Spinning Today - What Are You Listening To Right Now? (Part 3)

[Rush2112]

Last up and vinyl and this original release pressing of this iconic album from 1983 produced by Steve Lillywhite.

U2 recorded the album from September–November 1982 at Windmill Lane Studios with Lillywhite producing, the group's third consecutive album made at the studio with the producer. While the central themes of U2's previous albums Boy and October were adolescence and spirituality, respectively,War focused on both the physical aspects of warfare, and the emotional after-effects.Musically, it is also harsher than the band's previous releases. The album has been described as the record where the band "turned pacifism itself into a crusade".

War was a commercial success, knocking Michael Jackson's Thriller from the top of the UK charts to become U2's first number-one album. In the United States, it reached number 12 and became the band's first album certified gold. War received generally favourable reviews, although some British journalists criticised the album it was ranked 223rd on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Side one:

1."Sunday Bloody Sunday" 4:38
2."Seconds" 3:09
3."New Year's Day" 5:37
4."Like a Song..." 4:48
5."Drowning Man" 4:12

Side two:

1."The Refugee" (produced by Bill Whelan) 3:40
2."Two Hearts Beat as One" 4:00
3."Red Light" 3:46
4."Surrender" 5:34
5."40" 2:36

Total length:42:03





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[Barry]

What is the LP Mark?

[Pigmy Pony]

Largely bought for Visage - 'Fade to Grey'. Anyway, the triple set only cost me £1.

I ought to add that whilst many think the '80s was the decade that forgot music (much in the same way the '70s was the decade that forgot fashion), I like a lot of the '80s output and have much of it on record.

No idea what you mean, and I don't know what she was laughing at, I think I looked great

[Pigmy Pony]

Prompted by one of Barry's choices yesterday. I also bought this on the strength of that single (Fade to Grey).



I really don't see how Amazon can be selling any used records - there is one copy of this (VGC) for sale at nearly £49 plus postage I know I won't have paid more than 2 or 3 quid for this.

[Pigmy Pony]

[Barry]

Good one Steve!

[Barry]

No idea what you mean, and I don't know what she was laughing at, I think I looked great

Goodness - don't remind me: suits with flared trousers and huge lapels; tight fitting shirts with little motifs printed on them and enormous floppy collars; neckties wide enough to use as an aircraft landing strip, and worse of all: platform heeled shoes that looked like horses' hooves.

[Dom66]

[Macca]

Fashions were pretty bad in the '70s but the music will never be equalled or surpassed.

And at least we didn't have to see blokes walking the streets in flip flops or sliders.

[Pigmy Pony]

Much of the 70s saw me dressed like a Status Quo roadie. Even went beyond 'double denim' sometimes, with flared jeans, jacket and waistcoat. We thought we looked shit hot.

Macca, you wouldn't have cared for the trackies back then, I had an Adidas track suit which was brown/beige, and the tapering trackie pants had stirrups that went under your feet so the legs didn't ride up.

The only reason we were able to bag off looking like that was that the girls looked just as bad.