U2 - War [Japanese Pressing] - LP Album - 1983/1983

U2 ‎– War

War is the third studio album .

It is the band's first album that had a strong political background.
In 1989 the record was voted number 40 of the 100 Best Albums of the 1980s by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Later it came in his list of the 500 best albums of all time on the 223rd place.
The album became U2's first number 1 album in the UK,overtaking Michael Jackson's album Thriller.

The boy on the album's cover is Peter Rowan, brother of Bono's friend Guggi. He also appeared on the covers of the U2 albums Boy, Three, The Best of 1980-1990 and Early Demos.

A1 Sunday Bloody Sunday
A2 Seconds
A3 New Year's Day
A4 Like A Song...
A5 Drowning Man

B1 The Refugee
B2 Two Hearts Beat As One
B3 Red Light
B4 Surrender
B5 "40"


Bass–Adam Clayton
Drums,Percussion–Larry Mullen Jr.
Guitar,Piano,Lap Steel Guitar–The Edge
Trumpet–Kenny Fradley
Vocals,Guitar–Bono

℗1983 Island Records

LP / NM (slight dust(scratches from the years, no effect)
OBi/VG+ ( Backside wrinkles and a age spots)
Cover / VG+ age spots, see pictures)
OIS / Near Mint
(the pictures are an integral part of the condition of the LP)


One f The Greatest Albums

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First Japanese press. Comes with Obi strip