Cover Album of U2’s Achtung Baby – Please Do Not Suck

While in Toronto for the U2 documentary at TIFF, Bono released some interesting information: There will be a cover album of 1991’s classic U2 album, Achtung Baby. Via Rolling Stone:

“The album was commissioned by the British music magazine Q. “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. 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 said”

“In addition, Bono said that artist Damien Hirst recently completed a video for “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.”

Check out the original version of Mysterious Ways by U2
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