Track Listing

1. Zooropa
2. Babyface
3. Numb
4. Lemon
5. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
6. Daddy's Gonna Pay For
7. Some Days Are Better Than Others
8. The First Time
9. Dirty Day
10. The Wanderer - U2, Johnny Cash

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17828 in Music
• Released on: 1993-07-06
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Following the band's Zoo TV tour, which took aim at consumerism and media overload, U2 brought those themes and the complex, futuristic sound of its preceding album, Achtung Baby, to their somewhat illogical conclusion on Zooropa, the group's most chaotic, cutting-edge work. The monotone techno-rap "Numb" leads the way, while "Lemon" offers reminders of David Bowie's Berlin trilogy of more than a decade before. Best of all is "The Wanderer," featuring a guest vocal by country-music icon Johnny Cash. His bottomless baritone sounds bizarre over burbling synthesizers, but Bono's trenchant lyric about a postapocalyptic seeker of sensation and experience before he repents nails Cash's legend at least as well as he ever has himself. --Daniel Durchholz

Album Details
Same as USA Version.

Customer Reviews

A classic U2 record that should not be ignored
I'll be the first to say that U2 did experiment here, and this is very different from records like, say 'The Joshua Tree' or 'The Unforgettable Fire.' But hey, it's still a great U2 record.

Many fans of 1980s U2 disliked this record, and I never (and still to this day) don't understand why. It's got great songs. 'Numb' features The Edge on vocals, with Bono and his great high falsetto singing background vocals, and a good quiet song in 'The First Time.'

The intro to 'Zooropa' is great. It features great piano parts from The Edge, as well as some experimental synthesizer sounds.

The legendary country music hero Johnny Cash stops by to sing lead on 'The Wanderer,' a great classic country music song that's well worth checking out if you're a Johnny Cash and/or U2 completist.

Overall, it's a great record that should not be condemned. It's a masterpiece. A great addition to anyone's U2 collection.

Highly recommended. ENJOY!!!

The Dark Side Of U2 Meets Brian Eno
Zooropa can easily be seen as a natural progression in the band's musical evolution as rockers, social commentators and human beings, when examined through a religious and prog-rock grid.

actually, the heavily synthesized sound of this album is entirely appropriate because of its predominating subject matter, the alienation of modern man as a result of gross consumerism, technological dependence and moral declination.

there is also an interesting, yet subtle tension throughout many of the songs, a cry for both a natural balance in the world (and the self) and supernatural intervention; both of which have been upset or largely ignored on the surface.

musically, Zooropa offers many traditional blues-influenced ballads with the band's usual instrumentation while Brian Eno assists with a heavily syhthesized-yet-innovative sound that often chills and refuses to soothe.

the cd book inside is heavily colored and assaults the viewer with disturbing images distorted by a computer-imaging software program, and easily supports the theme of the overarching theme of the album.

one of my favorite U2 albums, this is a must-have album for fans of U2 and Brian Eno, but they may not know it yet...

ahead of its time
I hated this album after it first came out. Little did I know that it would be U2's last great album and now I think it is a haunting, dark creation.