Achtung Baby: Berlin, Hell of a Place

An album with more fun emphasis points in the title than fun songs! More seriously, Achtung Baby was a big reset moment for U2 in the midst of their global domination and did signal some stylistic shifts for the band. Matt and Tim talk how Achtung Baby is and isn't different from prior U2 affair, the respect we have for a band that just shoots their shot, and the importance of Berlin and Hansa Studio, where the album was recorded and a place of regular artist reinvention. Matt offers two other albums recorded at Hansa, both of which are markers of change and/or development for their respective artists: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Psychedelic Furs.