...for best album and took its place as one of the seminal records of recent decades. Since then, though, albums such as "Zooropa" and "Pop" have been perceived by many as uncertain musical steps. It was also in question whether the band's guitar...

...save themselves from being parodies of their strident selves, what they tried to do on 1991's "Achtung Baby," 1993's "Zooropa" and 1997's "Pop" was to avoid their old selves and force a metamorphosis into something new. Declining commercial interest...