- Audio CD (Nov 1 2011)
- Number of Discs: 10
- Format: Box set, NTSC, Original recording remastered
- Label: Universal Music
- ASIN: B005FVA3LK
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #7,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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20 YEARS OF ACHTUNG BABY
Twenty years ago, Bono described Achtung Baby as 'the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree' while Jon Pareles of the New York Times wrote that 'stripped-down and defying its old formulas, U2 has given itself a fighting chance for the 1990's'. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance and became one of the most significant records of the nineties and of U2's career.
To mark twenty years since its 1991 release, an anniversary edition of U2's Achtung Baby is due on October 31, 2011.
Recorded over six months at Hansa Studio in Berlin and Windmill Lane in Dublin, Achtung Baby is U2's seventh studio album. Produced by long time U2 collaborators, Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno with Steve Lillywhite, Achtung Baby was engineered by Flood and led by The Fly. The album spawned four other singles, Mysterious Ways, One, Even Better Than The Real Thing and Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses.
The Achtung Baby archives have unearthed some previously unreleased songs from the recording sessions. With a raft of unreleased material; video, remixes, b-sides and documentary footage discovered, a full album of demo and early versions of the final 1991 tracklisting has also been revealed. Five physical editions including vinyl, CD, DVD and digital options will be made available.
Earlier this year U2 returned to Hansa Studio in Berlin to discuss Achtung Baby in From The Sky Down, directed by Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth). The film has been selected to open the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8th and will be included in the anniversary edition.
The Super Deluxe Edition will contain 6 CDs including the original Achtung Baby album, the follow-up album, Zooropa, B-sides, remixes and re-workings of previously unheard material recorded during the Achtung Baby sessions. 4 DVDs including 'From The Sky Down', 'Zoo TV:Live From Sydney', all the videos from Achtung Baby plus bonus material, in addition to a 92 page hardback book and 16 art prints in a wallet.
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Super Deluxe 10 disc (six CDs + four DVDs) edition including the original Achtung Baby album, the follow-up album, Zooropa, b-sides and re-workings of previously unheard material recorded during the Achtung Baby sessions. Four DVDs including "From The Sky Down", Zoo TV, all the videos from Achtung Baby plus bonus material. hardback book; and 16 art prints. Digitally remastered edition of the Irish quartet's groundbreaking 1991album, their seventh studio release overall. While the band had been successful before the release of Achtung Baby, nobody could predict the worldwide domination that followed. Features the hits 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?', 'The Fly', 'One' and 'Even Better Than The Real Thing'.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good But Could Have Been Better!,
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This review is from: Achtung Baby - 20th Anniversary Edition (Super Deluxe Box Set) (Audio CD)
First off U2 fans are a bit like Deadheads they don't like anything negative being said about there band. With that in mind I will try to be gentle. First off Actung Baby is in my opinion U2's masterpiece. Don't get me wrong I loved Unforgetable Fire and Jousha Tree but this is a perfect record. So we have established that I am huge fan of this record. I saw the Zoo TV tour three times and the Show at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto is still my all time favorite concert. It was even great at the much larger CNE stadium. But back to this box set. The First CD is the remastered album. I didn't know how much a difference remastering would do but I am glad to report the remastered CD sounds a lot better then the original release. The second CD is Zooropa the CD they put out in the middle of the Zoo TV tour. Nice remaster on that ad well. Now the problems start. The next two CD's are remixes. Do we really need two CD's of remixes. I didn't buy the CD singles unless they had unreleased songs on them. I also don't feel Band's have much input when remixes are done so I don't see the point. Disc 5 is b-sides and unreleased songs. Good disc but I am sure you like me have almost everything that's on it. The last CD is a different mix of the whole record. Not sure how I feel about that but I will give it good marks for that.We now move on the DVD's. First we have "from the sky down" good documentary that was at this years Toronto Film Festival. Actually it opened the festival this past fall. The second DVD is the Videos. Haven't they already sold us these Video's a few times over already. So I really don't see the point of this disc. Next is the Bonus material DVD. It finally has a release of the Zoo TV television special. So two thumbs up there. But the last disc ticks me off. Zoo TV live in Sydney. Seriously how many of you don't already have this. But hey we get to buy it again. It comes with a hard covered book that is mostly photos. Some text. We also get a bunch of photos in the style of the art work on the album. Again kind of useless. So over all it gets around 4 stars. This is one of the best CD's ever made and the more the better. I just hate buying stuff twice. In closing there should have been a 5.1 mix or at least a high resolution (96/24 or higher) of the album in the box. But I guess we will have to wait until it turns 30,
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Achtung - Uber,
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This review is from: Achtung Baby - 20th Anniversary Edition (Uber Deluxe Box Set) (Audio CD)
Would love to review this product as I've been waiting for over 3 months, but the ever reliable .ca has screwed me again. Hope everyone is enjoying their copies........ looks great!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A great set in cheap packaging,
By Candice Crossley (Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Achtung Baby - 20th Anniversary Edition (Uber Deluxe Box Set) (Audio CD)
I have had 2 separate box sets sent to me. The first one was majorly damaged sue to poor assembly. How it made it past quality control makes no sense to me. The second box set was beetter assembled but still damaged due to poor packaging. Maybe third time will be the charm.
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