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Released 1983

Two Hearts Beat as One
04:03
7,834 plays

Seconds
03:11
7,663 plays

"40"
02:39
7,557 plays

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- 1
- Sunday Bloody Sunday
- 04:39
- 14,710 plays

- 2
- Seconds
- 03:11
- 7,663 plays

- 3
- New Year's Day
- 05:35
- 21,514 plays

- 4
- Like a Song...
- 04:47
- 6,433 plays

- 5
- Drowning Man
- 04:14
- 6,126 plays

- 6
- The Refugee
- 03:40
- 5,710 plays

- 7
- Two Hearts Beat as One
- 04:03
- 7,834 plays

- 8
- Red Light
- 03:46
- 5,211 plays

- 9
- Surrender
- 05:33
- 5,642 plays

- 10
- "40"
- 02:39
- 7,557 plays

album review

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