War Stories (album)

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

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' (Robert del Naja) 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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two (Limited Edition SURR05CDXX only) 1.2.1 Instrumental versions 1.3 Exclusive pre-order bonus CD 1.4 More Stories - Selected UNKLE Works

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "(Untitled)" 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)"

[edit] More Stories - Selected UNKLE Works

Japan and Australia are set to see a new release of War Stories entitled More Stories - Selected UNKLE Works. Scheduled for release (in Japan anyway) on January 16, 2008.

Track listing:

1. "Serene" *
2. "Heaven"
3. "Turnstyle Blues (Surrender Sounds Sessions #4)"
4. "Opend Dreams" *
5. "Blade in the Back"
6. "Can't Stop"
7. "Synthetic Water" *
8. "A Wash of Black"
9. "Burn My Shadow (Radio Slave Remix)"
10. "Hold My Hand (Buckley remix)"
11. "Burn My Shadow (Surrender Sounds Sessions #5)"

Marked tracks are from the score UNKLE did for 'Odyssey In Rome'. While "Blade in the Back" is the track that was played live at their first London gig, which at the time was called Swampy.