Customer Ratings & Reviews

Achtung Baby just gets better with time. It still sounds like a very relevant group of songs to me. There is not one bad song on this entire CD... really. The lyrics and the music are each amazing, and they combine for artistic perfection. I would describe it as an incredibly inventive, engaging, beautiful, energetic recording made during the post-cold-war "zeitgeist", reflecting such themes as anticipation and passion, while also giving a bit of a "reality check". I don't mean to intellectualize it too much... the bottom line is it's very enjoyable to listen to. I agree with the other reviewer... Achtung Baby and The Joshua Tree are U2's two best CDs. It is safe to say they are 2 of the top 5 albums of the last 25 years or so (and in my opinion, two of the very best EVER). They are quite different from each other, but both are masterpieces. Really, I can't imagine anyone not having them both in their collection.

Every collector should have this cd. This and Joshua Tree are the two finest cd's from one of the greatest rock bands ever. In a word - brilliant.