12-March-1983, War is U2's first #1 UK album

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12-March-1983, War is U2's first #1 UK album
« on: March 12, 2020, 08:52:37 PM »
https://www.hotpress.com/music/day-1983-u2-score-first-uk-no-1-album-war-22808502

37 years ago today, U2 reached the top of the UK Albums Chart for the first time, with their third studio album, War. The album would ultimately spend a total of 147 weeks on the chart. To celebrate, we're revisiting Liam Mackey's review of War – originally published in Hot Press in February 1983.

The Edge: “[Eno] would love to see us making albums a bit more like [Zooropa]. Where we go, ‘You know what? We’re not going to second-guess any of this. Let’s just go for it.’”

U2 Fans: We'd all love to see that, Edge.

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Re: 12-March-1983, War is U2's first #1 UK album
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2020, 09:58:02 PM »
Oh yeah

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Re: 12-March-1983, War is U2's first #1 UK album
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2020, 09:12:32 AM »
Nice post, Cat...thanks!
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