War Stories (album)

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War Stories
War Stories cover
Studio album by Unkle
Released Flag of Japan June 20, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom July 9, 2007
Flag of the United States July 24, 2007
Genre Electronic
Label Surrender All
Producer UNKLE
Chris Goss
Professional reviews
Unkle chronology
Self Defence: Never, Never, Land Reconstructed and Bonus Beats
(2006)
War Stories
(2007)
More Stories
(2008)

War Stories is the third album from Unkle. The album was released in Japan on June 20, 2007 Europe and the UK on July 9, 2007, followed by a July 24 release date in North America. War Stories debuted at #58 in Australia.

The album leaked to the Internet on June 7, 2007. The cover art was designed by '3D' of Massive Attack.

The song "Chemistry" is used as a sample for the song "Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)" by Lupe Fiasco on his 2007 album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool.

The Actor in the video of "Burn my Shadow" is Goran Višnjić, well known from the TV series ER.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

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

[edit] Disc two (Limited Edition SURR05CDXX only)

[edit] Instrumental versions

  1. "Hold My Hand"
  2. "Restless"
  3. "Keys to the Kingdom"
  4. "Price You Pay"
  5. "Burn My Shadow"
  6. "Mayday"
  7. "Persons & Machinery"
  8. "Twilight"
  9. "Morning Rage"
  10. "Lawless"
  11. "Broken"
  12. "When Things Explode"

[edit] 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)"