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Sadly, the bonus disc that accompanies War could not be called either fascinating or relevant. War is easily the best album of U2's first three records, but the album had very little in the way of noteworthy B-sides, and based on this reissue, there wasn't much in the vaults either. There's the amiably atmospheric but quite slight instrumental "Endless Deep"; there's the unreleased, seemingly unfinished "Angels Too Tied to the Ground," which has an intriguingly jazzy lilt; there's the "New Year's Day" B-side "Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop)," which is slight but appealingly energetic; there are live versions of "I Threw a Brick Through a Window/A Day Without Me" and "Fire." And then there are four remixes of "New Year's Day" and three remixes of "Two Hearts Beat as One" -- all released as B-sides, so it's nice to have them out for the sake of history and collectors, but none are great and the attempt to shoehorn this early earnest U2 into the club via Ferry Corsten's 12" extended mix on "New Year's Day" is just awkward. So, there's not much to dig into here -- only "Treasure" and maybe "Angels" qualify as must-hear tracks for diehards -- but it is still nice to finally have all these rarities reissued (and to have the albums proper remastered), as a band like U2 should have all its B-sides and stray tracks available, even if all this unheard music might not be among the group's best work.
Condition:Brand new factory sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:39
2 Seconds 3:11
3 New Year's Day 5:35
4 Like a Song... 4:47
5 Drowning Man 4:14
6 The Refugee 3:40
7 Two Hearts Beat as One 4:03
8 Red Light 3:46
9 Surrender 5:33
10 "40" 2:39
Disc 2
1 Endless Deep Bonus Track 2:58
2 Angels Too Tied to the Ground previously unreleased / Bonus Track 3:34
3 New Year's Day Bonus Track / 7" Single Edit
4 New Year's Day Bonus Track / USA Remix 4:30
5 New Year's Day previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Ferry Corsten Extended Vocal Mix 9:41
6 New Year's Day previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Ferry Corsten Vocal Radio Mix 4:36
7 Two Hearts Beat as One Bonus Track / Long Mix 5:55
8 Two Hearts Beat as One Bonus Track / USA Remix 4:23
9 Two Hearts Beat as One Bonus Track / Club Version 5:42
10 Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop) Bonus Track 3:24
11 I Threw a Brick Through a Window/A Day Without Me Live / Bonus Track 6:58
12 Fire Live / Bonus Track 3:45
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