Achtung Baby Era Timeline , including album & singles release dates, selected Zoo TV tour dates & more
U2 began recording Achtung Baby in Berlin's Hansa Studios in October 1990.
Released Date: 21 October, 1991 Produced By: Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois Engineer: Flood Label: Island Records
Filmed in Dublin and London, The Fly was the first single from Achtung Baby. Directed by Ritchie Smyth.
Achtung Baby is a difficult album -- one that seems the result of considerable soul-searching lyrically. U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for, and that artistic restlessness is a key reason this Irish rock band continues to be so involving. In its first album in three years, the quartet sets aside the uplifting anthems of the Grammy-winning "The Joshua Tree" and the rock history exploration of "Rattle and Hum" to reflect on issues that seem almost subdued in a year in which rock has been obsessed with anger and rage. The concerns: troubled relationships, self-worth and identity.
Here we all were, fretting over the parlous state of rock and help was on the way even while we were dithering...
Despite its awful title, Achtung Baby is an admirable record. Surprisingly introverted and complex.....
These Irishmen have proven that the same penchant for epic musical and verbal gestures that leads many artists to self-parody can, in more inspired hands, fuel the unforgettable fire that defines great rock & roll....,
Released Date: 18 November, 1991 Produced By: Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno Engineer: Engineered and Mixed by Flood with Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses and Even Better Than The Real Thing mixed by Steve Lillywhite Label: Island Records Recorded At: Hansa Ton Studios, Berlin, Dog Town, S.T.S., and Windmill Lane, Dublin.
To mark the first all-new studio album since The Joshua Tree in 1987, this issue of the band's own magazine charts the creation of the new long-player in places as diverse as Berlin, Germany, North America and Dublin, Ireland. This edition contains exclusive, largely unpublished, photography from Anton Corbijn, location reports from the making of The Fly video, and background information on how the 'look' of Achtung Baby came together…
Released Date: 25 November, 1991 Produced By: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, Engineer: Flood, Label: Island Records.
