October

by U2

October cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 October 1981
  • Label: Island
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 1:41:07
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Adam Clayton, Bono, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge

Album Notes & Community Reviews

U2's sophomore album heavily incorporates piano and deeply spiritual, Christian-oriented themes, exploring the band's profound internal conflicts regarding faith and rock-and-roll decadence. 'October' is a highly introspective, passionately delivered post-punk record bathed in a surprisingly optimistic, distinctly autumnal atmosphere, highlighted by the Edge's increasingly expansive guitar textures.

Genres

Descriptors: arena-rock, christian

Tracklist

  1. Gloria
  2. I Fall Down
  3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
  4. Rejoice
  5. Fire
  6. Tomorrow
  7. October
  8. With A Shout (Jerusalem)
  9. Stranger In A Strange Land
  10. Scarlet
  11. Is That All?

Credits

  • U2 - primary artist, written-by
  • Adam Clayton - bass
  • Billy - crew
  • Chris - crew
  • Jake - crew
  • Joe O'Herlihy - crew
  • Pod - crew
  • Robbie - crew
  • Steve Iredale - crew
  • Tim Buckley - crew
  • Larry Mullen Jr. - drums
  • Paul Thomas - engineer
  • Kevin Moloney - engineer [assistant]
  • The Edge - guitar, piano
  • Rapid Exteriors - layout [sleeve layout]
  • Barbara Skydel - management [agency new york, premier talent]
  • Frank Barsalona - management [agency new york]
  • Ian Flooks - management [agent london, wasted talent]
  • Ian Wilson - management [agent london]
  • Ian Cooper - mastered by
  • Ian Finlay - photography by
  • Steve Lillywhite - producer
  • Vinnie Kilduff - uilleann pipes [oillean pipes], bodhr谩n
  • Bono - vocals

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