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* ListSong: "Numb", as The Edge provides a list of "don'ts" in a monotone voice.
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* StepUpToTheMic: The Edge sings the majority of "Numb".

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* StepUpToTheMic: The Edge sings the majority of "Numb"."Numb", with Larry also providing prominent backing vocals throughout the song.
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* HiddenTrack: ''Zooropa'' ends with a hidden track consisting of an alarm sound that plays after 30 seconds of silence.
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In one of the odder ventures, one of the songs, "The Wanderer", would have lead vocals from none other than American country rock megastar Music/JohnnyCash.

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In one of the odder ventures, one of the songs, "The Wanderer", would have lead vocals from none other than American country rock megastar Music/JohnnyCash.



* AndStarring: Music/JohnnyCash, in "The Wanderer"

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* {{Portmanteau}}: In case it wasn't clear, "Zooropa" is a portmanteau of "Zoo TV" and "Europa"

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* {{Portmanteau}}: In case it wasn't clear, "Zooropa" is a portmanteau of "Zoo TV" and "Europa""Europa".
* {{Slogans}}: "Zooropa" quotes several famous advertising slogans that were prominent in the 1990s, including "Vorsprung durch technik" (Audi), "Be all that you can be" (The United States Army), "Fly the friendly skies" (United Airlines), and "Ring of confidence" (Colgate).
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What came was another TroubledProduction, and it dragged on into the beginning of their European tour, which was subtitled "Zooropa". They would resort to shuttling between each tour location and Dublin to finish recording. Toward the end, Flood had to step away because of obligations to produce a Music/NineInchNails album (indirectly connecting this album to ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''), leading to the Edge earning a production credit for helping finish the album.

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What came was another TroubledProduction, and it dragged on into the beginning of their European tour, which was subtitled "Zooropa". They would resort to shuttling between each tour location and Dublin to finish recording. Toward the end, Flood had to step away because of obligations to produce a Music/NineInchNails album (indirectly connecting this album to ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''), leading to the Edge earning a production credit for helping finish the album.
album. This resulted in arguably the band's most experimental album to date.
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* {{Disco}}: "Lemon" is a darker take on it along with straight up AlternativeDance.
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* StepUpToTheMic: The Edge sings the majority of "Numb".
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* Gratuitous German: "Vorsprung durch technik" (translated "progress through technology") in "Zooropa".

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What came was another TroubledProduction, and it dragged on into the beginning of their European tour, which was subtitled "Zooropa". They would resort to shuttling between each tour location Dublin to finish recording. Toward the end, Flood had to step away because of obligations to produce a Music/NineInchNails album (indirectly connecting this album to ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''), leading to the Edge earning a production credit for helping finish the album.

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What came was another TroubledProduction, and it dragged on into the beginning of their European tour, which was subtitled "Zooropa". They would resort to shuttling between each tour location and Dublin to finish recording. Toward the end, Flood had to step away because of obligations to produce a Music/NineInchNails album (indirectly connecting this album to ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''), leading to the Edge earning a production credit for helping finish the album.
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They brought back Brian Eno and Mark Ellis to produce, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again. Though it was originally desired to be a short EP, Bono soon wanted to produce a full-length album.

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They brought back Brian Eno and Mark "Flood" Ellis to produce, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again. Though it was originally desired to be a short EP, Bono soon wanted to produce a full-length album.
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* {{Portmanteau}}: In vase it wasn't clear, "Zooropa" is a portmanteau of "Zoo TV" and "Europa"

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* EpicRocking: "Zooropa" is 6 1/2 minutes, and "Lemon" is 7 minutes.
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* AlsoStarring: Music/JohnnyCash, in "The Wanderer"

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* AlsoStarring: AndStarring: Music/JohnnyCash, in "The Wanderer"
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[[caption-width-right:300:''And I have no compass, and I have no map''\\
''And I have no reasons, no reasons to get back'']]
->''Lemon, see-through in the sunlight''\\
''She wore lemon, but never in the daylight''\\
''She's gonna make you cry, she's gonna make you whisper and moan''\\
''And when you're dry, she draws water from the stone''\\
''I feel like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slippin' under''\\
''And I feel like I'm holding on to nothing''
-->--'''"Lemon"'''

'''''Zooropa''''' is the eighth studio album recorded by Irish rock band Music/{{U2}}. It was released through Island Records on 5 July 1993.

Following the bounceback of their careers with ''Music/AchtungBaby'', they mounted the supporting Zoo TV Tour, a wildly-popular concert series, in 1992. During a six-month break before resuming the tour in Europe, Bono and the Edge were keen on writing a new album, instead of letting themselves get rusty with a long layover.

They brought back Brian Eno and Mark Ellis to produce, hoping to catch lightning in a bottle again. Though it was originally desired to be a short EP, Bono soon wanted to produce a full-length album.

What came was another TroubledProduction, and it dragged on into the beginning of their European tour, which was subtitled "Zooropa". They would resort to shuttling between each tour location Dublin to finish recording. Toward the end, Flood had to step away because of obligations to produce a Music/NineInchNails album (indirectly connecting this album to ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''), leading to the Edge earning a production credit for helping finish the album.

In one of the odder ventures, one of the songs, "The Wanderer", would have lead vocals from none other than American country rock megastar Music/JohnnyCash.

In the end, the band eschewed the traditional rock music tracks produced for the album, going entirely experimental. One of those tracks, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", would later be picked up for the soundtrack to ''Film/BatmanForever''.

Reception for the album was initially critically positive, but not without its faults. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine has said in retrospect that, at times, the album was "unfocused and meandering". While ''Zooropa'' sold wildly initially, becoming double-Platinum in the United States and Platinum in the United Kingdom, sales quickly tapered off.

The performance of its four singles--"Numb", "Lemon", "Zooropa", and "Stay (Faraway, So Close)--would betray the ultimate verdict for the album. The first three would not chart in the US, UK, or even their native Ireland. While "Stay" hit #1 in Ireland and #4 in the UK, it stalled at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100.

!!Tracklist
# "Zooropa" (6:31)
# "Babyface" (4:01)
# "Numb" (4:20)
# "Lemon" (6:58)
# "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (4:58)
# "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car" (5:20)
# "Some Days Are Better Than Others" (4:17)
# "The First Time" (3:45)
# "Dirty Day" (5:24)
# "The Wanderer" (starring Johnny Cash) (5:41)

!!Personnel
* Bono – vocals, guitar
* The Edge – guitar, piano, synthesisers, vocals
* Adam Clayton – bass guitar
* Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* Johnny Cash – vocals (track 10)

!!"I went out wandering through tropes paved with gold:"
* AlsoStarring: Music/JohnnyCash, in "The Wanderer"
* TitleTrack: "Zooropa"

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