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ZOOROPA won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
Recorded at The Factory, Windmill Lane Studios and Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland in spring 1993.
Engineers include: Robbie Adams, Daniel Lanois, Flood.
Personnel: The Edge (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, background vocals); Bono (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Johnny Cash (vocals); Brian Eno (strings, piano, harmonium, synthesizer, sound effects, background vocals); Adam Clayton (bass guitar); Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion, background vocals); Des Broadbery (chimes, programming, loops); Flood (loops); Larry Mullins (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Flood; Robbie Adams.
Recording information: Dublin, Ireland (03/1993-05/1993); The Factory (03/1993-05/1993); Westland Studios, Dublin, Ireland (03/1993-05/1993); Windmill Lane Studios (03/1993-05/1993).
Illustrators: Charlie Whisker; Shaughn McGrath.
Photographer: Alan Messer.
Unknown Contributor Role: Daniel Lanois .
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).
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.
Not their best but good enough Can't top listening to it it's kinda relaxing and has Mr. Johnny Cash in it! So good job! Submitted by srrauldcmarvel (Mexico City, Mexico) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Unique, and not merely a continuation of their sound Zooropa is one of those albums that defies many attempts at explanation. On one hand, the critics say that this is merely the continuation of their "Achtung Baby" album, while fans assert that this is one of their best albums period. I tend to fall somewhere in between the two ideas. It is true that several of these songs mimic the dark atmospherics of "Achtung Baby" (Numb, Stay (Faraway, So Close), Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car, Dirty Day), several of these songs also indicate new directions to their music. "Lemon" is particularly interesting, as well as "The Wanderer." "The First Time" is by far their first piano-based ballad that melds perfectly with Bono's voice, creating a very radio-friendly hit that at the same time is far more effective at expressing the song's meaning than anything they had ever done before. "The First Time" was the genesis of songs like "One Step Closer" off of the "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" album, and "Grace" off of "All That You Can't Leave Behind". "Some Days Are Better Than Others" is a fun exploration into pop music for the group. One could peg this album as an album of a group in transition, but the reality is that this is as fully realized as any U2 album, past or present. If you are a fan, then you better have at least a few songs off of this album. Submitted by Galen (Anchorage, AK, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
zooed in a wonderful all-encompassing rock record Submitted by love rat (Encino, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
U2 does it again U2 once again prove that they can shed their skin and still retain their audience. Zooropa is excellent because it is unique and exciting! For me the highlights are "Lemon" "Stay" and "The Wanderer". I have been a die hard U2 fan since I was 13 and they NEVER dissappoint! Submitted by Jim (North Providence RI) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Melodic Greatness!!! This is one of the guys best work to date. Great lyrics and great songwriting. Submitted by jejr9 (Irvine) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Melodic Greatness!!!
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