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| The Irish quartet's powerful third set. Sunday Bloody Sunday, New Year's Day, Two Hearts Beat As One, 40, Surrender, Like A Song, Seconds, The Refugee, Red Light, etc. |
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| 1 Sunday Bloody Sunday |
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| 2 Seconds |
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| 3 New Year's Day |
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| 4 Like a Song... |
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| 5 Drowning Man |
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| 6 The Refugee |
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| 7 Two Hearts Beat as One |
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| 8 Red Light |
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| 9 Surrender |
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| 10 "40" |
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Album Review
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 became 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, All Music Guide
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