“Being in U2 is like being in the priesthood. 'Achtung Baby' was released in 1991 and was hailed as a "triumphant reinvention." The album sold more than 20 million copies and remains U2's most important album. The irony for me now is that we made Achtung Baby to set fire to our earnestness and now here’s this very earnest film about the making of the album." Let’s face it, the era of rock music is going to end soon, and if you are interested in rock music and rock bands you’ll be interested in their internal dynamics: what makes a rock band tick, the tribal aspect, the idea of the clan. Now that I’ve seen it a few times I realise it is actually about the creative process. The album was produced by Brian Eno and Danny Lanois. U2 1,295 Audio CD 40 offers from 3.89 Rattle & Hum U2 1,259 Audio CD 95 offers from 2.10 The Best Of 1980-1990 U2 3,049 Audio CD 149 offers from 1.49 Boy Rsd U2 773 Vinyl 25 offers from 27.44 U2 - The Best of 1990-2000 U2 1,213 Audio CD 99 offers from 2. Achtung Baby was U2s first full length album of the 1990s and their seventh album of their career. "He didn’t tell us because we wouldn’t have agreed. Achtung Baby U2 105 Vinyl 35 offers from 38.53 The Unforgettable F. But when I saw it first I just saw these four people talking intensely about their music, and, really, does the world need that at this time? Davis didn’t tell us he was going into our past to put a context on what really happened to the band after the success of 'The Joshua Tree' and how bad things were in Berlin when we started to make 'Achtung Baby.' It’s about how bands function – or, in this case, don’t function. U2’s Bono and his tribute to Apple’s Steve Jobs U2 upstaged Lady Gaga at Clinton 65th birthday bash But I think there comes a time when it actually becomes dysfunctional not to look into the past, and for the 'Achtung Baby' album we made an exception. I’m interested only in what we’re about to do. U2 and Thierry Noir originally connected through mutual friend and collaborator Wim Wenders while U2 were recording Achtung Baby at Hansa Studios in Berlin. I’ve never been interested in what we have done. Edge will tell you that when we put together our best-of collections he forced me – actually had to physically force me – to listen to them before they went out. “Watching 'From the Sky Down' the first time made for painful viewing. To mark the rerelease of 'Achtung Baby,' the 35-year-old band opened their archives to Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim. “Why does anyone need a new U2 album?”Ī new documentary called 'From the Sky Down' looks at how the huge success of U2 in the 1980s almost broke up the band as they struggled to stay true to their vision. “If we don’t come up with a very good reason to make a new album, we should just f*** off,” U2's Bono recently told the Irish Times, while discussing the 20th anniversary rerelease of 'Achtung Baby' and a new film about the band.
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