Zooropa is a plugged-in, spaced-out dispatch from the blinking LED eye of the multimedia storm....

Zooropa sounds mostly like a band shedding its skin, trying on different selves for size.

More influenced than ever by co-producer-conceptualist Brian Eno, their music now parallels his in its pursuit of ambience.

In 1992, U2 along with Public Enemy, Big Audio Dynamite II, and Kraftwerk held a "Stop Sellafield" concert for Greenpeace

Here we all were, fretting over the parlous state of rock and help was on the way even while we were dithering. All of a sudden there's a clutch of superb albums out there: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes' Better Days; Robbie Robertson's Storyville; Van Morrison's Hymns to the Silence. And now, to put the capper on the company, U2's dashing, demanding Achtung Baby.

Despite its awful title, Achtung Baby is an admirable record. Surprisingly introverted and complex.....

These Irishmen have proven that the same penchant for epic musical and verbal gestures that leads many artists to self-parody can, in more inspired hands, fuel the unforgettable fire that defines great rock & roll....

Achtung Baby is a difficult album -- one that seems the result of considerable soul-searching lyrically.

U2 begin recording Achtung Baby at Hansa Studios in Berlin.

'Charged with the same politics that has set U2 apart from the bland pack of lyricists that abound in rock music today...'

Rattle and Hum, the title of both U2's brand-new album of the 1987 tour and the energetic performance documentary film released last week, is the sound of the band making contact: with music, with tradition, with their audience, with one another.

'Rattle and Hum is an expression of U2's urge to have it both ways'

The Joshua Tree tops US charts where it stays for 9 weeks

U2: Band on The Run

The Joshua Tree becomes the fastest selling record in UK history.

'U2 is what the Rolling Stones ceased being years ago - the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world...'

My guess is that U2 will be remembered as the most influential band of the late '80s and early '90s. ...

'More than any other U2 album, though, The Joshua Tree has the power and allure to seduce and capture a ...

Opening night of The Conspiracy of Hope Tour for Amnesty International, at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.'

Jack Nicholson introduced the band to a packed Wembley Stadium.

This album features some stunning rock and evokes a haunting mood while leaving the spirit neither fed nor abused...

Who needs to make good LPs when you're this popular? U2 rank as one of the world's top bands but their albums are all pretty smelly...

The Unforgettable Fire has a lot to live up to - and it's this listener's verdict that it does so, unequivocally...