War [sound recording] / U2.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 00671 | IslandB0010832-02 | IslandPublication details: [S.l.] : Island, [2008]Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult CD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | POP/ROCK U2 | Available | 33111007428820 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Opening with the ominous, fiery protest of "Sunday Bloody Sunday," War immediately announces itself as U2's most focused and hardest-rocking album to date. Blowing away the fuzzy, sonic indulgences of October with propulsive, martial rhythms and shards of guitar, War bristles with anger, despair, and above all, passion. Previously, Bono's attempts at messages came across as grandstanding, but his vision becomes remarkably clear on this record, as his anthems ("New Year's Day," "40," "Seconds") are balanced by effective, surprisingly emotional love songs ("Two Hearts Beat as One"), which are just as desperate and pleading as his protests. He performs the difficult task of making the universal sound personal, and the band helps him out by bringing the songs crashing home with muscular, forceful performances that reveal their varied, expressive textures upon repeated listens. U2 always aimed at greatness, but War was the first time they achieved it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Compact disc.
Originally released on Island as 00671: p1983.
Program notes and lyrics inserted in container.
Rock music.
Sunday bloody Sunday (4:39) -- Seconds (3:11) -- New Year's Day (5:34) -- Like a song-- (4:47) -- Drowning man (4:14) -- The refugee (3:40) -- Two hearts beat as one (4:02) -- Red light (3:44) -- Surrender (5:32) -- "40" (2:38).
U2 (Bono, vocals, guitar ; The Edge, vocals, guitar, piano ; Adam Clayton, bass ; Larry Mullen, Jr., drums, percussion) ; with additional musicians.
Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.