In 1994, Zooropa won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
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11 Facts About Zooropa
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Zooropa provided outboard gear such as a UREI 1176 Peak Limiter, a dbx 120X-DS subharmonic synthesizer, two Summit and two LA compressors, a Focusrite 115HD equaliser, a Yamaha SPX1000 multi-effects unit, Lexicon PCM-70 and AMS RMX-16 reverb units, and Yamaha NS-10 and EGV monitor speakers.
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The introduction to the title track, "Zooropa", contains a noisy collage of indecipherable human voices from radio signals—credited to the "advertising world"—played over sustained synthesiser chords.
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Technology is a common theme on Zooropa, inspired by the group's experiences on the Zoo TV Tour.
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Zooropa was named for the "Zooropa" leg of the Zoo TV Tour, which began in May 1993 while the band completed the record.
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Zooropa completed U2's contractual obligation to Island Records, and to PolyGram, the multinational that purchased Island in 1989.
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Zooropa was released on 5 July 1993, during the Zooropa leg of the Zoo TV Tour.
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In October 2011, Achtung Baby was reissued to commemorate its 20th anniversary; CD copies of Zooropa were included in the "Super Deluxe" and "Uber Deluxe" editions of the release.
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The review concluded by saying Zooropa "indicates U2 might be worthy of whatever absurd mutations the '90s throw our way".
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Zooropa album was released in July 1993, halfway through the Zooropa leg of the tour.
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