| Tracklist | Descriere | 01. Zooropa
02. Babyface
03. Numb
04. Lemon
05. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
06. Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
07. Some Days Are Better Than Others
08. The First Time
09. Dirty Day
10. The Wanderer
| ZOOROPA is the sound of U2 becoming comfortable with a new recording environment. After the attrition of Achtung Baby, it was clear that this technology stuff was OK, it's not the Devil, it's not the enemy, we can work with it. Edge was still exploring dance and hip-hop culture, club mixes, all that kind of thing. He was experimenting and U2 were his guinea pigs.
Larry Mullen |
ZOOROPA a fost lansat in Iulie 1993. Aflati in pauza dupa prima parte a turneului ZOO TV in America, in doar cateva luni la inceputul lui 1993 grupul a reusit sa compuna destule melodii pentru un album.
Producatori au fost de data asta Flood, Brian Eno si The Edge. Inregistrarile au inceput in studioul Factory din Dublin si s-au incheiat la Windmill. Chiar si dupa reluarea turneului in Europa, au avut timp sa faca ultimile retusuri. Dupa fiecare concert zburau la Dublin pentru a finaliza albumul.
Unii critici au fost sceptici in privinta succesului acestui album, acuzand faptul ca a fost facut in graba. Dar fanii i-au contrazis din nou, albumul intrand ca nr. 1 in aproape toate tarile in care a fost lansat.
Zooropa, melodia care da titlul albumului abordeaza situatia Europei care, asa cum spunea The Edge “nu pare sa stie ce este sau ce anume vrea sa fie”. Incertitudinea atat in prezentul cat mai ales in viitorul Europei este subiectul principal al melodiei.
Surpriza acestui album a fost ultima melodie, The Wanderer al carui solist nu era Bono ci Johnny Cash.
Lansand albumul in mijlocul unui turneu, nu a fost destul timp pentru repetitii ca melodiile sa fie cantate live.Asa ca au fost introduse in concerte treptat.
Single-uri:
- Numb Video Single (Mai 1993) care mai continea Numb (Video Remix), Love Is Blindness. The Edge a interpretat pentru prima oara Numb live, la Roma in Iulie 1993.
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!)(August 1993). Single-ul a fost editat in mai multe formate. Avea ca B side I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Lemon (Perfecto Mix).
- Lemon (August 1993), lansat doar in Japonia si Australia.
Premii:
- Grammy (1993) pentru Best Alternative Music Album.
- Grammy (1994) pentru Best Music Video, Long Form pentru Zoo TV – Live from Sydney.
- BRIT Awards (1993) pentru Most Successful Live Act
In Iunie 1995 apare Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me, melodia principala de pe coloana sonora a filmului Batman Forever. Melodia a primit premiul International Viewer's Choice si Best Video from a Film la gala MTV din 1995.
by Tony
Produced by Flood, Brian Eno and The Edge
Engineered and Mixed by Flood and Robbie Adams
Bono : Vocals & Guitar
The Edge : Guitar, Piano, Synthesizers & Vocals
Adam Clayton : Bass Guitar
Larry Mullen : Drums, Percussion & Backing Vocals
Paul McGuinness : Manager
Studio Crew
Joe O'Herlihy : Monitoring
Des Broadbery : Programming, Keyboard & Guitar Technician
Fraser McAlister : Guitar Technician (Bono)
Sam O'Sullivan : Drum Technician
Stuart Morgan : Bass Guitar Technician
Dallas Schoo : Guitar Technician (Edge)
Colm "Rab" McAllister : Studio Technician
Suzanne Doyle : Studio Production Manager
Anne-Louise Kelly : Album Production Manager
Recorded in
The Factory, Windmill Lane Studios and Westland Studios, Dublin.
Additional Recording Facilities :
Terry Cromer & Julian Douglas, Audio Engineering, Dublin.
Principle Management Dublin -
Anne-Louise Kelly (Director), Barbara Galavan, Eileen Long, David Herbert, Brigid Mooney,
Candida Bottaci, Sandra Long, Aislinn Meehan, Anne O'Leary, Cecilia Coffey,
Cillian Guidera, Liz Devlin, Gerry Watters.
Principle Management NY -
Keryn Kaplan (Director), Sheila Roche, Bess Dulany.
All titles written by U2 and published by Blue Mountain Music Ltd
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