Over a gentle guitar — a spiritual sequel to “Running To Stand Still in its sound — Bono finds peace in losing faith. The prodigal son comes home again, the father hands over the keys to his kingdom, and the son ... throws them away. The song’s softly triumphant climax is the only real emotional catharsis over these 50 minutes, and it is beautifully understated.

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Incidentally, here’s something interesting to consider; when Achtung Baby was reissued in 2011 there was no vinyl version available separately. The 2LP edition was ONLY available in the uber deluxe or as part of a four-record set with some of the remixes. That only happened seven years later for the 2018 U2 vinyl reissues. When The Joshua Tree turned 30, U2 hit the road for a special anniversary tour and played the whole damn album 50 times start to finish. de la Parra, Pimm Jal (2003). U2 Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9198-7. Bream, John. "Oct 26, 1997: Bono sounds off on the PopMart tour". Star Tribune . Retrieved 12 October 2022. Pride, Dominic (11 June 1994). "Ivors Spotlight Take That's Barlow". Billboard. Vol.106, no.24. p.38.

But it feels earned, in a world just escaping from the Cold War and only just beginning to understand the new age, the digital age, that it was entering. These guys saw it and they recognized it, even if they were as perplexed as anyone about what you were supposed to do about it. Their only real conclusion is to do the same thing you did before: You miss your mom, you get mad at your dad, you fall in love, you get high, sometimes you wonder what the point of all this really is. But you don’t give up. You keep living. It just sounds a little bit different. Although 2011 is probably best remembered as the year of Pink Floyd’s‘Immersion’ box sets, there were two mega-boxes which were ahead of their time and helped define a new era of ‘super deluxe edition’ box sets. Tyaransen, Olaf (25 March 2009). "30 remarkable years: Why McGuinness has been good for U2". Hot Press. Vol.33, no.5 . Retrieved 22 April 2011.

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Graham, Bill (18 June 1992). "Achtung Station!". Hot Press. Vol.16, no.10 . Retrieved 22 April 2011. The group employed Brian Eno and his assisting partner Mark "Flood" Ellis—both of whom worked on Achtung Baby—to produce the sessions; [7] long-time Eno collaborator Daniel Lanois was busy promoting his solo album and was unavailable. [12] Similar to the Achtung Baby sessions, Eno worked two-week shifts. The group often gave him in-progress songs to adjust and to which he could add his own personality. [13] Initially, the band did not have a clear plan for how they would release the material being written. [9] At the time, Clayton said, "I don't know if what we're doing here is the next U2 album or a bunch of rough sketches that in two years will turn into the demos for the next U2 album." [9] The Edge was a proponent of making an EP of new material to promote the upcoming leg of the tour, [1] describing his mentality as thus: "We've got a bit of time off. We've got some ideas hanging around from the last record, let's do an EP, maybe four new songs to spice the next phase of the tour up a bit. It'll be a fan thing. It'll be cool." [7] GAFFA-prisen 1991-2006 – se vinderne". GAFFA (in Danish). Denmark. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015 . Retrieved 2 September 2019. a b c d e f g h Zooropa (Media notes). U2. Island Records. 1993. 314-518 047-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)a b Tyaransen, Olaf (4 December 2002). "Closer to the Edge". Hot Press. Vol.26, no.23 . Retrieved 26 April 2011.

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Celebrating the 30 th anniversary of U2’s Zooropa, September 2023 sees the release of a limited edition coloured vinyl pressing of the Grammy-award winning album to coincide with the band’s performances at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Once in a while, the album receives some favorable retrospectives — here’s a semi-ironic piece by Rob Harvilla in Spin for its 20th anniversary, an occasion also commemorated by Stereogum — but it’s mostly an afterthought in the U2 pantheon. Boy was a promising first album, War made them stars, The Joshua Tree became one of the biggest records in history, and Achtung Baby wasn’t far behind it. a b c d e f Pareles, Jon (4 July 1993). "A Raucous U2 Moves Farther Out on a Limb". The New York Times. sec. Arts and Leisure, p. 22 . Retrieved 8 October 2009.

ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1994 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 13 July 2021. Production Manager [2018 Album Remaster - Project Production Manager On Behalf Of Island Records/UMC] – Lisa Power Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

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Top 100 Albums 1993" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 1994. p.25 . Retrieved 21 May 2022– via World Radio History.The next song is a love ballad to a woman on TV, powered by a toy piano that sounds exactly like that, and the tone is set. With the exception of the lovelorn and familiar “Stay,” there is really no comfort to be found. a b c d e f Browne, David (9 July 1993). "Music Review: Zooropa". Entertainment Weekly. No.178 . Retrieved 29 July 2010. In the meantime, the new 2LP vinyl edition of the album is being released on 19 November 2021 (this Friday!) which is 30 years and one day since the original release date. Coloured vinyl is D2C only.