Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Guest ArtistBrian Eno, Daniel Lanois
DistributionUniversal Distribution
Number of Tracks12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, Ireland
GuitarBono, Daniel Lanois, The Edge, Adam Clayton
MixingBrian Eno, Robbie Adams, Daniel Lanois, Flood, The Edge, Shannon Strong, Steve Lillywhite
EngineerRobbie Adams, Paul Barrett, Flood, Brian Adams, Steve Lillywhite, Joe O'herlihy
Additional InformationU2 Move to Berlin, Get Weird, and Make Their Best and Most Adventurous Album of the '90s.
Reviews"From Achtung Baby On, Panoramic Ballads Sat Side by Side with Mini-Rebellions...", Ranked #2 in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Reissues of 2011ft.- "One of Rock's Great Acts of Rebirth., 5 Stars - Classic - "...U2's heaviest album to date. And best..." - One of Q Magazine's 50 best albums of 1991., Picked by Critic John Dilberto As One of the 10 Best Albums of 1992., Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the '90s.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "To call ACHTUNG BABY a pivotal release is an understatement....Carbed up on a diet of Bowie, Reed and (at a stretch) Talking Heads, Bono and chums opted for a more arty, corrosive battle plan...", "A sexy, sleek and cynical synthesis of playful falsettos, Euro-trash dance grooves, grinding guitar tones...and a hopeless/heartbroken worldview ripped from the chest of Leonard Cohen.", Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s", "..refreshingly personal - deeper and denser than any of the band's previous releases..." - Rating: A, Ranked #9 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", "...Achtung, Baby Is Dense, Tough and Endlessly Surprising...A Great Accomplishment...", Included in Cmj's List of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time", 4.5 Stars - Outstanding - "...the band is able to grow confidently and consistently on its own native strengths...few bands can marshal such sublime power...", Essential to Understanding the Most Inscrutable Stadium-Filling Band in History." -- Grade: a, "..Dense, Self-Serious and Overly Ambitious: All the Things this Band Is Rightfully Famous For..", Ranked #19 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s", Ranked #62 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has lots of uncertainty, irony and distortion. It also has one of the most beautiful songs U2 ever recorded: 'One'..."
VocalsBono, The Edge
KeyboardsBrian Eno, The Edge
PercussionDaniel Lanois, Larry Mullen, Jr.
DrumsLarry Mullen, Jr.
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo