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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1991 - November: U2 ”Achtung Baby”
Description: If "The Joshua Tree" was the album that propelled Irish band U2 to the stratosphere of rock success, Achtung Baby was the album that would cement them in that status permanently. The band was coming off mixed success with their hybrid live/studio album "Rattle and Hum," and were struggling directionally. The band felt that they were not prepared for the success they had received, or as drummer Larry Mullin, Jr. put it, "we were the biggest, but we weren't the best.”
Achtung Baby draws its inspiration from German reunification, much like the Joshua Tree and Rattle and...