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On the subsequent War Tour, the group recorded the live album Under a Blood Red Sky and concert film U2 Live at Red Rocks, both of which sold well and helped establish them globally as a live act. The band shifted towards a more ambient, abstract musical direction for The Unforgettable Fire (1984), their first collaboration with producers Brian ...
The film's director, Phil Joanou, described it as "an overly pretentious look at U2". [122] The film underperformed at the box office and was withdrawn from theatres after three weeks, [123] having grossed only US$8.6 million. [124] Despite the criticism, the album sold 14 million copies and reached number one worldwide. [125]
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023. As of 2024, U2 have released 442 songs.
The film is also released as an Apple Immersive Video for the Apple Vision Pro headset, making it the first feature-length film to be released in the format. Coinciding with the film release, an abridged version of Bono's memoir that follows the narrative arc of the film is released in paperback under the title Bono: Stories of Surrender. [214]
The October album version of "Fire" was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas while U2 took a break from the Boy Tour in April 1981. After its initial release, "Fire" was U2's first song to chart in the UK, where it managed to break the top 40, peaking at No. 35.
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War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 28 February 1983 on Island Records.The album is regarded as U2's first overtly political album, in part because of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Year's Day", as well as the title, which stems from the band's perception of the world at the time; lead vocalist Bono stated ...
October is the second studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was released on 12 October 1981 by Island Records, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite.The album was lyrically inspired by the memberships of Bono, the Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. in a Christian group called the Shalom Fellowship, and consequently it contains spiritual and religious themes.