1. 2021 saw Achtung Baby reach its 30th anniversary. Thirty years on it still sounds uniquely fresh. Spawning classic tracks such One and The Fly, Achtung Baby still trades blows with The Joshua Tree as many fans favourite U2 album. In our latest U2start ‘Original’, 12 essays from forum members dissect the 12 tracks of Achtung Baby, breaking down their origins, interpretation of lyrics and personal attachment to some of the band's greatest ever songs.

    It's something we've worked on for quite some time, and many share very personal stories.

    Hope you enjoy it: https://u2start.com/content/article/50/Achtung-Baby-the-album-that-changed-us
  2. Loved this. I couldn’t imagine it working for any other U2 album either.
  3. Great work, all of you. Each reflection was so well-written!
  4. I really like Carla’s part where he talked about being an old grown man
  5. Wonderful piece, huge props to @Remy and everybody else who organized/was a part of this! Awesome job to everyone !
  6. It was a lovely thing to do, hope you all will enjoy it!
  7. It was great to participate in this – to be reflective and get the creative writing back again. Great work everyone. Hope you all enjoy these!
  8. Great writing everyone.
  9. Thanks all for enjoying our little piece and for your kind comments It's amazing to read what other fellow U2starters have to say about these songs that are part of our lives.
  10. Listening to this on vinyl tonight and am reminded by this article about how brilliant the trilogy on side 4 is - Ultraviolet, Acrobat and Love Is Blindness. We’ve recently shared thoughts on albums with the best opening three songs but is there any album, U2 or otherwise, that finishes as strongly as this?
  11. Originally posted by Sydney_MIke:Listening to this on vinyl tonight and am reminded by this article about how brilliant the trilogy on side 4 is - Ultraviolet, Acrobat and Love Is Blindness. We’ve recently shared thoughts on albums with the best opening three songs but is there any album, U2 or otherwise, that finishes as strongly as this?
    Simple answer to the question. No.