Achtung Baby

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U2 album rock album studio album

Achtung Baby is a critically acclaimed 1991 studio album by Irish rock band U2 that marked a bold sonic reinvention with darker, more experimental and electronic-influenced rock.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Achtung Baby (album, as member of U2) 2
Achtung Baby (U2 album) 1
Achtung Baby (with U2) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U2 album ⓘ
rock album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ⓘ
Juno Award ⓘ
surface form: Juno Award for International Album of the Year
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
followedBy Zooropa ⓘ
follows Rattle and Hum ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
electronic rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasPart Acrobat ⓘ
Even Better Than the Real Thing ⓘ
Love Is Blindness ⓘ
Mysterious Ways ⓘ
One ⓘ
So Cruel ⓘ
The Fly ⓘ
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World ⓘ
Ultraviolet (Light My Way) ⓘ
Until the End of the World ⓘ
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses ⓘ
Zoo Station ⓘ
length 55:27 ⓘ
mainPerformer Adam Clayton ⓘ
Bono ⓘ
Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ
The Edge ⓘ
notableFor darker lyrical themes ⓘ
incorporation of electronic dance and industrial influences ⓘ
sonic reinvention of U2’s sound ⓘ
partOf U2 ⓘ
surface form: U2 discography
performer U2 ⓘ
producer Brian Eno ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ
Flood ⓘ
Steve Lillywhite ⓘ
publicationDate 1991-11-18 ⓘ
publicationYear 1991 ⓘ
recordedIn Dog Town, Dublin ⓘ
Hansa Studios, Berlin ⓘ
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin ⓘ
surface form: STS Studios, Dublin

Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1990 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
recordLabel Interscope Records ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

One → album → Achtung Baby ⓘ
subject surface form: One (U2 song)
Zoo TV Tour → associatedAlbum → Achtung Baby ⓘ
One → centralWorkOn → Achtung Baby ⓘ
subject surface form: One (U2 song)
Rattle and Hum → followedBy → Achtung Baby ⓘ
Island Records → notableRelease → Achtung Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achtung Baby (U2 album)
Adam Clayton → notableWork → Achtung Baby ⓘ
Bono → notableWork → Achtung Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achtung Baby (with U2)
Larry Mullen Jr. → notableWork → Achtung Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achtung Baby (album, as member of U2)
The Edge → notableWork → Achtung Baby ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achtung Baby (album, as member of U2)
U2 → notableWork → Achtung Baby ⓘ
One → partOf → Achtung Baby ⓘ
subject surface form: One (U2 song)
Zooropa → precededBy → Achtung Baby ⓘ