Wednesday, 20 February 2019

702. U2- Achtung Baby


A square montage of square photographs arranged in a 4 by 4 grid. The photographs are mostly blue and red in tint, but some are monochrome. They are candid in nature and mostly show four men in various locations, including in an empty street, a crowded festival, under a bridge, in a car, and standing on sand. One photograph is a close-up of a man's hand wearing two rings bearing the characters "U" and "2".

Release Date: 1991
Label: Island

My initial exposure to U2 came in the form of a couple of songs on the mid 90s Now albums, namely 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' and 'Discoteque'. Neither were terrible, but they didn't make me want to explore them any further. Then they realeased the likes of 'Beautiful Day' and 'Vertigo' around the turn of the millenium and I actively chose to avoid them. Their early stuff, including this, is much better.

Rating: 8/10

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