Jack White, Depeche Mode appearing on U2 Achtung Baby covers album
A tribute album honoring the 20th anniversary of U2′s classic, Achtung Baby, will feature artists including Jack White, Depeche Mode, Patti Smith, Damian Rice and more covering the songs from the album.
Rolling Stone reports that Bono revealed who would be covering what on the album at a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival. The frontman said, “Jack White does ‘Love Is Blindness,’ Depeche Mode do ‘So Cruel,’ Patti Smith did ‘Until the End of the World,’ Damian Rice does ‘One.’ It just goes on.” Bono added, “And it’s strange, because when I hear the album, when U2 do it, all I hear is what’s wrong with it. But when I heard all these artists doing it, I thought, ‘It’s really good.’”
Bono also said that artist Damien Hirst just finished a video for the track, “Even Better Than The Real Thing.” “He made a very special art work, which has only been shown once and probably won’t be shown again, because [it was for the] Glastonbury festival and it’s an extraordinary work of art.”
So far no release date for the album has been set.
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September 22nd, 2011 at 5:07 am
[...] on Showtime on October 29th. There’s also a tribute album for Achtung Baby coming soon and features artists like Jack White and Patti Smith covering the songs from the [...]
October 10th, 2011 at 5:04 am
[...] We’ve previously talked about this album before. Jack White, Patti Smith and Damian Rice would be covering songs from U2′s Achtung Baby for an upcoming 20th anniversary tribute album. But we’ve got the full tracklisting now and it got way more interesting. Artists including Nine Inch Nails, The Killers, Depeche Mode, Garbage, Snow Patrol and more will also appear on the album, cleverly dubbed Akh-toong Bay-bi, just to help out those who can’t pronounce the first word of the album properly. Q Magazine will be releasing the tribute album along with their new issue which is out on October 26th. The full tracklisting for the album is down below. To further celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album, the U2 documentary, From The Sky Down, will premiere on Showtime on October 29th. Akh-toong Bay-bi tracklisting: 1. Nine Inch Nails – Zoo Station 2. U2 (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) – Even Better Than The Real Thing 3. Damien Rice – One 4. Patti Smith – Until The End Of The World 5. Garbage – Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses 6. Depeche Mode – So Cruel 7. Snow Patrol – Mysterious Ways 8. The Fray – Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World 8. Gavin Friday – The Fly 10. The Killers – Ultraviolet (Light My Way) 11. Glasvegas – Acrobat 12. Jack White – Love Is Blindness [...]