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From the Sky Down is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about rock band U2 and the production of their 1991 album Achtung Baby. The film documents the album's difficult recording period, the band members' relationships, and the group's creative process. Guggenheim, who was commissioned by U2 to create the film to commemorate the record's 20th anniversary, spent several months in 2011 developing the documentary. The band were filmed during a return visit to Hansa Studios in Berlin where parts of the album were recorded, and during rehearsals in Winnipeg for the Glastonbury Festival 2011. The film contains unreleased scenes from the group's 1988 motion picture Rattle and Hum, along with archival footage and stills from the Achtung Baby recording sessions. Development of the album's emblematic song 'One' is recounted through the replaying of old recording tapes.

The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2011, the first time in the festival's history that a documentary was screened as the opening film. Beginning in October, a series of television broadcasts commenced, including showings on BBC Television, Showtime, and Super Channel. The film was bundled with the deluxe editions of Achtung Baby's 20th anniversary reissue and was later released as standalone copies on Blu-ray and DVD on December 12, 2011. Reviews from critics were mixed; many found the insight into the band's creative process informative, while others judged that the film did not provide adequate in-depth coverage of the album. From the Sky Down was nominated for the 2013Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.

Background[edit]

After the commercial and critical success of their 1987 album The Joshua Tree, U2 produced a motion picture and companion album titled Rattle and Hum that was subject to a critical backlash.^[1] The band's exploration of American music for the project was variously labelled as 'pretentious'^[2] and 'misguided and bombastic'.^[3] The group's high exposure and their reputation for being overly serious led to accusations of grandiosity and self-righteousness.^[1][2] In addition to the criticism they faced, U2 dealt with internal creative dissatisfaction; lead vocalist Bono believed they were musically unprepared for their success, and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. said, 'We were the biggest, but we weren't the best'.^[1][4] Towards the end of the Lovetown Tour in 1989, Bono announced onstage that it was 'the end of something for U2', and that 'we have to go away and .. dream it all up again'.^[5]

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Wishing to reinvent themselves and seeking inspiration from German reunification, the group de-camped to Hansa Studios in Berlin in October 1990 with producers Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno to record Achtung Baby.^[6] The sessions were fraught with conflict, as the band argued over their musical direction and the quality of their material. Weeks of tension and slow progress nearly took their toll: the group considered breaking up, but they made a breakthrough with the improvised writing of the song 'One'.^[7] With improved morale, the group completed the album in Dublin in 1991. In November, Achtung Baby was released to critical acclaim. Musically, it incorporated influences from the alternative rock, electronic dance music, and industrial music of the time.^[8] Thematically, it was a more introspective and personal record; it was darker, yet at times more flippant than the band's previous work. The album and the subsequent multimedia-intensive Zoo TV Tour were central to the group's 1990s reinvention, whereby they abandoned their earnest public image for a more lighthearted and self-deprecating one.^[9]Achtung Baby has been one of the group's most commercially successful records, selling 18 million copies.^[10]

Production[edit]

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby's original release, U2 reissued the record in several formats in October 2011.^[11][12] Leading up to the anniversary, the band was unsure how much attention to pay to a past album while still actively writing and recording new material. Guitarist The Edge said, 'How big a deal do we make of an anniversary when we're in the middle of what we're doing now? We had a hard time figuring that out. We're not a heritage act. We're still very active. But this record was so pivotal that we felt it was OK to revisit it.'^[10] Director Davis Guggenheim was subsequently commissioned by the band to make a film about Achtung Baby in six months. As a fan of U2 since his youth and having previously collaborated with The Edge for the 2008 documentary It Might Get Loud, Guggenheim agreed to the project.^[13] His goal for the film was to explain how U2 managed to remain together for so long, in contrast to other rock groups that have been undone by internal conflict;^[14] he described the band's longevity as 'fighting against that law of physics'.^[15] Guggenheim also sought to tell the story of how the band transformed themselves musically over the course of Achtung Baby's recording sessions.^[16]

While U2 were on the South American leg of their U2 360° Tour in March–April 2011, Guggenheim requested complete access to the band's archives in Dublin. To his surprise, they complied.^[16][17] While researching footage, the director was impressed by an unused Rattle and Hum video that he found, describing it as 'rare and beautiful'.^[18] Some of the footage included scenes of Bono throwing a tantrum in a dressing room and the band performing in a blues club. Guggenheim conducted the audio interviews with the band members that comprise much of the film while they were in Santiago, Chile.^[19] After their touring obligations in South America ended, the band met Guggenheim in Berlin for two days in May 'to go back to the scene of the crime'.^[16][20] They were filmed at Hansa Studios performing songs from the album and speaking to Guggenheim in lengthy individual interviews.^[16] Additionally, the group were filmed touring Berlin and driving a Trabant,^[20] an automobile that previously appeared in the album artwork for Achtung Baby and was incorporated into the lighting system of the Zoo TV Tour.^[21][22]

The band expected a less personal treatment for the film and were at times uncomfortable with the extent to which Guggenheim probed into their history. Responding to the band's concerns, Guggenheim said, 'I tell the story that's in front of me, warts and all. In the rock 'n' roll business, it's about adding layers. My process strips layers away. Rock stars are more comfortable creating an aura and mystique.' Despite U2's discomfort, they allowed Guggenheim to have creative control over the film.^[10] He remarked, 'They said from the beginning, we want you to make the movie that you want to make and they let me make the movie I wanted to make. It was pretty astounding. I think part of it is the trust we gained doing It Might Get Loud, they sort of let me have a free hand.'^[18] Bono said that it was the least involved the band had ever been in a U2 project.^[10] Additional filming took place on 27 May at Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg during the band's rehearsals for the Glastonbury Festival 2011.^[19][23] A rough cut of the movie was shown to the group in July, much to their satisfaction. According to Guggenheim, 'They were over the moon. They loved it.'^[19] The only request the band made was that the film should be shortened in length, and Guggenheim agreed.^[10]

Release[edit]

From the Sky Down premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8, 2011.^[24] It marked the first time in the festival's history that a documentary was shown as the opening film. Bono, The Edge, and Guggenheim attended the premiere and appeared on stage prior to the film's showing to make brief remarks.^[25] The first television broadcast of From the Sky Down was held in the UK on BBC Television on October 9, 2011, as part of the Imagine series,^[26][27] while the first American broadcast was on October 29, 2011, on the Showtime television network.^[19] Two days later, a 74-minute version of the film was commercially released on DVD in the 'Über Deluxe' and 'Super Deluxe' editions of the 20th anniversary reissue of Achtung Baby.^[28][29] Canadian distribution rights were acquired by BBC Worldwide Canada, who licensed it for broadcast on Super Channel on November 19, 2011.^[30] Standalone copies of the full, 85-minute director's cut of From the Sky Down were released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 12, 2011, with bonus footage of the band performing at Hansa Studios and a question-and-answer session with Bono, The Edge, and Guggenheim from TIFF.^[27][31]

Reception[edit]

Critics' reviews of From the Sky Down were mixed. Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film an enthusiastic review, describing it as 'one of the most transcendent close-up looks at the process of creating rock & roll I've ever seen.' In his opinion, the film was a 'stirring testament to what it really means when four people in this world can create magical things because they band together.'^[32]Hank Steuver of The Washington Post called it an 'intriguing' documentary that 'becomes a revealing and even enlightening meditation on the mystery of why some bands stay together and some don't.' The reviewer said the film is 'refreshingly blunt and beautifully assembled' and praised Guggenheim for asking the band tough questions about that period in their history.^[33] Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail gave the film a three-out-of-four star rating, calling it an 'essential companion piece' to the reissue of Achtung Baby. Wheeler wrote that 'the process of U2 dreaming itself a new fashion while struggling to get its joy back is tightly and adroitly explored'.^[34] Radio broadcaster Alan Cross wrote that the viewer will 'come out with a new appreciation of what it takes to be U2'. Cross enjoyed the scenes in which the band revisit old DAT tapes demonstrating the evolution of the songs 'Mysterious Ways' and 'One', along with the animated scenes.^[35] Drew McWeeny of HitFix wrote that the documentary is not a 'complete record' of Achtung Baby's conception, but that it 'offers fans a rare glimpse at the process behind U2's music, and for non-fans, it attempts to set a context in which they can appreciate what it is that U2 accomplished'. Like other reviewers, he highlighted the scene in which the band revisits the recording of 'One' as one of the film's most important. McWeeny ended his review by saying, 'This may not be everything I wanted from the movie, but it's solid, and the glimpse we get of real creative alchemy is impressive, indeed.'^[36]

Other reviewers were more critical. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times said the film 'has a few segments that get beyond platitudes'. He enjoyed the sequences that highlighted individual songs but noted the documentary 'doesn't have much in the way of full songs'.^[37] Steven Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times called From the Sky Down a 'procedural look' at the album's inception. Although he enjoyed Bono's humorous insights, Zeitchik said that 'much of the movie is abstract, insider stuff about how he and others find inspiration'.^[38] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter pointed out the limited scope of the film, calling it 'neither a comprehensive portrait nor one of those tossed-off featurettes that would be at home only as the filler for a commemorative Achtung Baby boxed set'. Commenting on Guggenheim's filmmaking style, DeFore judged that some of his attempts to make the film more 'movie-ish' failed to enhance the subject material. In the reviewer's opinion, this gave the 'impression of a filmmaker who can tell this story competently but isn't quite up to making a lasting film about one of rock history's most successful bands'.^[39] Steven Hyden of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+, calling it 'occasionally enlightening but mostly frustrating'. The review lamented the lack of coverage of most of the album's songs, and in Hyden's opinion, it was ironic that the band was trying to live down the 'ego-inflating' Rattle and Hum in a film that he also considered 'ego-inflating'.^[40]

From the Sky Down was nominated for the 2013Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video.^[41]

References[edit]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^abcFricke, David (October 1, 1992). 'U2 Finds What It's Looking For'. Rolling Stone (640): 40+. Archived from the original on October 26, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
2. ^ ^abSullivan, Jim (February 22, 1989). ''U2 Rattle and Hum': Lighten up!'. The Boston Globe. section Arts and Film, p. 46.
3. ^Gardner, Elysa (January 9, 1992). 'U2's 'Achtung Baby': Bring the Noise'. Rolling Stone (621): 51. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
4. ^Flanagan (1996), pp. 4, 25–26
5. ^de la Parra (1994), pp. 138–139
6. ^Flanagan (1995), p. 7
7. ^Flanagan (1995), pp. 6–11
8. ^Dalton, Stephen (November 2004). 'Achtung Stations'. Uncut (90): 52.
9. ^Graham (2004), p. 44
10. ^ ^abcdeGundersen, Edna (October 26, 2011). 'Revisit U2's dark, dramatic 'Achtung Baby''. USA Today. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
11. ^'Twenty Years of Achtung Baby'. U2.com. Live Nation. 2011. Archived from the original on August 6, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
12. ^'Achtung Baby: Tracklistings, All Formats'. U2.com. Live Nation. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
13. ^Howell, Peter (September 7, 2011). 'Q&A: From the Sky Down director Davis Guggenheim'. Toronto.com. Torstar Media Group. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012.
14. ^'2011 Films – From the Sky Down'. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.
15. ^Wheeler, Brad (September 8, 2011). 'How Davis Guggenheim stumbled upon U2's breakthrough moment'. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
16. ^ ^abcdKennedy, Gerald D. (October 27, 2011). 'Davis Guggenheim talks U2's 'Achtung Baby' documentary'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
17. ^Sperling, Nicole (September 8, 2011). 'Toronto Film Festival: Director talks opening night U2 doc'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
18. ^ ^abDoherty, Mike (September 8, 2011). 'Davis Guggenheim on filming an intimate, honest U2'. National Post. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
19. ^ ^abcdStevenson, Jane (September 7, 2011). 'U2 'over the moon' with new doc'. The Toronto Sun. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
20. ^ ^abTassoula (May 3, 2011). 'U2 Shoot Video in Berlin'. atU2.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
21. ^'Zoo TV Station Talent'. Propaganda. U2 Information Service (16). June 1992.
22. ^'(Ăhk-tŏŏng Bāy-bi) Covered'. Propaganda. U2 Information Service (15). December 1991.
23. ^Sterdan, Darryl (May 27, 2011). 'U2 shooting video in Winnipeg'. Jam! Showbiz. CANOE, Inc. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
24. ^'U2 documentary to open Toronto Film Festival'. BBC News. BBC. July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
25. ^Pond, Steve (September 9, 2011). 'U2 Rocks Toronto, Launches Film Fest'. Reuters. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
26. ^'Imagine, U2: From the Sky Down'. BBC One. BBC. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
27. ^ ^ab'From The Sky Down – To be Released on Blu-ray and DVD' (Press release). PR Newswire. November 28, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
28. ^Guggenheim, Davis (2011). From the Sky Down (Achtung Baby Super Deluxe edition). Universal Music Group.
29. ^'U2 Achtung Baby Super Deluxe Box Set 2011'. Universal Music. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
30. ^Benzine, Adam (November 15, 2011). 'Super Channel picks up Guggenheim's U2 doc'. RealScreen.com. Brunico Communications Ltd. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
31. ^Guggenheim, Davis (2011). From the Sky Down (Director's cut). Universal Music Group. 2784770.
32. ^Gleiberman, Owen (September 15, 2011). 'Toronto: The U2 documentary 'From the Sky Down' isn't just good, it's downright transcendent'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
33. ^Steuver, Hank (October 30, 2011). 'A frank look at U2's past'. The Washington Post. p. C1. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
34. ^Wheeler, Brad (September 7, 2011). 'From the Sky Down: U2's struggle to get its joy back'. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
35. ^Cross, Alan (September 9, 2011). 'U2's From The Sky Down: A Review'. alancross.ca. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
36. ^McWeeny, Drew (September 9, 2011). 'Review: 'From The Sky Down' offers intimate look at U2 recording 'Achtung Baby''. HitFix. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
37. ^Genzlinger, Neil (October 29, 2011). 'The Past Brought Into the Light: Breaking Down a U2 Breakthrough, Chord by Chord'. The New York Times. p. C5. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
38. ^Zeitchik, Steven (September 10, 2011). 'U2 gets a red carpet'. Los Angeles Times. p. D9. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
39. ^DeFore, John (September 9, 2011). 'From the Sky Down: Toronto Review'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
40. ^Hyden, Steven (October 29, 2011). 'From The Sky Down'. The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
41. ^'Grammy Awards 2013: Full nomination list'. telegraph.co.uk. Telegraph Media Group. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

Bibliography

• de la Parra, Pimm Jal (1994). U2 Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN0-7119-3666-8.
• Flanagan, Bill (1996). U2 at the End of the World (Paperback ed.). New York: Delta. ISBN978-0-385-31157-1.
• Graham, Bill; van Oosten de Boer, Caroline (2004). U2: The Complete Guide to Their Music. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN0-7119-9886-8.

External links[edit]

• From the Sky Down on IMDb
• From the Sky Down at Rotten Tomatoes

Anniversary reissue for the album that redefined U2

U2 are preparing to release their most lavish deluxe editions to date, on October 31st this year, to mark the 20th anniversary of their seminal album Achtung Baby.

The album will be reissued across five formats and content will include previously unreleased material, live and documentary video footage, remixes, b-sides and even an album full of demo and early versions of the final 1991 track listing.

Confirmed track listing details for both Uber and Super Deluxe Editions are detailed below along with an overview of all the various physical formats.

Formats

Standard 1CD Edition

The standard album remastered

Deluxe 2CD Edition [Pre-order here]

CD1: Standard album remastered

CD1: B-Sides and Other Stuff

• 1. Lady With The Spinning Head (UV1) 3:57
• 2. Blow Your House Down 3:30
• 3. Salomé 4:35
• 4. Even Better Than The Real Thing 3:41
• 5. Satellite of Love 4:03
• 6. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Remix) 4:52
• 7. Paint It Black 3:25
• 8. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Fish Out Of Water Remix) 4:08
• 9. Mysterious Ways (The Perfecto Mix) 7:11
• 10. Night and Day (Steel String Remix) 6:59
• 11. The Lounge Fly Mix 6:30
• 12. Fortunate Son 2:43
• 13. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1 3:39
• 14. Where Did It All Go Wrong? 3:59

Vinyl Box Set [Pre-order here]

A limited edition containing:

• • 2 LP vinyl on 180gsm of Achtung Baby album in wide spine sleeve
• • 2×12” translucent blue vinyl in sleeves containing remixes, B sides and more
• • 16 page 12×12 oversized booklet
• • Sticker
• • Back to Black download voucher

Super Deluxe Edition [Pre-order here]

• • 6CD audio discs (the album, follow-up Zooropa, remixes and reworkings from Achtung Baby sessions)
• • 4DVD discs (including ‘From the Sky Down’ documentary’, ‘Zoo TV: Live From Sydney’, videos and bonus material).
• • 92 page hardback book.
• • 16 x art prints in wallet
• • Outer slipcase

Uber Deluxe Edition [Pre-order here – US] [Pre-order here – UK]

A limited edition “magnetic puzzle tiled box” which will contain

• • Gatefold wallet containing 6 CD audio discs (the album, follow-up Zooropa, remixes and reworkings from Achtung Baby sessions)
• • Gatefold wallet containing 4 DVD discs (including ‘From the Sky Down’ documentary’, ‘Zoo TV: Live From Sydney’, videos and bonus material).
• • Album vinyl on 180gsm black vinyl in wide spine sleeve with 2 x inner bags
• • 5×7” clear vinyl in original sleeves housed in a slipcase
• • 84 page hardback book
• • 16 page 12×12 oversized booklet
• • Bono’s trademark ‘The Fly’ sunglasses
• • 4 x enamel badges
• • Propaganda magazine
• • 16 art prints in wallet
• • Sticker sheet
• • Exclusive numbered lithograth

The tracklisting for the six discs listed below are contained within both Uber and Super Deluxe Edition

CD1: Achtung Baby

• 1. “Zoo Station”
• 2. “Even Better Than The Real Thing”
• 3. “One”
• 4. “Until The End Of The World”
• 5. “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”
• 6. “So Cruel”
• 7. “The Fly”
• 8. “Mysterious Ways”
• 9. “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”
• 10. “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)”
• 11. “Acrobat”
• 12. “Love Is Blindness”

CD2: Zooropa

• 1. “Zooropa”
• 2. “Babyface”
• 3. “Numb”
• 4. “Lemon”
• 5. “Stay (Faraway, So Close!)”
• 6. “Daddy’s Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car”
• 7. “Some Days Are Better Than Others”
• 8. “The First Time”
• 9. “Dirty Day”
• 10. “The Wanderer”

CD3: Uber Remixes

• 1. “Night and Day” (Steel String Remix) 6:57
• 2. “Real Thing” (Perfecto Mix) 6:37
• 3. “Mysterious Ways” (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix) 7:01
• 4. “Lemon” (Perfecto Mix) 8:57
• 5. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (Triple Peaks Remix) 4:35
• 6. “Lady with the Spinning Head” (Extended Dance remix) 6:08
• 7. “Real Thing” (V16 Exit Wound Remix) 3:19
• 8. “Mysterious Ways (Ultimatum Mix) 5:02
• 9. “The Lounge Fly Mix” 6:28
• 10. “Mysterious Ways” (The Perfecto Remix) 7:05
• 11. “One” (Apollo 440 Remix) 5:04

CD4: Unter Remixes

• 1. “Mysterious Ways” (Tabla Motown Remix) 4:29
• 2. “Mysterious Ways” (Appollo 440 Magic Hour Remix) 4:28
• 3. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (Mystery Train Dub) 8:34
• 4. “One” (Apollo 440 Ambient Mix) 5:04
• 5. “Lemon” (Momo’s Reprise) 4:09
• 6. “Salome” (Zooromancer Remix) 8:02
• 7. “Even Better Than The Real Thing” (Trance Mix) 6:51
• 8. “Numb” (Gimme Some More Dignity Mix) 8:51
• 9. “Mysterious Ways” (Solar Plexus Magic Hour Remix) 8:15
• 10. “Numb” (The Soul Assassins Mix) 3:58
• 11. “Even Better Than The Real Thing” (Apollo 440 Stealth Sonic Remix) 6:44

CD5: B-Sides and Other Stuff

• 1. “Lady With the Spinning Head (UV1)” 3:57
• 2. “Blow Your House” 3:30
• 3. “Salomé” 4:35
• 4. “Even Better Than the Real Thing” 3:41
• 5. “Satelite of Love” 4:03
• 6. “Wild Horses” (Temple Bar Remix) 4:52
• 7. “Heaven And Hell” 5:03
• 8. “Oh Berlin” 4:31
• 9. “Near the Island” (instrumental) 2:56
• 10. “Down All The Days” 6:33
• 11. “Paint it Black” 3:25
• 12. “Fortunate Son” 2:43
• 13. “Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk/Korova” 3:39
• 14. “Where Did It All Go Wrong” 3:59
• 15. “Everybody Loves a Winner” 5:16
• 16. “Even Better Than The Real Thing” (Fish Out of Water Remix) 4:08

CD6: “Kindergarten – The Alternative Achtung Baby”

• 1. “’Baby’ Zoo Station” 5:33
• 2. “’Baby’ Even Better Than The Real Thing” 3:42
• 3. “’Baby’ One” 4:35
• 4. “’Baby’ Until The End Of The World” 4:31
• 5. “’Baby’ Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” 5:16
• 6. “’Baby’ So Cruel” 6:08
• 7. “’Baby’ The Fly” 4:45
• 8. “’Baby’ Mysterious Ways” 4:03
• 9. “’Baby’ Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World” 4:12
• 10. “’Baby’ Ultra Violet (Light My Way)” 5:49
• 11. “’Baby’ Acrobat” 4:26
• 12. “’Baby’ Love Is Blindness” 7:17

DVD 1 – FROM THE SKY DOWN – a documentary

DVD 2 – THE VIDEOS

• 1. THE FLY
• 2. MYSTERIOUS WAYS
• 3. ONE
• 4. EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
• 5. ONE (Buffalo Version)
• 6. ONE (Restaurant Version)
• 7. WHO’S GONNA RIDE YOUR WILD HORSES
• 8. THE FLY (Performance only)
• 9. EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING (THE PERFECTO MIX)
• 10. THE FLY (Text only)
• 11. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (Live)
• 12. THE FLY (Live from the Stop Sellafield Concert)
• 13. EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING (Live from the Stop Sellafield Concert)
• 14. LOVE IS BLINDNESS
• 15. LEMON
• 16. STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!)
• 17. NUMB
• 18. NUMB (VIDEO REMIX)

DVD 3 – BONUS MATERIAL

1. ZOO TV SPECIAL – a documentary

2. SHORTS:

• · MTV’s “Most Wanted – ZooTV Special”
• · MTV Rockumentary
• · U2 on Naked City, 1993
• · U2 on TV-AM, 1992
• · Trabantland documentary

3. ROM CONTENT: Screensavers, Desktop Wallpapers, Weblinks

DVD 4 – ZOOTV LIVE FROM SYDNEY

• 1. Show Opening
• 2. Zoo Station
• 3. The Fly
• 4. Even Better Than The Real Thing
• 5. Mysterious Ways
• 6. One
• 7. Unchained Melody
• 8. Until The End Of The World
• 9. New Year’s Day
• 10. Numb
• 11. Angel Of Harlem
• 12. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
• 13. Satellite Of Love
• 14. Dirty Day
• 15. Bullet The Blue Sky
• 16. Running To Stand Still
• 17. Where The Streets Have No Name
• 18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
• 19. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
• 20. Lemon
• 21. With Or Without You
• 22. Love Is Blindness
• 23. Can’t Help Falling In Love

Achtung Baby 12″ Vinyl

SIDE A

• 1. “Zoo Station”
• 2. “Even Better Than The Real Thing”
• 3. “One”

SIDE B

• 1. “Until The End of The World”
• 2. “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses*
• 3. “So Cruel”

SIDE C

• 1. “The Fly”
• 2. “Mysterious Way”
• 3. “Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World”

SIDE D

• 1. “Ultra Violet (Light My Way)”
• 2. “Acrobat”
• 3. “Love Is Blindness”

5 x 7-inch Vinyl Singles

• 1. “The Fly”
• 2. “Mysterious Ways”
• 3. “Even Better than the Real Thing”
• 4. “One”
• 05. “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”

DVD

• 1. “From The Sky Down” – A Documentary
• 2. Videos
• 3. Bonus Material
• 4. “ZOO TV: Live From Sydney” – The Concert

U2 Achtung Baby Song List

Pre-order Achtung Baby Super Deluxe Edition by clicking here.

Artistic longevity has its perks, but it also has its drawbacks. At some point, a band or an artist will inevitably falter. Why this happens depends on the circumstances, of course; how the artist reacts determines what happens next. For Irish rockers U2, that moment came in 1997; their album Pop found the group receiving some of their worst reviews and album sales to date. Of course, going Platinum might not seem like poor sales, but compared to sales over the past decade, this development couldn’t be ignored. Thus was borne 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind, the band’s tenth album, and the subject of a fine deluxe edition.

Pop had been the cumulation of a decade’s ascent to the top of the rock star throne. Considering the harder-edged Achtung Baby’s world-conquering success, and the surprise success of the edgier, experimental companion Zooropa, the band fell down the trap of self-indulgence. Overproduced, overwrought, and largely forgettable, Pop felt like the end of an era, a band that had traded its passion for production, an expensive-sounding record that ultimately felt hollow—and, for the first time in their career—utterly superficial.

U2 Achtung Baby

Wiser heads recognized this. For their next album, they brought back the duo of Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, the two men who helped turn U2 into rock royalty with the one-two punch of 1984’s The Unforgettable Fire and 1987’s masterpiece The Joshua Tree. While Pop sounded bloated and not very U2-like from the opening “Discotheque,” All That You Can’t Leave Behind opened up with “Beautiful Day,” one of the band’s finest numbers. With a stripped-down production and catchy electric piano melody, frontman Bono sounds like his younger self, confident, proud, and energetic.

“Beautiful Day” sounds like the U2 of yore, and it set the tone for the rest of the album. Lanois and Eno helped the band channel their mid-80s selves once again, in more ways than one. With restrained production, the songs are shorter and succinct; All That You Can’t Leave Behind is the band’s shortest album since The Unforgettable Fire. Furthermore, it’s a very fast-paced record; the first listen felt positively Ramones-like compared to their previous albums. (The American version of the album had 11 tracks, while the other major markets added an additional song, the Salman Rushdie composition “The Ground Beneath Her Feet,” which had already been released Stateside on The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack.)

Yet they didn’t fully abandon the tools they picked up over the decade. It’s nice to hear them return to the roots-rock/gospel hybrid of Rattle & Hum again on “Grace” and “Peace On Earth,” but it’s to their credit that these numbers don’t sound like a band imitating itself. “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of” is perhaps the best song on the album. It is a melancholy gospel number that documents an argument Bono wishes he had with his friend, INXS’s Michael Hutchence. “Elevation” proves that Pop wasn’t a totally bad idea; the dance groove is restrained and works well when the excesses are paired down. Then there’s “Kite,” a song ostensibly about the end of a relationship, but if you listen closer, one might walk away thinking Bono is singing about the Pop misstep, and his moving words an apology to his fans.

All That You Can’t Leave Behind stands as a solid, consistent album; the only real flaw comes from its sequencing. U2 released four very fine singles from it . Yet all four songs are sequenced at the beginning of the album, making the album feel quite top-heavy. And if that’s the only quibble, then that’s a pretty good thing, no? Thankfully, the album cuts stand up on their own quite nicely.

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The second disc of the set offers up leftover studio tracks: three outtakes and six b-sides. For the most part, the mood and tempo is melancholic and gray. U2 has always had a knack for hiding some fine jewels on the flipsides of their singles. The campfire singalong of “Summer Rain” is a delight, as is the brooding “Stateless,” which sounds a bit like The Dandy Warhols’ “Godless” to these ears. The only true clunker to be found is a calypso version of Johnny Cash’s “Don’t Take Your Guns To Town,” an experiment that just doesn’t work. (The fifth disc in this collection offers up the remixes from their singles, as well as a few that stayed in the vault. Truth told, these are more for the hardcore fan; if that’s not you, you aren’t missing anything.)

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This super-deluxe edition also contains a two-disc live show recorded in Boston in 2001 and previously released on DVD. Much like the album, U2’s live set finds them pulling back the overwhelming excesses of previous tours. The setlist reflects it, too; it features seven songs from the new album, plus a healthy selection of the band’s greatest hits. Only one song from Pop appears, the otherwise forgotten “Gone,” a song that became a dedication to the deceased INXS lead singer. Versions of “Bullet The Blue Sky,” “Desire,” and “I Will Follow” retain the white-hot intensity of the original versions while simultaneously flexing their muscles in a most appealing way. For those who saw it, The Elevation Tour felt like a band returning to form. This live show certainly makes the case, and is a superb concert experience.

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All That You Can’t Leave Behind deftly pressed reset for a great band that had lost its way. For the next few years, they understood the lessons learned from Pop. Over the past decade, they’ve returned to a more experimental mindset. Unfortunately, unlike the risks taken with Achtung Baby, listeners have failed to connect with this new sound. Will they rally and pull off another All That You Can’t Leave Behind? That remains to be seen. Here’s hoping they can convene once more and reclaim their title as one of the greatest rock bands ever.

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