Claim: U2's second album was their first number one in the UK.
Evidence: Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album , War -LRB- 1983 -RRB- , and the singles `` Sunday Bloody Sunday '' and `` Pride -LRB- In the Name of Love -RRB- '' helped establish U2 's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group.
War is the third studio album by Irish rock band U2.