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U2
Released 1981

Gloria
04:12
4,479 plays

October
02:21
2,823 plays

I Fall Down
03:39
2,600 plays

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- 1
- Gloria
- 04:12
- 4,479 plays

- 2
- I Fall Down
- 03:39
- 2,600 plays

- 3
- I Threw a Brick Through a Window
- 04:54
- 2,392 plays

- 4
- Rejoice
- 03:38
- 2,529 plays

- 5
- Fire
- 03:52
- 2,329 plays

- 6
- Tomorrow
- 04:39
- 2,408 plays

- 7
- October
- 02:21
- 2,823 plays

- 8
- With a Shout
- 04:02
- 2,278 plays

- 9
- Stranger in a Strange Land
- 03:56
- 2,204 plays

- 10
- Scarlet
- 02:53
- 2,178 plays

- 11
- Is That All?
- 03:01
- 2,091 plays

album review

U2 sounded so confident and assured on their debut that perhaps it was inevitable they would stumble slightly on its follow-up, October. The record isn't weaker than its predecessor because it repeats the formula of Boy. It's because the band tries too hard to move forward. Bono, in particular, tries too hard to make big political, emotional, and religious statements, but the remainder of the band isn't innocent. In general, the music is too pompous, with the sound overwhelming the actual songs. But when U2 do marry the message, melody, and sound together, as on "Gloria," "I Threw a Brick Through a Window," and "I Fall Down," the results are thoroughly impressive. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide