man" is a surreal piece of acoustic strumming, and "The Refugee" is bouncy and light, in heavy and stark contrast to its dire and hopeful-but-not-so-hopeful lyrics. The album's major opus, however, is its last song, "40". This song became a massive concert favorite, and often served as one of the best ways to end their concerts, even well into their "Achtung Baby" days. And, to put it simply, it brings you all the way out of the depressing mood the rest of the album may have put you in, and restored all faith in humanity that you may have lost. Emotionally, that is what you feel after listening to that song. The album as a whole was ambitious, but not overblown (unlike some progressive rock records), and it accomplished what it was attempting far better than many folk or folk-rock records of the sixties and the seventies. By far one of their best albums, and one of the best albums of all time.
Submitted by Galen (Anchorage, AK, USA)
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