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Live mini-album · 21 November 1983

Under a Blood Red Sky

An eight-track live mini-album drawn from the War tour. Its concise running order helped introduce the energy of U2's concerts to a much larger audience.

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Checked 2026-09-11. Background source

Inside the recording

Producers
Jimmy Iovine
Engineering & mixing
Shelly Yakus; Bobby Cohen; live recording teams credited on the release
Recording locations
Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Morrison, Colorado); Freilichtbühne Loreley (St. Goarshausen, Germany); Orpheum Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts)
In the studio
Later editions altered The Electric Co. to remove an interpolated passage; the original and subsequent edits are not identical.

Selected credits, not an exhaustive personnel list. Release credits — U2SongsPersonnel & background — Wikipedia

Tracks

Original core programme

  1. GloriaLive from Morrison CO, Jun. 5, 1983 - Fade In
  2. 11 O'Clock Tick TockLive from Boston, MA, May 6, 1983
  3. I Will FollowLive from St. Goarshausen, Aug. 20, 1983 - Edit I
  4. Party GirlLive from Morrison CO, Jun. 5, 1983 - Edit I
  5. Sunday Bloody SundayLive from St.Goarshausen, Aug. 20, 1983 - Edit I
  6. The Electric Co.Live from St. Goarshausen, Aug. 20, 1983 - Edit I
  7. New Year's DayLive from St. Goarshausen, Aug. 20, 1983
  8. 40Live from St. Goarshausen, Germany, Aug. 20, 1983 - Edit I

Track list & edition differences — U2Songs

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Chart positions

  • UK Albums — peak: 2 Source
  • US Billboard 200 — peak: 28 Source

Certifications

  • UK — BPI: 3× Platinum Source
  • US — RIAA: 3× Platinum Source

Grammys & other honours

No work-specific award win has been verified for this entry. This is not a claim that none exists.

Selected documented achievements, not a worldwide exhaustive register. Certifications are award levels, not current sales estimates. Song and video awards appear on the relevant song pages and are not automatically credited to the album.

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Documented

Only two album performances come from Red Rocks; the rest were recorded in Boston and Germany. The concert film has a different programme.

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