Achtung Baby saw light in 1991, and got darker moods than the previous long-plays (the consequence of The Edge's divorce) and had innovative character. The work over the album Achtung Baby took place in Berlin with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, who collaborated with U2 over The Unforgettable Fire. The album got two Grammies and produced two smash hits - With Or Without You and I Still HavenвЂ™t Found What I'm Looking For. The follow-up The Joshua Tree featured the fusion of rock and national Irish music, jazz, country and gospels. Around the same time, U2 and especially its soloist Bono started to take an active part in numerous movements for the civil rights - including The Amnesty International. The song about Martin Luther King, called Pride (In The Name Of Love) became the hit. The group changed not only the sound the lyrics also became deeper and filled with semitones. The next disc The Unforgettable Fire became the real breakthrough of the band, combining the elements of classical rock and daring sound experiments. The tour along Europe and The USA was a sound success. In 1983, the band already finished its third album War with piercing hits Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day. After the tours along the UK, the artists recorded their second attempt October, which became the most religiously themed full-length in the whole U2's discography. In 1980, U2 signed a contract with Island Records and created their debut Boy with the hit I Will Follow. Singles Three and Another Day brought moderate fame in Ireland to the band. The music by U2 for that period was rather cheerful. In 1978, on the Saint Patrick's Day, the musicians won in a local talent competition and got the money for the record of a demo. Initially, the band comprised three more members and had the title The Larry Mullen Band, but it changed several names and was left by three members, thus reducing to the quartet called U2. and Adam Clayton formed rock band U2 in Dublin in 1976. Four teenage musicians - Paul Hewson (Bono), Dave Evans (The Edge), Larry Mullen Jr.

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