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Achtung Baby by U2
6,828,142 plays (641,343 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Zoo Station | 4:36 | 142,109 | ||
| 2 |
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Even Better Than The Real Thing | 3:42 | 220,743 | ||
| 3 |
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One | 4:36 | 577,266 | ||
| 4 |
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Until The End Of The World | 4:39 | 208,389 | ||
| 5 |
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Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses | 3:57 | 139,667 | ||
| 6 |
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So Cruel | 5:50 | 128,100 | ||
| 7 |
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The Fly | 4:29 | 163,411 | ||
| 8 |
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Mysterious Ways | 4:03 | 330,386 | ||
| 9 |
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Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World | 3:53 | 109,124 | ||
| 10 |
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Ultra Violet (Light My Way) | 5:31 | 78,849 | ||
| 11 |
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Acrobat | 4:30 | 116,881 | ||
| 12 |
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Love Is Blindness | 4:23 | 117,010 |
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About this album
Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by irish rock band U2, released on 19 November 1991. The album arrived nearly two years after lead vocalist Bono announced the band would have to “go away and dream it all up again”, following the mixed response to 1988’s Rattle And Hum. While recording Achtung Baby, there was a rift between band members over the direction of the band’s sound. Tensions almost prompted U2 to break-up until the band rallied around the writing of the album’s hit One.
The album marks a dramatic change in the band’s image and sound, with the band being heavily influenced by alternative rock and electronic music. Their music also features more detailed production, more guitar effects, and darker, more personal lyrical content. The results were considerably more adventurous than their previous efforts, yet Achtung Baby was very commercially and critically successful, winning a Grammy Award and having sold approximately 18 million copies worldwide. In 2003, the album was ranked number 62 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The band embarked on the elaborately-staged, multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour to support the album.
History
Achtung Baby was a departure for the band. Bono has often described the album as “the sound of four men trying to chop down The Joshua Tree”. U2 sampled techniques and sounds from other musical genres previously unused by the band, including dance, house and electronica, whilst maintaining their original feel of rock and roll.
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The album marks a dramatic change in the band’s image and sound, with the band being heavily influenced by alternative rock and electronic music. Their music also features more detailed production, more guitar effects, and darker, more personal lyrical content. The results were considerably more adventurous than their previous efforts, yet Achtung Baby was very commercially and critically successful, winning a Grammy Award and having sold approximately 18 million copies worldwide. In 2003, the album was ranked number 62 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The band embarked on the elaborately-staged, multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour to support the album.
History
Achtung Baby was a departure for the band. Bono has often described the album as “the sound of four men trying to chop down The Joshua Tree”. U2 sampled techniques and sounds from other musical genres previously unused by the band, including dance, house and electronica, whilst maintaining their original feel of rock and roll.
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solitaryfields wrote:
this just stands miles forward all their other work. this is absolute masterpiece album, every song, every sound here is on it's place.
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freeVia3 wrote:
One of the first CDs I owned. Listening to it now after many years I'm impressed and it reminds me of a lot of other things that either didn't exist back then (OK Computer) or I just didn't know about (Violator). I <3 LPs that can age with you.
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IndyDoug wrote:
Happy Anniversary!
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SerTapsaHenrick wrote:
Happy birthday ^^
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PartySanCTG wrote:
Happy 20th birthday, you kickarse magnum opus!
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Magnificent81 wrote:
Happy Birthday Achtung Baby! U2's opus magnum.
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Bolshevized wrote:
How great is The Edge on this one? Try to imagine the album without him. It's one of the most impressive guitar performances ever, IMO.
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shamilaa wrote:
Ultra violet (Light My Way) by The Killers (L) The best for me :)
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thebruteclub wrote:
@Terrasidius I COULDNT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. Its liek, tired stadium rock stars on glitzy XTC trip - it could be a bust or a raving success. Luckily it was the second one.
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Terrasidius wrote:
Achtung Baby, Zooropa, Passengers & Pop are awesome; their 1990s stuff is the greatest. :)
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mixplusik wrote:
The remastered version sounds so good.
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thebruteclub wrote:
This album hasnt escaped entrapment of time. ;,( Does not sound timeless, rather very 90s. I thought of it dfferently at time. DBL ;,( A tipicall bleek U2 album. Guess that all the hype at time came from the ZOO TV tour extravaganza. Oh well... they made enough money not to care anymore...
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KarmaPolice95 wrote:
Happy birthday Achtung Baby!!!!!
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gcjulian wrote:
Happy birthday Achtung baby! :D
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MirrorballMan wrote:
Also happy birthday Larry! :)
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MirrorballMan wrote:
Happy birthday Achtung Baby, best album ever!
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Boracoa10 wrote:
Just received the superdeluxe reissue. I'm curious!
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McSantosch wrote:
Stone Roses
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danzag wrote:
Greatest album ever.
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usuallee wrote:
My favorite album of all time, bar none. I love this album. Every track is a masterpiece.
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