U2 - War
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Free Music Review: One the band's best albums
Hit: 4 Stars
I bought two U2 album recently: The Joshua Tree and War. I was highly disappointed by The Joshua Tree, of which I had high expectations. But War is just great. Apart from "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day", the album contains several outstanding songs like "The Refugee", "Surrender", "Seconds", "Drowning Man" and "Two Hearts Beat As One." U2 fans who loved the band's style in the 1980s but were disappointed by what came in the 1990s and 2000s should buy "War" at all costs! Free Music Review: old but good
Hit: 4 Stars
I like this early version of U2's music more than the chillbeat popfest they became later. This music movs me. Und I want to be moved by voice, not techno beat.Free Music Review: "U2" should give War a chance
Hit: 5 Stars
War. This album truly refines the poor lyricism and uneventful music that plagued War's predecessor, October. Yes, I know the lyrics were stolen and bono had to hastily rewrite the lyrics to meet the record comany's deadline. October is still a good album, but War is better.
The opening track "Sunday Bloody Sunday" can be easily considered one of the best songs to come out of the 80s. The lyricism is poignant and intriguing, reminscne t of the unending struggle between Ireland and Northern Treland.
The next track "Seconds" engendered an ethereal air that swiftly evaporates when children begin to banter in the background near the end of the song. "New Years Day" is an interesting track with decent lyrics and a catchy guitar riff.
"Like a song" is good, and is ana adequate transistion to the later satge of the album. "Drowning Man" is a bit queer, but tolerable.
The other tracks, "The Refugee," "Two Hearts Beat as One," "Red Light," "Surrender," "'40," are all good aand adequately finish off this terrific album. The album should be listened to in its entirety; listening to tracks 1,2,3,5, and 7 will detract from the true purpose of this album
Free Music Review: The only essential and important U2 release...
Hit: 4 Stars
This is the only good record U2 made, period.Free Music Review: Probably the Ballsiest U2 Record
Hit: 5 Stars
No matter how much you might be embarassed either by or for Bono on occasion, this record at least recalls a time where U2 was occasionally down to stomp around and jam like a*sholes. Gone is the mopey, whimpering-intergalactic-dog swirls of Edge's delay rack circa-basically every other U2 album, an in their place, SHARDS of guitar, which genuially show some serious umph much appreciated on an album with such a revolutionary (as in Viva la revolution!!) tone. The basslines, also, have got some major motorbooty-level cockiness to them, and have something even the seasoned Boring Pop Hater can get down to. The drums are really nicely recorded, full of interesting kick and life, thanks probably to Bill Whelan (the producer) who, other than U2, has recorded himself a WHOLE LOT of Riverdance and therefore if he knows one thing I'd reckon it's how to knock out some pretty engaging rhythm sections. In classic 80's style this album sticks the rockers in the front and the emotional whatnot in the back, which is fine on this album, since Bono has managed to keep the useless ballads to a minimum and even these are not totally limp. If anyplace this album probably sags in the middle. But it's ok!! After the triple threat of Sunday Bloody Sunday, Seconds (which is home to that really nice little children's television chorus chant plus a FUNKY bassline), and New Year's Day, they've put themselves in a good enough place that a little sag is expected and excepted. All is forgiven a few songs later when The Ballad comes in (Two Hearts Beat as One) and after that it's smooth sailing all the way to the closer, "40", which is just a direct little nugget and one of the better tracks. Overall, even if you find U2's overarching rediculousness as sweeping and grandious as Bono's usual delivery, this album has got that quality as well toned-down as the band ever got, its lyrical content is nice although possibly the weak end, but this is only because the instrumental quality of this record is so top-notch. The recording makes this album's individual parts readily distinguishable, and it's impressive to find how well its disparate sections come together to form some really compelling grooves. For the first and probably only time, a case can be made for U2 releasing an album with some nuts to it. Rejoice.