Track Listing
1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. One
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. So Cruel
7. Fly
8. Mysterious Ways
9. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
10. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
11. Acrobat
12. Love Is Blindness
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
U2: Bono (vocals, guitar); The Edge (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen (drums).Additional personnel: Daniel Lanois (guitar); Brian Eno (keyboards). Recorded at Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, Germany; Dog Town, S.T.S. and Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Ireland.A conscious reaction against "the myth of U2" (as guitarist The Edge put it), ACHTUNG, BABY was the result of two years work in Berlin and Dublin. Attempting to withdraw from the musical world and "re-invent" U2, the band secluded itself in studios, writing hours of material that was whittled down to 12 songs. The band's secrecy about the project aroused so much curiosity that early master tapes were stolen and bootlegged in Europe. ACHTUNG, BABY reflects the band's interest in differing musical sounds. The quasi-industrial opening to "Zoo Station" and the hip-hop influence in "Mysterious Ways," define U2 as a group of musicians determined to challenge themselves and their audience.
Editorial Reviews
Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.
Jazziz (12/01/1992)
4.5 Stars - Outstanding - ...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power...
Rolling Stone (01/09/1992)
...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment...
Musician (12/01/1991)
..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for..
New York Times (01/01/1992)
5 Stars - Classic - ...U2's heaviest album to date. And best... - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.
Q (12/01/1991)
..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (11/29/1991)
Included in CMJ's list of Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time
CMJ (01/06/2003)
Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums of the 1990s
Q (12/01/1999)
Ranked #9 in Q's Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime
Q (10/01/2001)
Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s
Spin (09/01/1999)
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the '90s.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
Included in Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the '90s.Spin (9/99, p.128) - Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90sQ (10/01, p.96) - Ranked #9 in Q's Best 50 Albums of Q's LifetimeQ (12/99, p.70) - Included in Q Magazine's 90 Best Albums of the 1990sCMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of Top 25 College Radio Albums of All TimeRolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - ...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power...Musician (12/91) - ...ACHTUNG, BABY is dense, tough and endlessly surprising...a great accomplishment...New York Times (1/1/92) - ..Dense, self-serious and overly ambitious: all the things this band is rightfully famous for..Q (12/91) - 5 Stars - Classic - ...U2's heaviest album to date. And best... - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991.Entertainment Weekly (11/29/91) - ..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases... - Rating: AJazziz (Dec.-Jan./92, p.94) - Picked by critic John Dilberto as one of the 10 best albums of 1992.
Rolling Stone (05/13/1999)
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