Studio album · 5 July 1993

Zooropa

Made around the Zoo TV tour, Zooropa extends U2's experiments with electronic textures, advertising language and fractured identities. Its hurried creation is part of its character.

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Inside the recording

Producers: Flood; Brian Eno; The Edge
Engineering & mixing: Flood, Robbie Adams, Willie Mannion, Rob Kirwan, Mary McShane
Recording locations: The Factory (Dublin); Windmill Lane (Dublin); Westland (Dublin)
In the studio: The band travelled between tour dates and Dublin to finish recording and mixing after the tour resumed.

Selected credits, not an exhaustive personnel list. Release credits — U2Songs Personnel & background — Wikipedia

Tracks

Original core programme

ZooropaStudio Version
BabyfaceStudio Version
NumbStudio Version
LemonStudio Version
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)Studio Version
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your Crashed CarStudio Version
Some Days are Better than OthersStudio Version
The First TimeStudio Version
Dirty DayStudio Version
The WandererStudio Version with Alarm

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Chart positions

UK Albums — peak: 1 Source
US Billboard 200 — peak: 1 Source

Certifications

UK — BPI: Platinum Source
US — RIAA: 2× Platinum Source

Grammys & other honours

1994 Grammy — Best Alternative Music Album Source

Selected documented achievements, not a worldwide exhaustive register. Certifications are award levels, not current sales estimates. Song and video awards appear on the relevant song pages and are not automatically credited to the album.

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Documented

What began as an EP expanded into an album. Johnny Cash sings the closing song, The Wanderer.

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