U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, lap steel, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion).

Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals).

Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

U2: Bono (vocals, guitar); The Edge (guitars, lap steel, piano, vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion)

Additional personnel: Steve Wickham (electric violin); Kenny Fradley (trumpet); Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton (background vocals).

Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.

All songs written by U2.

U2: Bono (vocals); The Edge (guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass guitar); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion).

Audio Remasterer: The Edge.

WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting-edge bands of early '80s rock and the definitive post-punk commercial breakout. From the insularity and ruminative splendor of their studio work, U2 blossomed into a visceral live band capable of turning elegant webs of sound into in-your-face rock and roll. The Edge's innovative guitar work was now augmented by his piano playing (particularly on the hit single "New Year's Day"), while Bono's lyrics turned explicitly to politics for the first time ("Sunday Bloody Sunday").

WAR, U2's first gold album, established them as one of the great cutting edge bands in all of contemporary music. From the insularity and ruminative splendor of their studio work, U2 blossomed into a visceral live band capable of turning elegant webs of sound into in-your-face rock and roll. The Edge's innovative guitar work was now augmented by his piano playing (particularly on the hit single "New Year's Day"), while Bono's lyrics turned explicitly to politics for the first time ("Sunday Bloody Sunday").

Rolling Stone - Ranked 40th in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).

CMJ (1/6/03, p.14) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"

CMJ (1/5/04, p.12) - Ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1983".