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 This edition contains exclusive, largely unpublished, photography from Anton Corbijn, location reports from the making of The Fly video, and background information on how the 'look' of Achtung Baby came together…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.
Island Records, Interscope and UMe announce the 30th Anniversary Edition release of Achtung Baby, which will see a special Standard black vinyl...
MoreTwenty years after its 1991 release, an anniversary edition of Achtung Baby arrives on 31st October, 2011. A raft of unreleased material including...
MoreA host of famous names, including The Killers, Jack White, Nine Inch Nails, Snow Patrol, Patti Smith and Depeche Mode, have re-created U2’s Achtung...
MoreFrom The Sky Down, directed by Davis Guggenheim, tells the story behind the recording of the band's 1991 album Achtung Baby and was the first ever...
MoreReleased Date: 17 April, 1994 Produced By: Ned O'Hanlon, Rocky Oldham and Paul McGuinness Engineer: Director : David Mallet Label: Polygram Video...
MoreDuring the Zoo TV concerts, U2 hosted several live video hookups with the beleaguered citizens of Sarajevo, arranged by Bill Carter, film-maker and...
MoreThe album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and became one of the most significant records of the nineties and of U2’s career.
MoreThe music video for the fifth single from the album was directed by Phil Joanou.
MoreReleased Date: 23 November, 1992 Produced By: U2 and Paul Barrett Engineer: Ian Bryan, Paul Barrett, Robbie Adams Label: Island Records Recorded At:...
MoreIn 1992, U2 along with Public Enemy, Big Audio Dynamite II, and Kraftwerk held a "Stop Sellafield" concert for Greenpeace to protest the nuclear...
MoreConcert in Stockholm, Sweden is broadcast into the home of John Harris of England, who won a MTV contest for a private broadcast.
MoreReleased Date: 08 June, 1992, Produced By: Steve Lillywhite with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, Engineer: Flood
MoreThe official music video for Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix) by U2.
MoreReleased Date: 01 June, 1992 Produced By: Even Better Than The Real Thing Director: Kevin Godley Producer: Iain Brown for MediaLab at The Mill...
MoreZoo TV European Leg opens in Paris, Palais Omnisports De Bercy
MoreReleased Date: 02 March, 1992, Produced By: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, Engineer: Flood
MoreZoo TV Tour begins at Lakeland Civic Centre Arena, Florida
More‘Mysterious Ways’ was the second single to be released from the album.
MoreReleased Date: 25 November, 1991 Produced By: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, Engineer: Flood, Label: Island Records.
MoreTo 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...
MoreReleased Date: 18 November, 1991 Produced By: Daniel Lanois with Brian Eno Engineer: Engineered and Mixed by Flood with Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild...
MoreThese Irishmen have proven that the same penchant for epic musical and verbal gestures that leads many artists to self-parody can, in more inspired...
MoreDespite its awful title, Achtung Baby is an admirable record. Surprisingly introverted and complex.....
MoreHere we all were, fretting over the parlous state of rock and help was on the way even while we were dithering...
MoreAchtung 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,...
MoreFilmed in Dublin and London, The Fly was the first single from Achtung Baby. Directed by Ritchie Smyth.
MoreReleased Date: 21 October, 1991 Produced By: Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois Engineer: Flood Label: Island Records
MoreU2 began recording Achtung Baby in Berlin's Hansa Studios in October 1990.
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