Zooropa

(1993)

U2 felt inspired enough on Achtung Baby’s pioneering Zoo TV tour to head into the studio to record an EP. They would leave with an album, upping the ante with looped rhythms and experimental approaches. “We’re not going to second-guess any of this. Let’s just go for it,” is how Edge described their mindset with Eno. And it’s aged surprisingly well – the oft-underrated second vocalist Edge and his monotone rapping in Numb notwithstanding. The more traditional minimalist charms of The

First Time and Stay (Faraway, So Close!) are a reminder of the intimate writing dynamic between the guitarist and Bono, but the dark adventurous spirit in Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car and Edge’s otherworldly gated

tremolo in Lemon is still intriguing. Download: Lemon