U2
Achtung Baby
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Zoo Station full track | 4:36 | 97,325 | ||
| 2 |
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Even Better Than The Real Thing full track | 3:43 | 150,621 | ||
| 3 |
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One full track | 4:36 | 374,424 | ||
| 4 |
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Until The End Of The World full track | 4:41 | 144,734 | ||
| 5 |
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Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses full track | 5:16 | 94,902 | ||
| 6 |
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So Cruel full track | 5:49 | 88,568 | ||
| 7 |
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The Fly full track | 4:36 | 111,127 | ||
| 8 |
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Mysterious Ways full track | 4:05 | 222,299 | ||
| 9 |
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Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World full track | 3:52 | 75,231 | ||
| 10 |
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Ultra Violet (Light My Way) full track | 5:30 | 50,651 | ||
| 11 |
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Acrobat full track | 4:30 | 82,059 | ||
| 12 |
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Love Is Blindness full track | 4:23 | 82,860 |
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.
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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Shouts
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Amsterdamerz wrote:
my fav album ever
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scarboro wrote:
Baby actually is Baby in German. I didn't know that till right now. :p
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whythe60shateus wrote:
nice name
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stroktoy wrote:
Yeah!!!!
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Erik-F wrote:
Damn, this is by far the best album U2 has ever made...
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focus992 wrote:
my fav
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Jane-Margaret wrote:
I love how different this album is. And the cover is great.
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labvakar wrote:
Great album. How different it is if we compare to "The Joshua Tree", but both are awesome in their own ways :)
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Yi_Sun-sin wrote:
I like this album.
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bonovox0815 wrote:
the soundtrack of my life...
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Banba777 wrote:
ohhh oui ..this is the best album ever !!! @ Kily _Morrissey ...sure like an orgasm :-)))
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DerFulham wrote:
ААААА!!! Дети ахтунги!!!!))))))))))))
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Kily_Morrissey wrote:
Orgasm.-
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Cologne_Fly wrote:
THIS IS THE PERFECT ALBUM!
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ajaxrulzz wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/U2/_/Ultraviolet+%28Light+My+Way%29 Can everyone vote for the correct name?? Ultra Violet (Light my Way)
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leandrojsj wrote:
the best
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jsadikster wrote:
One (;-) of the best albums of the rock history.
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Nefertiti2 wrote:
the best album!!!!
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phoustsince1991 wrote:
I've listened to this album over 2000 times. Not their best album mind you, that honour belongs to The Unforgettable Fire.
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Edenhorn wrote:
Best album ever!
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