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U2: War

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On February 28, 1983, “Island” label released “War”, the third U2 studio album. It was recorded May – August 1982, at “Windmill Lane Studios” in Dublin, and was produced by Steve Lillywhite and Bill Whelan. In 2012, magazine “Rolling Stone” ranked “War” at number 223  on its list of  the “500 Greatest Albums of all Time”.

Personnel:

  • Bono – lead vocals, additional guitar
  • The Edge – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, lap steel, bass
  • Adam Clayton– bass
  • Larry Mullen, Jr.– drums
  • Kenny Fradley – trumpet
  • Steve Wickham– electric violin
  • The Coconuts: Cheryl Poirier, Adriana Kaegi, Taryn Hagey, Jessica Felton – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr..

  1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
  2. Seconds
  3. New Year’s Day
  4. Like a Song
  5. Drowning Man
  6. The Refugee
  7. Two Hearts Beat As One
  8. Red Light
  9. Surrender
  10. 40

Kate Bush: The Dreaming

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On September 13, 1982, “EMI” label released “the Dreaming”, the  fourth Kate Bush album. It was recorded September 1980 – May 1982 and was produced by Kate Bush. “The Dreaming” was ranked on number 71 on “Slint Magazine” list of “Best Albums of the 1980s”; “Mojo” magazine’s “Top 50 Eccentric Albums of All Time” list and “The Word” magazine’s “Great Underrated Albums of Our Time” list.

Personnel:

  • Kate Bush – vocals, piano, strings, arranger, keyboards, Fairlight digital sampling synthesizer
  • Ian Bairnson- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Brian Bath – electric guitar
  • Alan Murphy- electric guitar
  • Dónal Lunny- bouzouki
  • Dave Lawson- synthesizer, Synclavier digital synthesizer, sampler, string arrangements
  • Paddy Bush- lead and backing vocals, harmonica, mandolin, strings, stick, bullroarer
  • Del Palmer- vocals, bass, fretless bass
  • Jimmy Bain- bass
  • Danny Thompson- bass
  • Eberhard Weber- double bass
  • Preston Heyman- drums, stick
  • Esmail Sheikh – drums
  • Stuart Elliott- percussion, drums, stick
  • Geoffrey Downes- trumpet, trumpet arrangement
  • Seán Keane- violin
  • Rolf Harris- Didgeridoo
  • Liam O’Flynn- pipe, penny whistle, uilleann pipes
  • Percy Edwards- vocals, sound effects
  • Stewart Arnold – lead and backing vocals
  • Gary Hurst – lead and backing vocals
  • David Gilmour- lead and backing vocals
  • Richard Thornton – vocals, choir, chorus
  • Gordon Farrell – vocals
  • Paul Hardiman- vocals, engineer, mixing
  • Bill Whelan – horn arrangements, string arrangements

All tracks by Kate Bush.

  1. Sat in Your Lap
  2. There Goes a Tenner
  3. Pull Out the Pin
  4. Suspended In Gaffa
  5. Leave it Open
  6. The Dreaming
  7. Night of the Swallow
  8. All the Love
  9. Houdini
  10. Get Out of My House