U2 - Achtung Baby (2LP, Red & Blue vinyl, slipcase)
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30th Anniversary Special Edition Double LP
U2 [click here to see other vinyl featuring U2]
- Vocals, Guitar – Bono
- Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – The Edge
- Bass Guitar – Adam Clayton
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Drums, Percussion – Larry Mullen
Keyboards – Brian Eno (A3-4, C3, D3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Brian Eno]
Guitar – Daniel Lanois (A1, C3)
Percussion – Daniel Lanois (B1, C2)
Violin, Viola – The Duchess Nell Catchpole (B3)
String arranged by Brian Eno (B3), The Edge (B3)
Written by U2
2 LPs, slipcase jacket with Lyric Booklet & Poster
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Red & Blue
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Optimal Media (Germany)
Label : Island Records
Original Label : Island Records
Recorded October 1990 – September 1991 at Hansa (Berlin), Elsinore (Dalkey), STS (Dublin), Windmill Lane (Dublin)
Engineered by Flood (A1, A3-4, B1, B3, C1-3, D1-3), Paul Barrett (A2), Robbie Adams (A2, B2, C1-3, D1-2),
Mixed by Flood (A1, A3-4, B1, B3, C1-2, D1-2), Robbie Adams (A2, B1-2, C3), Steve Lillywhite (A2, B2, C1, C3), Daniel Lanois (B1, C1-2, D2-3), Brian Eno (B3), The Edge (C2)
Produced by Daniel Lanois (A1-4, B1-3, C1-3, D1-3), Steve Lillywhite (A2), Brian Eno (A2, B1-2, C2-3, D1)
Sleeve Design by Shaughn McGrath, Steve Averill
Originally released in November 1991
Reissued in November 2021
Tracks :
Side A:
- Zoo Station
- Even Better than the Real Thing
- One
Side B:
- Until the End of the World
- Who's Gonna Ride Your WIld Horses
- So Cruel
Side C:
- The Fly
- Mysterious Ways
- Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
Side D:
- Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
- Acrobat
- Love Is Blindness
Awards;
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Ranked 124/500
35th Annual Grammy Awards:
- award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- award for Producer of the Year
Included in Time's list of "The All-Time 100 Albums"
Included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Reviews :
“Reinventions rarely come as thorough and effective as Achtung Baby, an album that completely changed U2's sound and style. The crashing, unrecognizable distorted guitars that open "Zoo Station" are a clear signal that U2 have traded their Americana pretensions for postmodern, contemporary European music. Drawing equally from Bowie's electronic, avant-garde explorations of the late '70s and the neo-psychedelic sounds of the thriving rave and Madchester club scenes of early-'90s England, Achtung Baby sounds vibrant and endlessly inventive. Unlike their inspirations, U2 rarely experiment with song structures over the course of the album. Instead, they use the thick dance beats, swirling guitars, layers of effects, and found sounds to break traditional songs out of their constraints, revealing the tortured emotional core of their songs with the hyper-loaded arrangements. In such a dense musical setting, it isn't surprising that U2 have abandoned the political for the personal on Achtung Baby, since the music, even with its inviting rhythms, is more introspective than anthemic. Bono has never been as emotionally naked as he is on Achtung Baby, creating a feverish nightmare of broken hearts and desperate loneliness; unlike other U2 albums, it's filled with sexual imagery, much of it quite disturbing, and it ends on a disquieting note. Few bands as far into their career as U2 have recorded an album as adventurous or fulfilled their ambitions quite as successfully as they do on Achtung Baby, and the result is arguably their best album.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.42 / 5