Zoo Station

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Zoo Station is the opening track of U2's 1991 album "Achtung Baby," noted for its distorted guitar sound and industrial rock style that signaled a major shift in the band's musical direction.

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Zoo Station canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Achtung Baby ⓘ
artist U2 ⓘ
associatedWith Achtung Baby Tour ⓘ
belongsToDiscographyOf U2 ⓘ
composer U2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
era 1990s rock music ⓘ
followsInTracklist none ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
industrial rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCriticalReception praised for bold experimentation ⓘ
hasLength approximately 4:36 ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature distorted guitar sound ⓘ
heavily processed vocals ⓘ
industrial-influenced production ⓘ
use of sound effects and samples ⓘ
hasTheme reinvention and transformation ⓘ
urban and industrial imagery ⓘ
influencedBy alternative rock of the late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
industrial music ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor marking a major stylistic shift in U2's sound ⓘ
opening the Achtung Baby album with an experimental sound ⓘ
openingTrackOf Achtung Baby ⓘ
partOf Achtung Baby ⓘ
performer U2 ⓘ
precedesInTracklist Even Better Than the Real Thing ⓘ
producer Brian Eno ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ
Flood ⓘ
Steve Lillywhite ⓘ
recordedAt Hansa Studios, Berlin ⓘ
STS Studios, Dublin ⓘ
Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin ⓘ
recordedFor Achtung Baby ⓘ
recordLabel Interscope Records ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1991-11-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1991 ⓘ
titleRefersTo Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station ⓘ
trackNumber 1 ⓘ
usedAs concert opener on the Zoo TV Tour ⓘ
writer Adam Clayton ⓘ
Bono ⓘ
Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ
The Edge ⓘ

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