Achtung Baby!

Newch91
Newch91 Posts: 17,560
edited October 2012 in Other Music
Damn this album for being too good! One of the best in rock history. To me, it's the 'perfect' album; tracks 1-12 are all great. No filler songs on the album at all. It's tough for me to decide what my favorite song on the album is because they're all great.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    A very underrated album for sure.

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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Really? I hear this album gets so much recognition for being one of their best and being one of the best albums of the 90s and rock history.
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  • craigb
    craigb Posts: 806
    The BEST U2 album...

    And "Mysterious Ways" is the best U2 song

    IMHO :)
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  • Spark28
    Spark28 Posts: 64
    So Cruel...
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    AMAZING album.

    Zoo station, until the end of the world, mysterious ways, ultra violet light, acrobat and love is blindness all give me the chills. And while I'm at it, that song from Batman is my favorite U2 song.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc9wlYsSC-E
    FF to around 2:10
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  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,550
    Love Is Blindless :thumbup:
  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    U2's first real Rock & Roll album.
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    It's nothing less than my all time favorite album, from any artist. At some point each of the songs has been my favorite on the album. It is the perfect album. And up until this album, I kind of had an indifferent view on U2. I mean I kind of liked most of their hit songs up until that point but didn''t think of them as a great band until Achtung Baby. The balls they had to make that album after riding so much success on their Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum sound. Wow.
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    I agree it is essentially a perfect album.

    But underrated? Nah.
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    BinFrog wrote:
    But underrated? Nah.

    BinFrog is right. When this album came out it was HUGE. There is no such thing as Achtung Baby being underrated on this Earth. You'd probably never know though, since it never seems to get mentioned or brought up in the press as anyone's favorite.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    HeavyHands wrote:
    BinFrog wrote:
    But underrated? Nah.

    BinFrog is right. When this album came out it was HUGE. There is no such thing as Achtung Baby being underrated on this Earth. You'd probably never know though, since it never seems to get mentioned or brought up in the press as anyone's favorite.

    Thats because its not cool to like U2. however, this is my favorite U2 record (just beating out POP)
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    And seeing ZooTV is STILL my most mind-blowing concert experience.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    DeLukin wrote:
    And seeing ZooTV is STILL my most mind-blowing concert experience.
    :o:o That must have been incredible.
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    edited September 2010
    Newch91 wrote:
    DeLukin wrote:
    And seeing ZooTV is STILL my most mind-blowing concert experience.
    :o:o That must have been incredible.
    Yea, man. The early 90's was a good time to see live music. I'd have to check to be sure, but I think that same summer was the first time I saw Pearl Jam @ Lollapalooza (Montage Mt). Good times, for sure...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    DeLukin wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    DeLukin wrote:
    And seeing ZooTV is STILL my most mind-blowing concert experience.
    :o:o That must have been incredible.
    Yea, man. The early 90's was a good time to see live music. I'd have to check to be sure, but I think that same summer was the first time I saw Pearl Jam play Lollapalooza at Montage Mt. Good times, for sure...
    I was only like 1, 2 at the time of ZooTV. Why haven't I bought the DVD yet? I don't know.
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  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    DeLukin wrote:
    And seeing ZooTV is STILL my most mind-blowing concert experience.


    Still my only U2 concert :)
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    For all of you that saw them on the ZooTV tour, what was the difference between the arena and stadium shows?
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  • tcaporale
    tcaporale Posts: 1,577
    "The Fly" is my favorite U2 song.

    It's been described as the sound of U2 "cutting down the Joshua Tree," and I couldn't agree more.

    Amazing record.
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    tcaporale wrote:
    "The Fly" is my favorite U2 song.

    It's been described as the sound of U2 "cutting down the Joshua Tree," and I couldn't agree more.

    Amazing record.


    That's a great analogy. A fellow PJ fan and huge admirer of Achtung Baby and I have had a similar conversation about the first time we heard "The Fly". How it was so sublimely different than anything they had made previously. That album is ahead of its time still today.
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    There best album by far :)
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