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About|the live album|the concert film|U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red SkyInfobox album | Name = Under a Blood Red Sky| Type = live| Artist = U2 | Cover = u2uabrs.jpg| Released = Start date|1983|11|7| Recorded = 6 May 1983 20 August 1983, Effanel Mobile| Genre = Rock music|Rock , post-punk | Length = 35:29| Label = Island Records|Island | Producer = Jimmy Iovine | Last album = War (U2 album)|War (1983)| This album = Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)| Next album = The Unforgettable Fire (1984)| Misc = Singles| Name = Under a Blood Red Sky| Type = live| single 1 = I Will Follow | single 1 date =| single 1 extra = (Live)Album ratings|rev1= Allmusic |rev1score= Rating|3.5|5cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r20761|pure_url=yes|title=Under a Blood Red Sky - U2|publisher= Allmusic |first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|accessdate=2011-08-12|rev2= Pitchfork Media |rev2score=9.0/10cite web|url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12260-under-a-blood-red-sky/|title=Album Reviews: U2: Under a Blood Red Sky|publisher= Pitchfork Media |first=Scott|last=Plagenhoef|date=2008-09-29|accessdate=2011-08-12|rev3= Robert Christgau |rev3score=A-cite web|url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? name=u2|title=U2& nbsp; Consumer Guide Reviews|first=Robert|last=Christgau|authorlink=Robert Christgau|publisher=robertchristgau.com|accessdate=2009-10-13|rev4= Rolling Stone |rev4score=Rating|4|5cite journal|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/under-a-blood-red-sky-19840119|title=Music Review: Under a Blood Red Sky|journal= Rolling Stone |first=Christopher|last=Connelly|date=1984-01-19|issue=413|accessdate=2011-08-12|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080401115731/ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/u2/albums/album/102415/review/5944011/under_a_blood_red_sky|archivedate=2008-04-01|deadurl=no Under a Blood Red Sky is a mini-LP live album by Republic of Ireland|Irish rock music|rock band U2 , produced by Jimmy Iovine and released in 1983. Along with its companion concert film, U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky , the release helped establish U2's reputation as a live band, making the band a popular live college rock act.
History
The album consists of live recordings from three shows on the band's War Tour from Colorado , Boston in the US and Germany . Album highlights include a fiery rendition of " Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)|Sunday Bloody Sunday " (famously introduced by Bono with the words, "this song is not a Irish rebel music|rebel song ") and a jaunty run-through of the B-side " Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl|Party Girl ".
An accompanying concert video entitled U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky was released the following year. Unlike the album, the film was recorded entirely at the dramatic outdoor Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 5 June 1983. The band's performance of " Sunday Bloody Sunday " from the film has been cited as one of Rolling Stone 's "50 Moments that Changed the History of Rock and Roll."
The title is taken from the lyrics of the song " New Year's Day (song)|New Year's Day ", originally released on U2's War (U2 album)|War album.
The album was re-released as a remastered CD with a DVD of the complete concert on September 29, 2008.cite web |url= http://www.u2.com/news/article/2246|title=LIVE AT RED ROCKS AND UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY|work=U2.com|publisher= Live Nation |date=2008-08-11|accessdate=2011-08-12
Track listing
tracklist| all_writing = U2, with lyrics by Bono | extra_column = Recording location/date | headline = Side one | title1 = Gloria (U2 song)|Gloria | length1 = 4:32 | extra1 = Denver , Colorado on 5 June 1983 | title2 = 11 O'Clock Tick Tock | length2 = 4:34 | extra2 = Boston , Massachusetts on 6 May 1983 | title3 = I Will Follow | length3 = 3:36 | extra3 = Sankt Goarshausen , Germany on 20 August 1983 | title4 = A Celebration#"Party Girl"|Party Girl | length4 = 2:52 | extra4 = Denver, Colorado on 5 June 1983 tracklist| extra_column = Recording location/date | headline = Side two | title1 = Sunday Bloody Sunday (song)|Sunday Bloody Sunday | length1 = 4:55 | extra1 = Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | title2 = The Electric Co. | length2 = 5:18 | extra2 = Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | title3 = New Year's Day (song)|New Year's Day | length3 = 4:29 | extra3 = Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983 | title4 = 40 (song)|40 | length4 = 3:36 | extra4 = Sankt Goarshausen, Germany on 20 August 1983
During the performance of "The Electric Co.", Bono included a 27 second snippet of Stephen Sondheim 's " Send in the Clowns ". When Under a Blood Red Sky was released, U2 failed to get permission and pay the appropriate licensing and royalty fees to include that piece of Sondheim's tune on the album. When Sondheim objected, U2 agreed to pay a $50,000 (US) penalty for the unauthorized use and to press all future releases with a new version that did not include the snippet.
Essentially, there are now two versions of the vinyl album: the original with the full "The Electric Co." running 5:18 and the edited version which runs 4:51. However, the various CDs pressed around the world all vary in the versions of the song that are included.
The trifold digipack CD pressed in the U.S. correctly lists "The Electric Co." at 4:51 and contains the edited version of the song.
Later U.S. CD pressings in the standard jewel box format incorrectly list "The Electric Co." at 5:18, but have the edited version of the song.
Some, and perhaps all, European pressings of the CD correctly list "The Electric Co." at 5:18 and have the unedited version of the song (the same is likely true of other worldwide CD pressings).
An Australian pressing of the CD lists the track at 4:57, but the song actually runs the full 5:18.
The remastered editions all contain the edited version of the song.
http://www.u2wanderer.org/disco/alb004.html Under a Blood Red Sky at U2 Wanderer, with comprehensive details on various editions, cover scans, lyrics, and more
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