Tracks
Side A
- 11991Zoo Station4:36A major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 29 of 1992, 8 weeks in the chartEven Better Than The Real Thing3:41E major
- 31991Dutch Top 40: peak position 11 in week 13 of 1992, 6 weeks in the chartOne4:36C major
Side B
- 11991Until The End Of The World4:38E major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 13 in week 51 of 1992, 6 weeks in the chartWho's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses5:16G major
- 31991So Cruel5:49A minor
Side C
- 11991Dutch Top 40: peak position 4 in week 47 of 1991, 8 weeks in the chartThe Fly4:29E major
- 21991Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 51 of 1991, 7 weeks in the chartMysterious Ways4:04D♯ minor
- 31991Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World3:53E major
Side D
- 11991Ultra Violet (Light My Way)5:31B minor
- 21991Acrobat4:30C minor
- 31991Love Is Blindness4:23A♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 136 bpm.
Quietest track: Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World · most energetic: One
Across 12 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The four members of U2 around the time of Achtung Baby, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
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The Edge
Adam Clayton
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Frequently asked questions
When was Achtung Baby by U2 released?
Achtung Baby came out in 1991.
How many tracks are on Achtung Baby?
Achtung Baby has twelve tracks, 56 minutes in total, spread over four vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Achtung Baby made the Dutch Top 40?
Five tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Even Better Than The Real Thing, One, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, The Fly and Mysterious Ways. The highest was The Fly, at number 4 in week 47 of 1991.
Which category is Achtung Baby in?
Achtung Baby is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by U2.
Which other albums by U2 are in the collection?
The collection holds four more albums by U2: The Joshua Tree (1987), Pop (1997), The Best of 1980 - 1990 (1998) and The Best of 1990 - 2000 & B - Sides (2002).
Who was in U2 when Achtung Baby came out?
In 1991, U2 consisted of Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Achtung Baby mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Achtung Baby?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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