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War

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U2 — War

1983 · Rock · 44 min · Iconic

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Discogs(source)
label
Island Records
notes
Sleeve has an imprint "Album No.1 in England" Cat# 205 259-320 appears on back sleeve and spine, 205 259 appears on label. Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland. Mastered at the Town House, London. Distributed by the Ariola Group of Companies. Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Graphische Betriebe GmbH, Güthersloh. (p) 1983 Original sound recording by Island Records. This release is very similar to [r1906382] but without any rights societies mentioned.
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styles
New Wave, Pop Rock
country
Germany
released
1983
tracklist
A1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (4:38), A2. Seconds (3:24), A3. New Year's Day (5:38), A4. Like A Song... (4:48), A5. Drowning Man (4:12), B1. The Refugee (3:40), B2. Two Hearts Beat As One (5:00), B3. Red Light (4:09), B4. Surrender (6:01), B5. "40" (2:08)
catalogNumber
205 259-320
formatDescriptions
LP, Album
Spotify(source)
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artists
U2
albumType
album
releaseDate
1983-02-28
totalTracks
22
releaseDatePrecision
day
Last.fm(source)
mbid
0698de44-b106-4318-8da5-92942569b577
imageUrl
https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/d3c674606bb6a51e9ca5c9f4e567b69c.png
bioSummary
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2, released on February 28, 1983 (1983-02-28). The album has come to be regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "New Year's Day", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; Bono stated that "war seemed to be the motif for 1982." While the central themes of their earlier albums Boy and October focused on adolescence and spirituality, respectively, War focused on both the physical aspects of warfare, and the emotional aftereffects. Read more on Last.fm.
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