War

Artist	U2
Producer	Steve Lillywhite, Bill Whelan
Label Name	Island
Song List	1: Sunday Bloody Sunday (4:39) 2: Seconds (3:11) 3: New Year's Day (5:35) 4: Like a Song... (4:47) 5: Drowning Man (4:14) 6: The Refugee (3:40) 7: Two Hearts Beat as One (4:03) 8: Red Light (3:46) 9: Surrender (5:33) 10: "40" (2:39)
Format	CD
Run Time	43:38
Release Date	2008 05 20
Genre	Rock
Style.Categories	College Rock, Album Rock, Post-Punk, Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

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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 becomes 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