Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Achtung Baby

Achtung Baby is U2's seventh album, released in November 1991.


As with any other band, arguments, friction, and the real possibility of disbanding are bound to happen.  Yet U2 is not a band foreseen as potentially breaking up.  They are one of the strongest musical groups meant to be.

"One" brought U2 back together.

18 million copies sold worldwide

Reissued in October 2011 for the album's 20th anniversary
Reissued in November 2021 for the album's 3oth anniversary

Notes -
No. 1 on Billboard 200 Top Albums
Best Single - "One"
Artist of the Year
Best Album
Best Songwriter - Bono
Best Album Cover
Comeback of the Year

Honors -
1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

Achtung Baby Track List 
1.  Zoo Station
2.  Even Better Than the Real Thing
3.  One
4.  Until the End of the World
5.  Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6.  So Cruel
7.  The Fly
8.  Mysterious Ways
9.  Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
10.  Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
11.  Acrobat
12.  Love Is Blindness

Certifications -

- Gold in Brazil, Italy, Japan,  and Switzerland

- Platinum in Argentina, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the U.S.*
*The music video was certified Platinum in the U.S.

- 2x Platinum in Dnmark and France

- 4x Platinum in the UK

- 5x Platinum in Australia and New Zealand

- 8x Platinum in the U.S.*
*The album itself was certified 8x Platinum.

- Diamond in Canada


Follow the Wikipedia link above for the full background of Achtung Baby.

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