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Achtung Baby cover

Achtung Baby (1991)

0.3051Canon Score · ranked #105 all time

Aggregated from 5 of 9 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the album

Achtung Baby ( AHKH-toong) 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. After criticism of their 1988 documentary film and album Rattle and Hum and a sense of creative stagnation, U2 shifted their direction to incorporate influences from alternative, industrial, and electronic dance music into their sound

Why it ranks #105

Every list on which Achtung Baby appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
Rolling Stone 500 (2003 edition)Editorial list#63 / 500
VH1 100 Greatest Albums (2001)Critics' canon#65 / 100
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums (2020)Major international poll#124 / 500
1001 Albums You Must Hear (union)Critics' canonSelected
TIME All-TIME 100 Albums (2006)Editorial listSelected