'AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered': U2 Covers Album Ft. Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, The Killers, Garbage, And More (VIDEO)

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the U2 album Achtung Baby, British magazine Q has put together a parallel cover album that so far we thoroughly approve of. AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered goes out with Q's December issue, on sale today or available for order off Q's site. It features former U2 collaborator Trent Reznor, the band Garbage (who haven't produced anything before this since 2007), Patti Smith, and many more magical names from the vault.

To whet your appetite, we've posted all the tracks leaked so far (full tracklist below). Depeche Mode's "So Cruel" and Jack White's "Love Is Blindness" are our reigning favorites, but we wouldn't kick any of these out of bed, if you know what we're saying. Mainly because they're songs and you can't kick songs out of bed, but also, we're saying, because they're all pretty good.

LISTEN below, or stream the whole album at Q's site :

Garbage, "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"

Nine Inch Nails "Zoo Station"

Depeche Mode, "So Cruel"

The Killers, "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"

Damien Rice, "One"

Jack White, "Love Is Blindness"

AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered Tracklist:
01. Nine Inch Nails: Zoo Station
02. U2 (Jacques Lu Cont Mix): Even Better Than The Real Thing
03. Damien Rice: One
04. Patti Smith: Until The End Of The World
05. Garbage: Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
06. Depeche Mode: So Cruel
07. Snow Patrol: Mysterious Ways
08. The Fray: Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
09. Gavin Friday: The Fly
10. The Killers: Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
11. Glasvegas: Acrobat
12. Jack White: Love Is Blindness

(Some Kind Of Awesome, Consequence of Sound)

Comments

[Quotidien]

03:40 PM on 10/28/2011

Blasphemy

[cameron d]

07:08 PM on 10/26/2011

That's a pretty lame line-up outside of Nine Inch Nails, Patti Smith and Depeche Mode (who haven't released a good album since Ultra).

That being said, Achtung Baby was the last solid U2 album.

[CGI]

03:53 PM on 10/26/2011

Once more it is proven that noone even comes anywhere near being in remotely the same league as U2.

[cameron d]

07:08 PM on 10/26/2011

Umm... you might need to do a little more searching for your music.

[Sunflo]

06:47 AM on 10/27/2011

It's all about personal taste innit?

[Sunflo]

06:47 AM on 10/27/2011

Correct.

[GaryNOVA]

03:09 PM on 10/26/2011

I was 12 when this album came out. It's one of my all time favorite albums. it was the album that really got me into music, & it basically shaped my taste in music. U2's best IMO and one of the greatest albums ever made.

[Sunflo]

06:51 AM on 10/27/2011

Beaker! I agree with almost everything you've said, except I was 14 when it came out :) But I love that record and never tire of playing it. So Cruel has got to be one of their best songs. Edge's solo on The Fly is one of those things that made me learn the guitar.

[Joel Colquitt]

12:06 PM on 10/26/2011

Listening to it right now... feel a bit jipped that track 2 is just a remix.

[workingliberal]

11:42 AM on 10/26/2011

Achtung baby was the last U2 album I ever bought. They lost me after that & I was a HUUUGE fan. With that said..this looks like a great tribute.

[Gronkie]

11:20 AM on 10/26/2011

Looks interesting.