Achtung Baby

Track Listings
 1 Zoo Station (4:36)
2 Even Better Than the Real Thing (3:41)
3 One (4:36)
4 Until the End of the World (4:39)
5 Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (5:16)
6 So Cruel (5:49)
7 Fly (4:29)
8 Mysterious Ways (4:04)
9 Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World (3:53)
10 Ultra Violet (Light My Way) (5:31)
11 Acrobat (4:30)
12 Love Is Blindness (4:23)

Discography
 No Line On The Horizon (2009)
 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004)
 The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
 Hasta La Vista Baby!: Live From Mexico city (2000)
All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)
The Best of 1980-1990 (1998)
 Pop (1997)
Zooropa (1993)
Actung Baby (1991)
Rattle & Hum (1988)
 The Joshua Tree (1987)
Wide Awake In America (1985)
The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
War (1981)
2 Sides Live (1981)
 October (1981)
Boy (1980)


 

Release Date: (1991)
Label: Interscope Records
Producer: Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois


December  Hotel 
Overall Rating:  +++++

(Ultra Violet)

 
Album Reviews

what does post-modernism sound like? well, since you ask, i refer you to track 1, 'zoo station'. seriously, this album captures a cultural shift amazingly well. the shift that happened to u2 between 'rattle and hum' and this album is the same shift that the world has been experiencing. as 'uf' sounded like slane castle to me, this album sounds like berlin in 1990. sociology aside, this album kicks some serious ass. i consider 'achtung baby' to be u2's most complete and cohesive album. u2 were at their peak here. i think bono's voice peaked with 'achtung baby' and i think that their sound peaked here as well. i think once 'achtung baby' was out, they really had no where new to go that would be as good. so they just went nuts and experimented with other stuff in the '90s. i guess that's why, for me, i think u2 just needs to make more music like this. if they just brought together their styles from the '80s and mixed in the edginess of 'achtung baby' and kept cranking out albums, i'd be a happy man. for me, the standout song from 'achtung baby' is 'so cruel'. don't ask why, but as the years pass, this song just gets better and better.
 
~Chris

 

 

No one musical act has ever reinvented themselves as much as Irish group U2 did when they approached the 90’s. To ensure their survival for the next ten years and to retain the unofficial title of the "Biggest Band in the World", they went from their organic rock stylings of such classics 80’s albums as ‘The Joshua Tree’, to the emerging sounds of electronica.

For the next decade they dazzled the world with unbelievable stage shows and lead singer, Bono’s many personalities (The Fly, MacPhisto) but what started it all was the Post Cold War, Post Berlin Wall, Post Modern smash, Achtung Baby. The 12 songs were varied from the simple yet beautiful (One) to the electronic (Even Better than the Real Thing) to the funk/mystic (Mysterious Ways).

With five hit singles U2 had the blueprint for the perfect rock album for the 90’s. The question everyone is asking is can they do it for the next century?

~ atlantismusic



 

 

 

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