Achtung Baby
Released November 1991.
In early 1991, as work was finishing on the new songs, the Gulf War broke out in the Middle East. Bono and Edge were amazed at the attitude of some of the television coverage of the fighting - many of those in combat seemed to treat the war more like a video game than a serious conflict. This blurring of the line between fantasy and hard reality gave Bono the initial idea for what was to become the ZooTV tour. The constant stream of 24-hour news, shopping, adverts and MTV made possible by cable and satellite TV seemed to blend together in a way that made one barely distinguishable from the other.
FromThree Chords and the Truth
Tracks on the album include:
- ZOO STATION
- EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
- ONE
- UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
- WHO'S GONNA RIDE YOU WILD HORSES
- SO CRUEL
- THE FLY
- MYSTERIOUS WAYS
- THYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD
- ULTRAVIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY)
- ACROBAT
- LOVE IS BLINDNESS
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