War

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War
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Artist: u2
Edition: Music CD
Format: Deluxe Edition, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2008-07-22
Music Label: Island
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Sunday Bloody Sunday [Remastered]
  2. Seconds [Remastered]
  3. New Year's Day [Album version - Remastered]
  4. Like A Song... [Remastered]
  5. Drowning Man [Remastered]
  6. The Refugee [Remastered]
  7. Two Hearts Beat As One [Remastered]
  8. Red Light [Remastered]
  9. Surrender [Remastered]
  10. "40" [Remastered]
Music CD 2
  1. Endless Deep [Remastered]
  2. Angels Too Tied To The Ground
  3. New Year's Day [Single Edit - Remastered]
  4. New Year's Day [USA Remix/Kevorkian Remix - Remastered]
  5. New Year's Day [Vocal Extended Mix - Ferry Corsten Remix]
  6. New Year's Day [Ferry Costen - Vocal Radio mix]
  7. Two Hearts Beat As One [Long Mix By Kevorkian - Remastered]
  8. Two Hearts Beat As One [USA Remix by Kevorkian - Remastered]
  9. Two Hearts Beat As One [Club Version - Steve Lillywhite Re-mix - Remastered]
  10. Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop) [Remastered]
  11. I Threw A Brick Through A Window/A Day Without Me [Live from Werchter, Belgium July 1982 - Remastered]
  12. Fire [Live from Werchter, Belgium, July 1982 - Remastered]

Free Music Notes for War

Free Music Review: Fantastic Deluxe Edition -- A Review of the Bonus Disk
Hit: 5 Stars

WAR was a huge album for U2. It established them as one of the few bands that mattered. The level of artistic expression and political activism through music that this album represents is truly remarkable. This entire package is beautiful, featuring an excellent essay, notes from guitarist The Edge, rare photos and original cover art from the singles. To my ears, the remastering job is excellent, although audiophiles will no doubt find plenty to complain about (loud sound, sonic compression, etc.) . Five stars for the original album, four for Disk 2. Most people won't have much use for the bonus disk, but for the true U2 fan, it's a real treat.

Disk 2 Breakdown:

1) "Endless Deep" (B-side of "Two Hearts Beat As One") - an atmospheric instrumental that foreshadows the lush guitar textures found on their next album THE UNFORGETTABLE FIRE. The bass guitar gives the song an ominous post-punk edge. Cool sound, but ultimately deserving of its B-side status. ****

2) "Angels Too Tied To The Ground" (previously unreleased) - a leftover from the WAR sessions, this track was finally completed in May 2008. It definitely has that WAR sound, especially in the keyboards, which are great. The song itself, featuring a waltz beat, sounds fairly unique to U2 and it's been treated with a lot of studio polish. Bono's vocals lack the crystalline quality of his earliest recordings, so they were probably added on in 2008 (after years of smoking and shredding his vocal chords). ****

3) "New Year's Day" (7" single edit) - nice to have this track, but rarely if ever would I choose this truncated version over the full album one. 7" single length - 3:55. **** (original album length - 5:35. *****)

4) "New Year's Day" (USA Remix) - an interesting version with some different lyrics, this track begins with those lonely, haunted keys before the bass and drums kick in. This track isn't quite as good as the definitive album version and the editing is rather sloppy in a few places but it's still very moving and very cool. ****1/2

5) "New Year's Day" (Ferry Corsten Extended Vocal Remix - previously unreleased) (9:41) - if you dig 80's techno you'll probably go for this. More than just run-of-the-mill techno, it incorporates an actual song - it's surprisingly good and you can dance to it. ****

6) "New Year's Day" (Ferry Corsten Vocal Radio Mix - previously unreleased) (4:36) - basically the same thing as track 5, just shorter and with a slight Depeche Mode sound. ****

7) "Two Hearts Beat As One" (Long Mix) (5:55) - This was never my favorite U2 song, mainly because I thought the "beat as one" idea was already a cliche when this came out. But it's actually a really great, sexy dance song and worthy single. This version gets a little bit weird and freaky in places - way cool. *****

8) "Two Hearts Beat As One" (USA Remix) (4:23) - I never listened to these remixes much back when I had them on vinyl and I found this version in particular to be a turn-off - especially the hyper-edited intro (heart!-heart!-heart!-heart!-heart!-heart!-heart!-heart! beat aaas oooooooooone!) It gets especially tiresome if you listen to remixes of the same song back to back, so I would recommend breaking them up and using individual tracks for mix CDs. ***1/2

9) "Two Hearts Beat As One" (Club Version) (5:42) - cool piano and effects - a superior remix that shows off a cool European dance style. ****1/2

10) "Treasure (Whatever Happened To Pete The Chop)" (B-side of "New Year's Day") - a very old U2 song they played live even before signing to Island. A very cool, intense rocker, it was left off of BOY due to stylistic differences. The Edge relates a very amusing back story about this track in the album notes. ****

11) "I Threw A Brick Through A Window/ A Day Without Me" - tracks 11 and 12 were recorded live in Belgium, July 1982. This is a tough, taught version of "Brick" that immediately segues into a brief drum solo before launching into a fine "Day Without Me" in front of a very enthusiastic crowd. It's great to hear Edge's chiming guitar on this upbeat yet spacey track from the BOY album. *****

12) "Fire" - killer version. *****
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War Poster

A standard CD (as above) and a bonus CD. Bonus CD includes b-sides, live tracks and rarities. Also includes a 32 page booklet with previously unseen photos, full lyrics, new liner notes by Niall Stokes, and explanatory notes on the bonus material by The Edge.

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