War

1983 studio album by U2
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War

Summary

War is an album[1]. War ranks in the top 0.82% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,059 views/month, #497 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • War's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • War's genre is rock music[4].
  • War's genre is post-punk[5].
  • War was produced by Steve Lillywhite[6].
  • Among the performers on War was U2[7].
  • War was performed by Steve Wickham[8].
  • War's record label is recorded as Island Records[9].
  • War's place of publication is recorded as Ireland[10].
  • War's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • War is part of U2's albums in chronological order[12].
  • War's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • War was distributed by LP record[14].
  • War was distributed by music streaming[15].
  • War's review score is recorded as 5[16].
  • War's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Windmill Lane Studios[17].
  • War was released on February 28, 1983[18].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Sunday Bloody Sunday[19].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Seconds[20].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as New Year's Day[21].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Like a Song...[22].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Drowning Man[23].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Two Hearts Beat as One[24].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Red Light[25].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as Surrender[26].
  • War's tracklist is recorded as "40"[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1983-02-28[29]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock[30]

  • Community tags: album rock, alternative rock, pop, pop rock, post-punk, rock[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c6b36664-7e60-3b3e-a24d-d096c67a11e9[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include U2[7] and Steve Wickham[8]. War was produced by Steve Lillywhite[6].

Publication

War was published on February 28, 1983[18]. Place of publication include Ireland[10] and United Kingdom[11]. War's language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include rock music[4] and post-punk[5]. War is part of U2's albums in chronological order[12]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[14] and music streaming[15].

Reception

War's review score is recorded as 5[16].

Why It Matters

War ranks in the top 0.82% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,059 views/month, #497 of 60,676).[2] War has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . AllMusic. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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