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War

by U2

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All Time

of 455,477

820
1980's

of 12,289

131
1983

of 266

4

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.3648 War is ranked overall as 3.3648 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.4160 War has an avg. critic score of 3.4160 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

Opening with the ominous, fiery protest of "Sunday Bloody Sunday,"Warimmediately announces itself as U2's most focused and hardest-rocking album to date. ...more

Rolling Stone

From the start, it was clear that U2 could create impressive music. The jagged guitar riff and thundering drone that launched "I Will Follow" and the rest of their 1981 debut album,Boy, was eloquent and visceral. ...more

Yahoo! Music

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. ...more

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The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Novice U2 fans may seeWaras being one of the trio of "white" albums from U2: the early batch of U2 albums where all of the black-and-white covers looked alike. WithOctoberandBoy, U2 were generating a huge buzz from critics and the college rock circuits. ...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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Adrian Denning.co.uk

Yeah, there's something a little annoying about the approach of 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' but the lyric is there, far more interesting than previous U2 lyrics. The song is 'there', by and large. U2 continued to tour, continued to improve. 'War' is far ...read the complete review at Adrian Denning.co.uk

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The Austin Chronicle

Some of rock & roll's greatest moments --Who's Next,Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols,Nevermind-- are borne of pure anger. The instances where the desire to subvert or to simply scream get captured so perfectly on tape are so rare and so...read the complete review at The Austin Chronicle

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