Zooropa (1993) ( )

Artist: U2
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Label: Uni/island
UPC: 00731451804724
Release Date: 7/6/1993
Buy.com Sku: 60411743
Item#: MRQMG7
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Zooropa ~ U2
2. Babyface ~ U2
3. Numb ~ U2
4. Lemon ~ U2
5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) ~ U2
6. Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car ~ U2
7. Some Days Are Better Than Others ~ U2
8. First Time, The ~ U2
9. Dirty Day ~ U2
10. Wanderer, The - (with Johnny Cash) ~ U2

(P) 1993 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
(C) 1993 Universal-Island Records Ltd.

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
U2: Bono (vocals, guitar); The Edge (guitar, piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Johnny Cash (vocals); Brian Eno (keyboards, synthesizer); Des Broadbery, Flood (programming).
Engineers include: Robbie Adams, Daniel Lanois, Flood.
Recorded at The Factory, Windmill Lane Studios and Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland in spring 1993.
ZOOROPA won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
The bright, digital-looking album artwork alone hints at U2's intentions on ZOOROPA--to take the group's electronica-laced approach on ACHTUNG BABY to the next level. While ambient-music pioneer Brian Eno had a strong presence on the former album, here he's practically a fifth member, contributing synthesizers and keyboards to most of the disc's 10 tracks.
Fans looking for vestiges of the old, JOSHUA TREE-era U2 are essentially left empty-handed, though the gorgeously spare and melancholy "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" does touch on their earnest earlier sound. ZOOROPA truly gets going with the fascinatingly droning "Numb," which features the Edge on lead vocals and stands as the most adventurous single that the Irish quartet has ever released. From here the album hits a stride, careening through the giddy Euro-disco of "Lemon," the aforementioned "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)," the heavily percussive "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car," and the funky, chiming "Some Days Are Better Than Others." Wrapping up the quirkiest outing in U2's discography is an appropriately strange, yet inspired song--"The Wanderer," where Kraftwerk-like synths and dreamy backing vocals support the unmistakable voice of the legendary Johnny Cash. Although, ZOOROPA is often overlooked, it's an ambitious record that marks a crucial point in U2's evolution.

 
Compilation Appearances
Vol. 1-Very Special Christmas
King Of The Blues
Red Hot & Blue
Out Loud-A Benefit For The Human Rights Of Lesbians And Gays
Tibetan Freedom Concert
City Of Angels
Greatest Hits
Runaway Bride
Vol. 6-Now That's What I Call Music
Vol. 8-Now That's What I Call Music
Essential Johnny Cash
We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones
Essential Willie Nelson
Creamfields
Creamfields: mixed By Paul
Perfecto Presents: Club Mixed By Paul Oakenfo
Vol 18.-Now That's What I Call Music
Collaborations
The Legend
The Legend Of Johnny Cash
The Breakthrough
2006 Grammy Nominees
Gold 0606
Devil Wears Prada
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Elton John's Christmas Party
Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba
Cbgb Forever
Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur
Greatest Hits And Remixes(w/ Bonus DVD)
Greatest Hits And Remixes
2008 Grammy Nominees
Definitive Collection (1985 To 1993)
Remixed:maximum Workout Vol 1
Essential 3.0(Limited Edition)
The Best Of NOW That's What I Call Music - 10th Anniversary Edition
Volume
Very Best Of Cold Feet

 
Associated Artists and Works
Artists, Various
Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Tribute ~ Artists, Various
A Tribute To U2 ~ Artists, Various
Artists, Various
The Ethereal Tribute To U2 ~ Artists, Various
U2 Celtic Tribute ~ Celtic Tribute Players (The)
Celtic Tribute Players (The)
On, Pickin'
Sing U2 ~ Persuasions (The)
Pickin' On
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Various Artists
Strung Out On U2: The String Quartet Tribute ~ Various Artists
A Tribute To U2 ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
The Ethereal Tribute To U2 ~ Various Artists
Still Strung Out On U2: A String Quartet Tribute ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Dub Tribute To U2 ~ Various Artists
Various Artists
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 ~ Various Artists
Vitamin String Quartet

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 07/06/1993
Original Release Date : 1993
Catalog ID : 518 047
Label : Island Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 51m : 21s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00731451804724

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (8/5/93, p.63)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...startling....a daring, imaginative coda to ACHTUNG BABY....it works brilliantly..."

Spin (9/93, p.116)
- Highly Recommended - "...U2 is bidding to up the ante on its new freedom....ZOOROPA indicates U2 might be worthy of whatever absurd mutations the '90s throw our way..."

Entertainment Weekly (12/31/93, p.115)
- Ranked #1 in Entertainment Weekly's list of 'The Best & Worst Records Of 1993' - "...[U2's] attempt to make sense of their place in pop and the world at large is downright heroic...."

Entertainment Weekly (7/9/93, p.46)
- "...a harried, spontaneous-sounding, and ultimately exhilarating album on which the world's greatest arena guitar band rarely sounds like itself...For an album that wasn't meant to be an album, it's quite an album..." - Rating: A

Q (1/94, p.86)
- Included in Q's list of 'The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...U2's most adventurous outing yet...."

Q (8/93, p.99)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...here is U2, the foremost rock 'n' roll band on the planet, seeing if rock can be fashioned from sonic technology....ZOOROPA refines the first steps in this attempt that ACHTUNG BABY took....the results transcend the merely experimental..."

Q (8/94, p.115)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...It's stronger than its parent ACHTUNG BABY..."

Melody Maker (7/3/93, p.28)
- "...after a decade of intermittently looking and sounding crap they've got both the image and the music right...."

Musician (9/93, p.76)
- "...by no means a stopgap project, ZOOROPA ranks among the band's best work to date..."

Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5)
- Ranked #9 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.

NME (Magazine)
(7/3/93, p.32)
- 6 - Good.

  
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