{"id":30869,"date":"2024-11-18T18:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T18:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-nov-18-1991-u2-released-their-seventh-studio-album-achtung-baby\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T18:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T18:02:45","slug":"on-this-day-nov-18-1991-u2-released-their-seventh-studio-album-achtung-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-nov-18-1991-u2-released-their-seventh-studio-album-achtung-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, Nov. 18, 1991: U2 released their seventh studio album, &#8216;Achtung Baby&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-11-18\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On This Day, Nov. 18, 1991 &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>U2<\/strong> released their seventh studio album,\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Achtung Baby<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, which debuted at #1 on the <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Billboard<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> 200 Album chart, making it the band\u2019s third #1 album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Produced by <strong>Daniel Lanois<\/strong> and <strong>Brian Eno<\/strong>, the band began recording the album in Germany, although the sessions were marred by tension within the band. The record was eventually finished in Dublin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The album took influences from alternative rock, electronic dance and industrial music, and featured such hits as \u201cOne,\u201d \u201cThe Fly\u201d and \u201cMysterious Ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Achtung Baby<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> was a huge success for U2, selling over 18 million copies worldwide. It also earned them a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">U2 celebrated\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Achtung Bab<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">y&#8217;s\u00a030th anniversary, albeit a bit late, by playing the album in its entirety during their <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">U2: UV Achtung Baby<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> residency at the Las Vegas Sphere, which kicked off in September 2023.<\/span><br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On This Day, Nov. 18, 1991 &#8230; U2 released their seventh studio album,\u00a0Achtung Baby, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, making it the band\u2019s third #1 album. Produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, the band began recording the album in Germany, although the sessions were<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-nov-18-1991-u2-released-their-seventh-studio-album-achtung-baby\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}