AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered
AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered | |
---|---|
Compilation album by various artists | |
Released | 25 October 2011 (2011-10-25) |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 59:25 |
Label |
|
AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, stylized as (Ăhk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered or (Ăℎk-to͝ong Ba͞y-bi) Covered, is a tribute album featuring cover versions of the 12 songs from U2's 1991 record Achtung Baby. It was released on 25 October 2011 as a pack-in CD with the December 2011 issue of Q (issue #305). The magazine commissioned the album to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby's original release and Q's 25th anniversary. The magazine's editor-in-chief Paul Rees said, "This is an entirely appropriate way to mark Q's anniversary and that of Achtung Baby, one of the pivotal albums in our lifetime." The performing artists are a mix of U2's contemporaries and successors, including Jack White, Patti Smith, Snow Patrol, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Killers, Garbage and Glasvegas. Although a tribute album, AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered contains a remix of "Even Better Than the Real Thing" that is credited as performed by U2.[1][2]
On 15 November 2011, the album was made available via digital download through the iTunes Store. All proceeds from digital sales will go to Concern Worldwide, an Ireland-based non-profit organisation that provides aid to the world's poorest countries. Concern's CEO Tom Arnold said, "Offering the proceeds from (Ahk-toong Bay-Bi) Covered to Concern's East Africa appeal also provides a timely reminder that alleviation of the hunger and wider health crisis in the region must not be forgotten and should remain a global priority."[3] Arnold said he was taken aback but delighted when he was asked by U2 lead singer Bono if his organisation would accept all proceeds from sales of the tribute album.[4]
The album debuted at number 53 in the United States with 12,000 copies sold in the first week,[5] and it debuted at number 46 in Canada.[6]
Track listing
No. | Title | Performed by | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "Zoo Station" | Nine Inch Nails | 6:28 |
2. | "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) | U2 | 6:39 |
3. | "One" | Damien Rice | 5:26 |
4. | "Until the End of the World" | Patti Smith | 3:36 |
5. | "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" | Garbage | 5:16 |
6. | "So Cruel" | Depeche Mode | 6:02 |
7. | "The Fly" | Gavin Friday | 4:16 |
8. | "Mysterious Ways" | Snow Patrol | 4:48 |
9. | "Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World" | The Fray | 4:33 |
10. | "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)" | The Killers | 4:53 |
11. | "Acrobat" | Glasvegas | 4:08 |
12. | "Love Is Blindness" | Jack White | 3:20 |
Chart performance
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] | 46 |
US Billboard 200[8] | 53 |
References
- ^ Bliss, Karen (2011-09-09). "Bono Announces 'Achtung Baby' Covers Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ "Q 'releasing' U2 Achtung Baby covers album feat. Jack White, Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails, Killers & more..." Q. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Achtung Baby Covers Album to Benefit Concern Worldwide's Emergency Famine Work in East Africa" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ^ "It's a beautiful day for Concern as Bono donates album proceeds". The Belfast Telegraph. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "The Billboard 200" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 123, no. 44. 3 December 2011. p. 46. Retrieved 1 December 2020 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Albums". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "U2 Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ "U2 Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- v
- t
- e
- Dik Evans
- Ivan McCormick
- Boy
- October
- War
- The Unforgettable Fire
- The Joshua Tree
- Rattle and Hum
- Achtung Baby
- Zooropa
- Pop
- All That You Can't Leave Behind
- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
- No Line on the Horizon
- Songs of Innocence
- Songs of Experience
- Songs of Surrender
- Three
- Wide Awake in America
- Please: PopHeart Live EP
- 7
- Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge
- Wide Awake in Europe
releases, and other albums
- Under a Blood Red Sky
- Melon: Remixes for Propaganda
- Original Soundtracks 1
- Hasta la Vista Baby! U2 Live from Mexico City
- Live from the Point Depot
- U2.Communication
- Zoo TV Live
- U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
- Live from Paris
- Medium, Rare & Remastered
- Artificial Horizon
- Duals
- U22
- From the Ground Up: Edge's Picks from U2360°
- U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky
- The Unforgettable Fire Collection
- Rattle and Hum
- Zoo TV: Live from Sydney
- PopMart: Live from Mexico City
- Elevation 2001: Live from Boston
- U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, Ireland
- Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
- Vertigo 05: Live from Milan
- U218 Videos
- Live from Paris
- U2 3D
- Linear
- U2360° at the Rose Bowl
- From the Sky Down
- Innocence + Experience: Live in Paris
- Live Aid
- 1987 Vaillancourt Fountain performance
- 1997 concert in Sarajevo
- Super Bowl XXXVI halftime show
- Live 8
- Glastonbury Festival 2011
- U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere
- Pride: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays U2
- We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2
- With or Without You
- In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa
- Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 3
- AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered
- Belong
- The Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack
- Mother Records
- U2 by U2
- U2 Tower
- Paul McGuinness
- Guy Oseary
- Irving Azoff
- Bram van den Berg
- Category
- Timeline