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

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
The Guardian[4]
Hot Press[5]
IGN[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
musicOMH[8]
NME[9]
Pitchfork(4.5/10)[10]
Sputnikmusic[11]

War Stories is the third album from UNKLE. The album was released in Japan on 20 June 2007, UK and Europe on 2 July 2007, and in North America on 24 July. 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 climax of the episode "Number Crunch" (Season 1, episode 10) from the TV series Person of Interest.

The most popular song from the album, "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)"

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 50
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 99
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 84
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 58
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 58

References

  1. ^ http://www.metacritic.com/music/war-stories/unkle
  2. ^ https://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
  6. ^ "UNKLE - War Stories Review - IGN". Music.ign.com. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/22/entertainment/ca-rack22
  8. ^ http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/unkle-war-stories
  9. ^ "NME Album Reviews - Unkle". Nme.Com. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. ^ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10463-war-stories/
  11. ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/12970/UNKLE-War-Stories/
  12. ^ "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 July 2007" (PDF) (906). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Unkle – War Stories" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Unkle – War Stories" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – Unkle – War Stories". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  16. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 28, 2007". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Unkle – War Stories". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Unkle | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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