U2 - Salome: The [Axtung Beibi] Outtakes

Primary Artist
U2
Album Title
Salome: The [Axtung Beibi] Outtakes
Release Date
1992 
Time
198:26 
Review by JT Griffith
In December 1990, U2 had entered the recording studio in Berlin to begin writing songs for what would become Achtung Baby. The band recorded their jam sessions and sent the results to producer Brian Eno for feedback. One set of DAT working tapes was stolen and widely bootlegged around April 1991. This three-CD set is the most comprehensive collection of the band's sessions and is considered the holy grail of unofficial U2 material. (A word of caution: these are not even demos, much less rough mixes of the final album.) The Achtung Baby Sessions are valuable because they reflect U2's recording process on one of the 1990s' most important albums. Read More