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| Under a Blood Red Sky | 
enlarge | Artist: U2 Label: Island Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating: 86 reviews Sales Rank: 50136
Format: Live Media: Audio CD Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 818008 UPC: 042281800825 EAN: 0042281800825 ASIN: B000001F5F
Release Date: June 15, 1990 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: *** MISSING BACK INSERT *** Comes in a jewel case with FRONT insert only. Light scratches but plays fine. SHIPS NEXT BUSINESS DAY!! brad4
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Great Live November 16, 2004 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Other than being a bit short, this album gives a great glimpse of the early, exciting Live U2. Most of these readings are more energetic than the studio ones(and those weren't too shabby, either:) This is arguably more fun than any of their studio albums, and not even a bad place to start with them.
The white flag days January 6, 2005 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's a shame--and puzzling--that U2 doesn't release more proper live albums, preferring to put them on tape and DVD (Zoo TV tour, POPmart tour, ATYCLB Boston and Ireland shows). Then again, Blood Red Sky is not really a proper live album, far from it.
Note that this album is a sonic tapestry of songs from three different shows, including the 1983 Red Rocks show captured on the tape Under a Blood Red Sky (that show is pretty much complete).
As for what is here, it sounds excellent. There is a the usual cleanup and a couple of flub-corrections (mis-cues, remixing, etc) but that is typical of most any band (though it's sometimes unfortunate to mess with the original tapes). The result is an excellent beginning-to-end album. It clocks in at under 40 minutes though (remember, this is a vinyl album), and the show, and indeed this era, is begging for a longer, complete set. The version of Sunday Bloody Sunday is famous and thundering ('this is NOT a rebel song'), and the closer, 40, is classic. It's all good--the versions of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock and Electric Co have tremendous energy. Again, the sound is excellent, very well produced.
All in all, this is a classic live album from the time. I'd also recommend picking up a bootleg from this era, even earlier (not difficult, with U2 being one of the most bootlegged bands, rightly so). The energy and emotion in the songs still comes across strong over 20 years later. The youngsters playing on this album would go on to remain relevant in rock well into the next millenium, no small feat.
In this day of iTunes and digital speed, I don't know if U2 would bother with a full on re-release of this disc (extended or complete) but either way, they should bring out more of the live shows they're known so well for.
Good January 11, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album was my introduction to U2 many years ago and I've been a U2 fan ever since. Even though I'm not a big fan of live albums I think this one captures the essence of U2's early years. My only complaint is the short song selection. For those who have U2's early albums perharps the best treat here is the 2 non-album tracks 11 O'clock Tick Tock and Party Girl. For those who don't have those early albums this is a nice compilation of the very basics. In some cases I actually like the live versions better than the studio ones, such as in 40 and particularly Gloria. I would give this album ***1/2 but that's not possible.
Great live record! June 15, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
U2's 'Under A Blood Red Sky' is a superb live record from U2. It's one of the best live records of the '80s in my opinion. The eight songs here are all essential for any U2 fan. This is a must-own for any U2 lover.
But, I do have a few things to say for the U2 collector.
-First, not all of the songs here were recorded at Red Rocks, making this more of a live album than a soundtrack to a film. These were all taken during three stops on the 'War' tour. Only two were recorded at Red Rocks, and those were 'Gloria' and 'Party Girl.' 'I Will Follow,' 'Electric Co.,' 'New Year's Day,' 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and '40' were all recorded in Germany, and '11 O' Clock Tick Tock' was recorded in Boston. All were recorded in 1983.
-The second is more of a note to collectors than casual fans. 'The Electric Co.' has a snippit chopped off. Bono sings 'Send In The Clowns' in the middle of the song, and because of copyright issues, Island was forced to remove the song from the CD release. This won't bother casual U2 fans, but for die-hards like me, it is a tad annoying.
If you collect bootlegs like I do, you probably have the whole Red Rocks show and the full version of 'Electric Co.' that was featured on the vinyl.
But still, despite that one flaw about the edited version of 'The Electric Co.,' this is a superb live album. One of the best from U2.
Highly recommended. A must-listen live album. ENJOY!!!
The best live album I've heard so far. June 5, 2000 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since I've gotten in to music I've only have probably heard only a handful of live recordings but this album by U2 always tops my list of live recordings. This disk was recorded during U2's War era which contains many of their most notable early songs such as "Gloria", and "I Will Follow", etc.What makes this disk a good disk is that some of the songs on here are better than the studio recordings (Which is not surprising for bands from Britian, which is the scene that I associate U2 with). The band rips through a very electric version of Sunday Bloody Sunday which I consider to be a better recording live than the studio version. Basically, because the song is much more energetic and includes a drum and guitar cadence in the middle of the song, which adds to it's apocolyptic feel. U2 also rips through a rocking version of "The Electric Co." which again, I feel is much better than the studio version because it has an energy that the studio version just doesn't posses, the song simply sounds very alive. Another good thing about the disk is that it contains two nonalbum tracks that cannot be found on any of U2's albums in America "11 O'Clock Tick Tock", and "Party Girl". The live version of "Party Girl" is much better than it's recorded version. On the studio version Bono seems to be straining to hit some of the notes and the song even sounds bit subdued. U2's live version of "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" isn't bad either. My only complaint of the disk is that "New Year's Day" doesn't measure up to the original studio recording. This is probably because U2 simple cannot pull off all that studio trickery live. But overall it's a pretty good testament of what U2 was like during the War-era.
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