1981, the band releases October.

Released Date: October 12, 1981
Produced By: Steve Lillywhite
Engineer: Chris Thomas
Label: Island Records
Recorded At: Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin

Originally titled Scarlet, October, was released on October 12, 1981. As part of the Island Master series, October was re-issued on 5″ CD in March 1996. The album peaked at No. 11 in the UK and No. 104 in the US ‘October’ was certified platinum by the RIAA. The New Musical Express, a UK magazine, voted the album No.4 in its annual poll.

Steve Lillywhite on ‘October’ – The album the most difficult of the three records I did with them. The fact that the first album had some success in the US meant that the band would tour there for a long time to do the groundwork. When they came back, and it was time to do the second album, nothing was ready!

Songs included on ‘October’:
Gloria, I Fall Down, I Threw A Brick Through A Window, Rejoice, Fire, Tomorrow, October, With a Shout (Jerusalem), Stranger in a Strange Land, Scarlet, Is That All?