- rock, pop rock, alternative rock, indie rock
- 55 min
- 12 tracks
- Island
Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by the Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 by Island Records. After criticism of their 1988 documentary film and album Rattle and Hum and a sense of creative stagnation, U2 shifted their direction to incorporate influences from alternative, industrial, and electronic dance music into their sound.
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Character-led, contemporary, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 93/100
- Calgary HeraldB+
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Hot Press10/12
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- The New Zealand Herald3.5/5 ★
- Orlando Sentinel4/5 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA
- Blender5/5 ★
- Mojo5/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.5/10
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Zoo Station4:37
- 2Even Better Than the Real Thing3:41
- 3One4:36
- 4Until the End of the World4:39
- 5Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses5:17
- 6So Cruel5:49
- 7The Fly4:29
- 8Mysterious Ways4:04
- 9Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World3:53
- 10Ultra Violet (Light My Way)5:31
- 11Acrobat4:30
- 12Love Is Blindness4:23
12 tracks, 55 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- U2
- Label
- Island
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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