Music CD Review: U2 - War

- Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals).

- Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

- 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").

Prices and where to buy it online:

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U2 War Song List:

Sunday bloody Sunday
Seconds
Ney Year's Day
Like a song...
Drowning man
The refugee
Two hearts beat as one
Red light
Surrender
"40"

U2 War Pictures and Wallpapers:

CD Critic Quotes and Reviews:

Rolling Stone - War 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".

CD Details:

Release Date: 10/17/1990
Original Release Date: 1983
Label : Island Records (USA)
Number of Discs: 1
Runtime: 42m : 21s
Studio/Live: Studio
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
Producer: Steve Lillywhite; Bill Whelan
Engineer: Paul Thomas; Kevin Killen