20 years ago, U2 came back with their best album in their career. The same year R.E.M., Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Tribe Called Quest & two unknown bands from Seattle Nirvana & Pearl Jam released ground breaking CDs & made history. It was also the same year Lollapolloza was launch. This made 1991 the year of ground breaking music. 1991 should be analyze by music historians that it was the year that ground breaking music took over radio, MTV & the billboard charts.
It's so great to look back at this and remember how off the wall and ahead of it's time "achtung baby" really was...& @ the same time, looking back at it seems really sad when you consider how uninteresting (all) music has become. Watch this video and think to yourself, "this is what rock n' roll used to sound like. this is what pop music used to feel like. this is what a music video used to look like. and this was a moment in time when the biggest band on the planet was also the most daring."
i suppose all this achtung baby love is now a natural pre-cursor to the box set release of achtung baby 20th anniversary in the fall ? (well 19th but who cares about details ? )
Thanks for the post...awesome to see the intro clips for the album which is by far my fave of u2's. On the new tour they play alot of the tracks from this album (which is awesome since I was just a baby fan back then!...didn't know what I was missing)
achtung baby is surely their best album along with the joshua tree... songs like until the end of the world, ultra violet (light my way), the fly, mysterious ways, one... the only words i can use to rate this album are incredible, beautiful...
that song is so good THE BEST SONG by album ACHTUNG BABY 1992 THE BEST TOUR ZOO TV 92 and 93 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 THE BEST BAND FROM THE WORLD THE NEW ALBUM 2009 TOUR 2009 greeting from the AREQUIPA-PERÚ! si se biene el nuevo album con las mismas influencias a este muy BUEN ALBUM ACHTUNG BABY yeah lo estoy esperando con hancias de que salga el album para comprarlo saludos A TODOS LOS FANS DE U2 LA MEJOR BANDA DEL MUNDO
the only memories this album brings when it came out was me being 2 years old. this is my fav U2 album without question. I just wish I were alive in that time period. although until the end of the world was never released as a single they made a vid for it and it kinda sucked. i love U2:)
they must've changed the whole single order cos the cover for mysterious ways in this is the real cover for EBTTRT, and mysterious ways ended up being released with the one that was shown as until the end of the world. you'd think they would've decided on singles by the time they did a promo
Never seen this, grew up with this album. There's a lot of AB era footage that seems like was never used anywhere else. That last Bono in makeup shot on a rooftop is fantastic! Probably should of used that to make the End of the world video.
Also interesting to note that cover for Mysterious Ways was tentatively named "SHE MOVES in Mysterious Ways" which perhaps was a longer name for the song in the early stage of AB.
..Happy Anniversary..!!
I love you Bono, I love U2
AchtungRose 3 months ago
Happy Birthday Larry, Thank You!
AchtungRose 4 months ago
..Happy Anniversay..!
I love you Bono, I love U2
AchtungRose 4 months ago
'Happy 20 Anniversary' I love you Bono, I love U2
AchtungRose 4 months ago
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AchtungRose 4 months ago
Love It!! wy..
susanpresley01 5 months ago
incredible:)..!!
susanpresley01 5 months ago
20 years ago, U2 came back with their best album in their career. The same year R.E.M., Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, A Tribe Called Quest & two unknown bands from Seattle Nirvana & Pearl Jam released ground breaking CDs & made history. It was also the same year Lollapolloza was launch. This made 1991 the year of ground breaking music. 1991 should be analyze by music historians that it was the year that ground breaking music took over radio, MTV & the billboard charts.
blachubear 6 months ago 3
@blachubear Don't forget the Use Your Illusion albums from Guns N' Roses which also made history.
Hallucination 3 months ago
The first CD I ever bought as a teenager - my tastes were never 'normal' again after that!
DoubleMiz 6 months ago
SPinning a plate of candles on yer head! Sounds fun!
MrReuben13 7 months ago
Thumbs up if you think 'Zoo Station' should've been released as a single.
MrReuben13 7 months ago 2
'The Fly'=My favourite U2 song!
MrReuben13 7 months ago
It's so great to look back at this and remember how off the wall and ahead of it's time "achtung baby" really was...& @ the same time, looking back at it seems really sad when you consider how uninteresting (all) music has become. Watch this video and think to yourself, "this is what rock n' roll used to sound like. this is what pop music used to feel like. this is what a music video used to look like. and this was a moment in time when the biggest band on the planet was also the most daring."
mikezazworsky 1 year ago
this is amazing footage of the band
tremors831 1 year ago
i suppose all this achtung baby love is now a natural pre-cursor to the box set release of achtung baby 20th anniversary in the fall ? (well 19th but who cares about details ? )
habib234 1 year ago
Achtung Baby : Probably rocks greatest reinvention since Sgt. Pepper... and Garth Brook's alter ego, of course :D
RideMyBMW 1 year ago
the GREATEST THING that HAS happened to MUSIC. U2's GREATEST album
silvercream69 2 years ago
Thanks for the post...awesome to see the intro clips for the album which is by far my fave of u2's. On the new tour they play alot of the tracks from this album (which is awesome since I was just a baby fan back then!...didn't know what I was missing)
sly1shan 2 years ago
achtung baby has more soul and passion than any other album. U2 and achtung baby are the best the world has ever seen!
Rachelsian19 2 years ago
achtung baby is surely their best album along with the joshua tree... songs like until the end of the world, ultra violet (light my way), the fly, mysterious ways, one... the only words i can use to rate this album are incredible, beautiful...
ilbiagio91 2 years ago
I like the colored walls during "Mysterious Ways". A shame they didn't use it for a video.
stonemosaic 3 years ago
The best u2 ever! (with Zooropa too)
physik1985 3 years ago 7
THE FLY - still their greatest song.
The new album sounds like its going to be a new classic. LOVE LIVE U2!
saintsubversive 3 years ago 5
the new album is the little brother of achtung baby i think ;)
matu2983 2 years ago
ULTRAVIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY) was a single
that song is so good THE BEST SONG by album ACHTUNG BABY 1992 THE BEST TOUR ZOO TV 92 and 93 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 u2 THE BEST BAND FROM THE WORLD THE NEW ALBUM 2009 TOUR 2009 greeting from the AREQUIPA-PERÚ! si se biene el nuevo album con las mismas influencias a este muy BUEN ALBUM ACHTUNG BABY yeah lo estoy esperando con hancias de que salga el album para comprarlo saludos A TODOS LOS FANS DE U2 LA MEJOR BANDA DEL MUNDO
rock100pre 3 years ago
atencion nena
chiwelo 3 years ago
the only memories this album brings when it came out was me being 2 years old. this is my fav U2 album without question. I just wish I were alive in that time period. although until the end of the world was never released as a single they made a vid for it and it kinda sucked. i love U2:)
cyborghana 3 years ago
I was less than a year old when it came out, like 8, 9 months old. I wish I were a teen then instead of today.
cpa54 2 years ago 2
best album ever made
barrottes 3 years ago 11
@barrottes I wouldn't go that far, but definitely the best U2 album. Well, maybe after 'H.T.D.A.A.B.'...
MrReuben13 7 months ago
awesome!
terrasidius 3 years ago 3
Didn't hear my favorite song on that album and by U2 as a whole...Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. Amazing song.
kdvincent1982 4 years ago
this is when u2 still made good original music... i love this album, still one of my favorites
montecarlostar 4 years ago
THEY STILL DO!
(some press tries to get them down... pressures from higher power - their message is dangerously powerful...)
U2 = GOD´s MUSIC!
Greatings from Porto, Portugal
Diugoa 4 years ago
thanks for posting this! brings back lots of memories from autumn 1991. ;-)
JBraden 4 years ago
That's funny...Until the End of the World was never released as a single either...
shkee23 4 years ago
they must've changed the whole single order cos the cover for mysterious ways in this is the real cover for EBTTRT, and mysterious ways ended up being released with the one that was shown as until the end of the world. you'd think they would've decided on singles by the time they did a promo
sebrat13wildcat 4 years ago
Never seen this, grew up with this album. There's a lot of AB era footage that seems like was never used anywhere else. That last Bono in makeup shot on a rooftop is fantastic! Probably should of used that to make the End of the world video.
Also interesting to note that cover for Mysterious Ways was tentatively named "SHE MOVES in Mysterious Ways" which perhaps was a longer name for the song in the early stage of AB.
ULtra cool share! Thank you!
wendileona 4 years ago
Probably their best album. It was a great re-invention of a great band and they would not be U2 without these tracks.
maddogwally 4 years ago 3