War Stories (album)

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This article is about the 2007 Unkle album. For other uses, see War Stories (disambiguation).

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War Stories
File:Unkle War Stories.jpg
Studio album by Unkle
Released 20 June 2007 (2007-06-20) (JPN)
2 July 2007 (2007-07-02) (UK)
24 July 2007 (2007-07-24) (US)
Recorded 2007
Genre Electronica, trip hop, big beat, downtempo, alternative rock
Label Surrender All
Producer UNKLE, Chris Goss
Unkle chronology
Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats
(2006)Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats2006		 War Stories
(2007)		 More Stories
(2008)More Stories2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 61/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club B+[3]
The Guardian 3/5 stars[4]
Hot Press 3.5/5 stars[5]
IGN 9/10 stars[6]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[7]
musicOMH 3/5 stars[8]
NME 5/10 stars[9]
Pitchfork (4.5/10)[10]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 stars[11]

War Stories is the third album from Unkle. The album was released in Japan on 20 June 2007 Europe and the UK on 2 July 2007, followed by a 24 July release date in North America. War Stories debuted at number 58 in Australia. The album was promoted by three singles: "Burn My Shadow", "Hold My Hand" and "Restless". The video for "Burn My Shadow" featured the actor Goran Visnjic and was directed by Miguel Sapochnik.

The cover art was designed by 3D of Massive Attack.

The track "Mayday" was featured in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the radio station Radio Broker.

The track "Chemistry" is used as the instrumental track for "Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)" by Lupe Fiasco from his 2007 album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. Lupe Fiasco chose War Stories as his number 1 album of the year as posted to a video on Myspace.

The track "When Things Explode" was used during the dramatic ending of the episode "Number Crunch" (Season 1, episode 10) from the TV series Person of Interest.

The song "Burn My Shadow" was used during the climax of the movie Repo Men. It was also featured in an Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood trailer, the trailer for the 2009 video game Fuel and in the episode "Flesh and Blood" (Season 1, episode 19) of the TV series Person of Interest. The song "Chemistry" was featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC "The Da Vinci Disappearance", a trailer for series six of Spooks and the documentary film Countdown to Zero (2010).

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:22
  2. "Chemistry" – 3:22
  3. "Hold My Hand" – 4:59
  4. "Restless" (featuring Josh Homme) – 5:04
  5. "Keys to the Kingdom" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 4:45
  6. "Price You Pay" – 6:22
  7. "Burn My Shadow" (featuring Ian Astbury) – 4:57
  8. "Mayday" (featuring The Duke Spirit) – 3:18
  9. "Persons & Machinery" (featuring Autolux) – 6:04
  10. "Twilight" (featuring 3D) – 5:21
  11. "Morning Rage" – 5:15
  12. "Lawless" – 2:36
  13. "Broken" (featuring Gavin Clark) – 4:42
  14. "When Things Explode" (featuring Ian Astbury) – 5:32
  15. "Buying a Lie" (featuring Lee Gorton) (Australian and Japanese bonus track plus in the UK on Indie Limited Edition) – 4:25
  16. "Mistress" (featuring Alice Temple) (Australian and Japanese bonus track plus in the UK on Indie Limited Edition) – 3:48
  17. "Tired of Sleeping" (hidden track) – 6:26

Disc two of the limited edition (SURR05CDXX)

  1. "Hold My Hand" (Instrumental) – 4:59
  2. "Restless" (Instrumental) – 5:04
  3. "Keys to the Kingdom" (Instrumental) – 4:45
  4. "Price You Pay" (Instrumental) – 6:22
  5. "Burn My Shadow" (Instrumental) – 4:57
  6. "Mayday" (Instrumental) – 3:18
  7. "Persons & Machinery" (Instrumental) – 6:04
  8. "Twilight" (Instrumental) – 5:21
  9. "Morning Rage" (Instrumental) – 5:15
  10. "Lawless" (Instrumental) – 2:36
  11. "Broken" (Instrumental) – 4:42
  12. "When Things Explode" (Instrumental) – 5:32

Exclusive pre-order bonus CD

  1. Autolux, "Turnstile Blues (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session 4)"
  2. UNKLE, "A Wash of Black" (Instrumental UNKLE Remix of Muse's "Supermassive Black Hole")
  3. Black Mountain, "No Hits" (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session 3)
  4. UNKLE, "Burn My Shadow (Jesse Somfay Mix)"

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/war-stories/unkle
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1080895
  3. ↑ http://www.avclub.com/review/unkle-emwar-storiesem-7677
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/17/popandrock.features4
  5. ↑ http://www.hotpress.com/music/reviews/albums/2933188.html
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  7. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/22/entertainment/ca-rack22
  8. ↑ http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/unkle-war-stories
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  10. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10463-war-stories/
  11. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/12970/UNKLE-War-Stories/
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