This album is U2 saying goodbye to the 1980's and hello to the 1990's, in which they experimented with a different style of Rock/pop music which they had been influenced by whist travelling across Europe, the fact that they went to Berlin to record this album is the epiimony of this. It was followed by Zooropa, which was recorded during their Zoo TV tour to promote the Achtung Baby album, which, apart from Stay (Faraway So Close), which for me is an underrated excellent ballad, is a forgettable album, Passengers and Pop, which were also influenced by the music comming from Europe,
This is a new direction from the classic album of The Josua Tree and The Unforgettable Fire, which are filled with Stadium Rock anthems, which, at that point had defined U2. This is really Europop meets Rock and Roll.
From the opening bars of Zoo Station, you know that you are in for an interesting journey indeed. - Zoo Station is a Railway station in Berlin, the European Influence sets itself out from the start.
My favourite track is the soft ballad of One, which, although it is regarded as a soft 'love ballad', is actually about breaking up. I am able to listen to this track over and over again and never get tired of hearing it. They have recently re-worked it with Mary J Blythe singing the most of the lead vocals, and although this is very good, I still prefer the origional with Bono singing the lead.
To get the best out of the album, it has to be listened to in order. From Zoo Station, we are takenon a ride to the uplifting Even Better Than The Real Thing, which again is a little bit of a Stadium ballad, and is unmistakable by the opening Guitar rifts.. Then it is onto the soft ballad One, followed by Untill The End of The World. It keeps the same energy and strenght as it goes through Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, So Cruel, The Fly and Mysterious Ways. It softens as the jouney nears its end when we get to Trying to Throw Your Arms Around The World, Ultraviolet (LIght My Way), and Acrobat, before coming to a complete halt with the balad Love is Blindness.
All Tracks Written and performed by U2, with Bono singing Lead Vocals, The Edge playing Lead Guitar, Synthesizer and singing additional vocals, Adam Clayton playing Bass Guitar, Larry Mullen Jnr playing Drums, with additional instrumental from Brian Eno, who played Keyboards on One, Trying to Throw Your Arms Around The World and Love is Blindness, and Daniel Laonis, who played additional Guitar on Zoo Station, One and Trying to Throw Your Arms Around The World, and additional Percussion on Until The End Of the World and Mysterious Ways.
The album was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Laonis and Steve Lillywhite.
This is a classic and is one of my favourite albums of all time
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