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"Bad" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the seventh track on their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire. Thematically, the song is about heroin addiction, though lead vocalist Bono has given varying accounts of who was the inspiration behind his lyrics. "Bad" is considered a fan favourite and is one of U2's most frequently performed songs in ...
U2's follow up albums Zooropa and Pop continued the band's experimentation with alternative rock and electronic dance music, reaching number one worldwide but with reduced sales. U2 regained commercial favour with the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000, returning to a more mainstream sound.
The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and released on 1 October 1984 by Island Records.The band wanted to pursue a new musical direction following the harder-hitting rock of their previous album, War (1983).
All of Us remember where we were when a new U2 album popped up on our Apple devices essentially unannounced. For fans of the hugely popular Irish rock band, who have been cranking out seminal ...
The album debuted at number one in 32 countries, [41] [42] including Canada where first-week sales totaled 71,470 copies. [40] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US through March 2014. [43] All That You Can't Leave Behind is the fourth-highest-selling U2 album, with total sales of over 12 million. [44]
In 2023, U2 released Songs of Surrender, an album of re-recorded songs, and began the U2:UV Achtung Baby Live concert residency to inaugurate Sphere in the Las Vegas Valley. U2 have released 15 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. [1]
Largely the effort of the Edge and lead vocalist Bono, the album comprises re-recorded and reinterpreted versions of 40 songs from the group's back catalogue, many in stripped-down and acoustic arrangements. The album is a companion to Bono's memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (2022), which was structured into 40 chapters titled after U2 songs.
Achtung Baby (/ ˈ ɑː x t ʊ ŋ / AKH-toong) [1] is the seventh studio album by the Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 by Island Records.