ACHTUNG BABY ALBUM ...

Surprisingly relevant, and incredibly durable, Achtung Baby might be the only album you'll ever need.

Why? It's got the soul, it's got the depth and it's got the heart to keep you company through almost any season of life.

This album was a defining achievement for U2.

Achtung Baby is really one of those albums that you can just switch off all your other senses for - it has so much going for it musically, with consistently intriguing and moving guitar sounds, powerful bass and drums, and extraordinary vocals, not to mention some pretty good lyrics.

Zoo Station opens the album brilliantly and unromantically, and The Fly is a chunky song that keeps the momentum of the album going through all the turgid descriptions of unrequited love...even with lyrics like, "a man will fall from the sheer face of love like a fly from a wall".

Whatever political aspirations U2 may have with their appeals to fans to support Greenpeace etc., this album is almost entirely devoted to love, and with several listenings, becomes a kind of litany of ballads recited by Bono to his Baby.

It is a collection of fantastic independent tracks which really works - but this is an excellent album to listen to when you're feeling down, or soppy, or romantic.

 Aside from his voice, Bono's most endearing quality is the impression he conveys of true desperation - the climaxes his voice reaches in One or Love is Blindness are particularly moving.

This combination of great musical value with a deep-rooted romantic element really works - the album has a constantly fresh appeal, andlooking at the great works of the 90's, this sticks out as one of those that will still have appeal in ten, twenty and fifty years time.

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