Achtung Baby

Um álbum que me surpreendeu pela positiva, tinha uma ideia muito negativa sobre os U2 mas este álbum mostrou que a minha ideia preconcebida não estava totalmente correta. Nota :6/10

I never understood the hype around U2. I mean, they're just not really good. The songs just aren't very interesting, or inspiring, or emotional, or technical, or anything of note, really. It's not that it's super bad either, but I really don't understand why they may be worth listening to at all. And for that, at almost an hour this album drags on for way too long. I did like Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses. But that's the only track that stood out somewhat.

Man U2 really sounds like old-school faggot stuff. Like, AIDS gay stuff

Great stuff!

After the WAR LP I lost interest in U2 so was one of the few who had no time for Joshua Tree. I thought they had started to simply repeat previous formulas. Actung Baby is a welcome step away from their past. And the hits are quite good. eg the rhythm guitar on One is mind blowing. 

One of the best bands of all time. Bono is a top geezer and The Edge wears a lovely little hat.

Another U2 album noooooooo. Sans Brian Eno on production and a whole 5 minutes longer than The Joshua Tree, I had a feeling I wouldn't like this one any more than The Joshua Tree. And in a lot of ways, that's true! But the extra edge on this album that helps make it more compelling. Unfortunate that it's all I can say that's good on the album. It all just comes across as a snoozefest and I can't be bothered to engage with it more than that.

Fuck off Bono. Fun Fact: Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant chose this album title from a shortlist of 16 including Achtung Adult and Achtung Teenager.

I am delighted to confirm that U2 are not my U. This album supposedly marks one of the greatest reinventions in rock history. So well done U2 on leaving your post-punk roots behind and reinventing yourselves as a bland, beige proto-Coldplay.

Niet waar ik van houd :(

Nothing stand out super strongly, it would be okay if it came on shuffle some how for most tracks as a change of pace but wouldnt seek it out nor would want it coming up too often

Alright.

I’ve never been much of a U2 fan, but was pleasantly surprised by Achtung Baby. A lot of pop hits on this one, and the fillers were also listenable. The kind of album I would not intentionally play, but wouldn’t complain about it either. Overall good, but of course included what I consider to be some typical U2 nonsensical lyrics. This album isn’t a #1, but I certainly see it as a solid #2. I also liked the bonus material on the Spotify edition. 3.5 stars. Rounding up!

Es un buen disco de la banda con unos cuantos hits. Han envejecido mal, pero la banda tiene muy buenos discos

I don't like u2 much and I particularly don't like this version of them

3/5

This wasn't great for me. I think Emily hit it on the head with her generic rock comment. No modifiers just straight up and down rock that was made to be inoffensive to everyone so therefore its lacking in ingenuity. I'm catching up on hella albums so I'll keep it short. I kinda liked Bono's vocal effect on the opener, it sounded like that early Beck style. After that I was pretty disinterested but not put off but the rest of the album.

U2 is the McDonald's of rock.

I stopped following these guys in ’80 when they moved to more of a soft rock style with songs like “I still haven't found what I'm looking for”. Many of the tracks on Achtung have promising opening guitar riffs and I like the Edge’s playing throughout but songs like “One” and “Mysterious Ways” sound formula to me.

dookie,

Quite good, some songs I knew already

a little long but still good

I have an aversion to HUGE stadium rock groups that take themselves too seriously and songs that are overplayed so I have to check my bias when rating this album and pretend that I'm listening to it for the first time instead of the kazillionth. So on that basis I must acknowledge that there a quite a few good songs on this album. The Edge's guitar on Zoo Station and Until the end of the world are notable and I grudgingly acknowledge that One is a pretty good song.

Always thought there were a few good tunes on this but less so than i remember

MY FAV

It has "One" but the bad version :(

Nein. It’s like 4 session musicians all contributed their required piece to a contracted recording. The cohesion, lustre, charisma, and taste of steamed lettuce.

This was ok. I am not a mega U2 fan but I can appreciate what this is. I really loved that Warren Haynes cover

u2 doesn't do it

me 2, I don't like it...

I came into U2 incredibly biased. I grew up with dad telling me they were cheesy and bad, and in the era when Bono was self righteous with weird purple glasses. I know lots of people like U2, but I’ve never met someone who says they’re a fan? On first listen I hated this album. It wasn’t bad, just so excessively mediocre and blending in to the background. On a second listen I heard a few solid tracks like white horses and One, but still wasn’t sold. Apparently this was a shift for U2, maybe I’d like early stuff better. This soft rock just doesn’t cut it for me. 2.5, rounding down cuz I feel I give too many 3s and am just feelin feisty

my favorite U2 album, after this one all went downhill

I liked this one better than I thought I would given what U2 I've heard previously, but I'm not coming back to it to listen to again and again. It's well polished and it sounds good, but there was nothing here that really hooked me.

2.5 | Nunca he sido muy fan de U2 pero se que tienen una buena cantidad de canciones que me agradan (a pesar de todos los problemas que pueda tener con Bono como persona). Esperaba más de este disco, realmente los que conocía bien son Joshua Tree y War, que se me hacen tremendamente mejores que este. One es una excelente canción, eso no lo va a quitar nadie. Me parece que en este disco se empiezan a convertir cada vez más en esa banda que se dedica a rock de estadio prefabricado y empieza ese sonido que aquí se atisba, en el All That You Can't Leave Behind suena bastante decente y que últimamente los ha hecho una banda repetitiva y que no tiene mucha relevancia musicalmente. De hecho aquí se empiezan a notar una cantidad de canciones que suenan al Pop y eso me hace dudar sobre el por qué la gente se sorprendió tanto cuando salió ese disco; se nota aquí ya una influencia hacia ese lado. En general la verdad ese sonido medio de Manchester como el que ya nos ha tocado, rock pop genérico muy de los 90s no me emociona mucho. Mysterious Ways bastante buena, One excelente... el resto para mí totalmente olvidable. Ah, excepto por Zoo Station que tal cual se me hace mala y terrible manera de abrir el disco. 2 canciones y el resto del disco simplemente no me emociona, creo que sus discos anteriores fueron mucho mejores y a partir de este entran en un bache del que salen con All That You Can't Leave Behind... para después volver a decaer bastante; pero eso es otra historia.

U2 is always going to be just fine for me. They're just fine.

Not the best U2 album, but has one of my fave songs on it, "One". Lots of cool guitar effects from The Edge, and some good energy to the rest of the songs. Highlights: -One -Mysterious Ways

Perfect

My #3 favorite U2 album

It goes from great to annoying and back again.

Can't get much better than that!

Nunca había escuchado este disco completo, y aunque sí me gusto escucharlo completo, creo que no me perdí de demasiado. Las canciones que me gustan del disco (y de hecho me gustan mucho) son One y Misterious Ways. Me sorprendió leer que este fue su séptimodisco, no hubiera imaginado que para ese momento tuvieran tantos. Además del cambio en la dirección de su carrera musical, creo que el disco también refleja un cambio de década. La calidad y el tipo de música son claramente diferentes de lo que había en los 80's.

Leí que es el álbum con el que se reinventó U2 pero creo que para ser más comercial ($$$) que para crecer. O al menos es lo que creo por qué me gusta más el Joshua y el war. Además recuerden que fueron producidos por Brian Eno así que podemos catalogar a U2 como música de elevador

A considerar primero, que no hay una canción de este disco que no me guste. Quizá The Fly es la que menos, y creo que tiene más que ver con el personaje que Bono creo para cantarla. Luego también, este cumple 30 años y sin embargo casi todo suena como algo que podría estarse oyendo hoy, bastante alejado a las otras cosas que nos ha tocado oír de finales de los 80 o principios de los 90. También el detalle de ser el séptimo disco de una banda (que por cierto ahora llegan a 14 discos) que ya tenía para ese entonces un sonido reconocible y una legión de seguidores, y sin embargo, este disco se distingue muchísimo en todos sentidos de los anteriores: el sonido de la guitarra característico the The Edge casi no está presente; las letras de Bono dejan de ser políticas y socialosas y ahora finalmente habla de cosas personales; hay sonidos industriales, electrónicos, disonancias, gritos, efectos y muchas cosas que el U2 de antes no tenía en absoluto. Y con todo ese cambio, es de hecho un sonido que terminaron también por apropiarse y se sigue oyendo en los siguientes discos. Finalmente, tiene al menos dos de mis canciones favoritas de la banda: Ultra Violet y One, que además creo que podría ser mi balada favorita de la vida (descontando las de The Beatles que se cuentan aparte). Ya como nota, hace 10 años, que el disco cumplió 20, le hicieron un tributo con coves muy buenos incluyendo a NIN, Garbage, The Killers, Jack White, etc. Muy recomendable, se llama Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi

Has some moments that I enjoyed, but after a while it just becomes MOR white noise. Some cool production moments. However, it sometimes feels like a cynical attempt to cash in on Bowie's Berlin era majesty, just with none of the white-hot creativity.

Sha la la shut up again Bono your songwriting is seriously cooked. A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. To be fair this was way better than All That You Can't Leave Behind. Still not great though.

I'm probably too young for this to resonate. Boomer rock, but it's positive at least. I don't really care do u...2 stars

Not the best U2 i've heard.

Fav Song: Salome

not my taste

Not good.

Obviously "One" is a good song, but I just don't like U2.

I am not a U2 fan boy. I will admit that some of there songs are catchy. I have always liked mysterious ways. That being said some of these songs blend together with the "U2 sound".

bof u2... listenable, but really nothing more.

as expected, really meh

Usually I find U2 to be pretty overrated, but this album's really good. Very interesting sound to start the 90s with.

Lost my Achtung Baby review, but the album is just okay

So, while listening to this album, I was interested in reading WHY U2 were so hated other than the (imo) overdramatic reaction to their album showing up in everyone's iTunes and Bono being Bono. What I learned: they started as a post-punk band, and this album seems to be around the turning point from when U2 went from darlings to hated. this album didn't seem all that great to me, but it has made me more interested in going back and listening to War/Joshua Tree. Honestly, it was fine, but I probably won't go back and listen to it. I think at this point, the mythos around U2 is larger than even the band itself (which is saying something). Some people also argued that U2 helped invent this 'generic rock' sound, which, much like Citizen Kane, makes going back and listening to (or watching) it less impressive. Lots to think about here. I also was kind of over the album about halfway through.

Saaaaai

Whiny and pretentious

U2 in their prime. Still not enough for me. A handful of decent tracks but nothing to blow your socks off

I like a lot of it, I like a lot of the instrumentals, there’s some really sick guitar parts from The Edge, but Idk I just feel like it’s missing something. The vocals are good but I feel like some of the passion from their earlier stuff isn’t always there

Yeah, nah. Fuck U2.

Starting to think U2 is ass cause this and the last album I got have been some mid... Who is the fan base?? Standout Tracks: Ultra Violet (Light My Way), Acrobat