U2
Achtung Baby
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | |||
| 1 |
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Zoo Station full track | 4:36 | 69,594 | |
| 2 |
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Even Better Than the Real Thing full track | 3:42 | 100,066 | |
| 3 |
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One full track | 4:38 | 248,366 | |
| 4 |
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Until the End of the World full track | 4:40 | 103,121 | |
| 5 |
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Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses full track | 4:51 | 65,320 | |
| 6 |
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So Cruel full track | 5:49 | 64,019 | |
| 7 |
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The Fly full track | 4:36 | 80,149 | |
| 8 |
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Mysterious Ways full track | 4:04 | 149,621 | |
| 9 |
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Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World full track | 3:52 | 54,731 | |
| 10 |
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Ultra Violet (Light My Way) full track | 5:30 | 35,116 | |
| 11 |
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Acrobat full track | 4:30 | 59,641 | |
| 12 |
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Love Is Blindness full track | 4:23 | 60,137 |
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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debaser_74 wrote:
Truely amazing from start to finish, by far my favourite U2 album and one of the best of all time by anyone.
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Paolavox wrote:
The Best Album Ever <3
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EdgeLike wrote:
No, the Joshua Tree is the best. Achtung Baby comes very close behind though.
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PabloRH wrote:
Their best!
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cocteau1 wrote:
Tryin to throw your arms is gorgeous sultry...come back to mine for a coffee music
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chuy_anubis wrote:
Me neither ... this album is made of pure awesomeness!!! Maybe the only weak point its "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms ..."
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theonehahania84 wrote:
i really can't understand why Achtung Baby is the 4th most listened album of u2 on last.fm.It's their masterpiece.Full of emotions,equally amazing songs from Zoo station to Love is Blindness(personal favourite with Ultra Violet) and with only one word, FLAWLESS.
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c509 wrote:
LOVE
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Tiago_Lima wrote:
Perfect album indeed, all tracks are awesome.
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okoolarnica wrote:
just Achtung Baby.
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licoricepizza wrote:
a really great album. and i agree that it probably won't ever sound "dated".
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katymc wrote:
C.L.A.S.S.I.C.
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Sitbon wrote:
Bono's vocals are probably the best on this album. This record is quite awesome.
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VillAte wrote:
I love this album. I just love it.
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spoonerdavid wrote:
CLASSIC
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ncarey13 wrote:
To me, this is where they started to go downhill. They've never been the same since. I don't think they'll ever capture what they had again.
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TudorSmith wrote:
i love this one. It really is their best album. probably because it was recorded during such turmoil int he band. To me also, it is the least "Dated" album and will be played over the years without people say "Oh that's so 80's or so 90's!" it really is that good!
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galko00 wrote:
Best u2 album. The album of my youth. The album of my life, because i'm still young and beauty!
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EdgeLike wrote:
Second best U2 album in my opinion. Just after the Joshua Tree.
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danivirg wrote:
best 90's album
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