War (album)

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War is U2’s 1983 studio album that marked the band’s breakthrough with its politically charged rock sound and anthems like “Sunday Bloody Sunday” and “New Year’s Day.”

All labels observed (3)

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War (album) canonical 3
War (U2 album) 1
War (U2 album) artwork 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U2 album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
chartPosition Billboard 200 top 20 ⓘ
UK Albums Chart number 1 ⓘ
chronology U2 studio albums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
coverArtFeatures boy’s face in close-up ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
describedAs breakthrough album for U2 ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ
followedBy The Unforgettable Fire (album) ⓘ
follows October (album) ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasPart 40 ⓘ
Drowning Man ⓘ
Like a Song… ⓘ
New Year’s Day ⓘ
linked to: New Year's Day

Red Light ⓘ
Seconds ⓘ
Sunday Bloody Sunday ⓘ
Surrender ⓘ
The Refugee ⓘ
Two Hearts Beat as One ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 42:03 ⓘ
mainTheme politics ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
war ⓘ
nextWork The Unforgettable Fire (album) ⓘ
notableSingle New Year’s Day ⓘ
linked to: New Year's Day

Sunday Bloody Sunday ⓘ
Two Hearts Beat as One ⓘ
numberOfTracks 10 ⓘ
performer U2 ⓘ
previousWork October (album) ⓘ
producer Steve Lillywhite ⓘ
recordedIn Dublin ⓘ
Windmill Lane Studios ⓘ
recordLabel Island Records ⓘ
WEA ⓘ
linked to: WEA Inc.
releaseDate 1983-02-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steve Averill → notableWork → War (U2 album) artwork ⓘ
linked to: War (album)
Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live at Red Rocks) → associatedWork → War (U2 album) ⓘ
linked to: War (album)
War → notableWork → War (album) ⓘ