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U2 -- Achtung Baby Songbook: Guitar Lead Line

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Beautiful Anton Corbjin photographs and anecdoted by the band, manager and producers. A must have for a true fan - you get a true feeling for the historic atmosphere of Berlin '90, and Dublin '90-'91.

This is a book that will appeal to U2 fans of all types, but particularly musicians interested in their work. The book consists of a brief narrative, lyrics for the songs from "Achtung Baby," and musical transcriptions and guitar tablature for each of the songs on the album.

The photographs (both black and white and color) are excellent and truly capture the mood of this excellent album, as does the narrative and the selected quotations from the band members.

The guitar parts are well defined and easy to read, and are, to the best of my ability to discern, quite accurate. Particularly outstanding are the transcriptions of "One" and "Love Is Blindness," although I may be a bit biased, as those are also my two favorite tracks on the CD.

This book is great for any U2 fan, but is especially great for fans who are also musically inclined; to those in either group I recommend this book.