The success of '' Achtung Baby '' and the Zoo TV Tour re-established U2 as one of the most popular and critically acclaimed musical acts in the world . The group nearly swept '' Rolling Stone '' s 1992 end-of-year readers ' polls , winning honours for " Best Single " ( " One " ) , " Artist of the Year " , " Best Album " , " Best Songwriter " ( Bono ) , " Best Album Cover " , and " Comeback of the Year " , among others . Critics at several newspapers , such as '' The Washington Post '' , '' The Boston Globe '' , and the '' Chicago Sun-Times '' , ranked the album among the year 's best . The album placed fourth on the " Best Albums " list from '' The Village Voice '' s 1991 Pazz & Jop critics ' poll . At the 35th Annual Grammy Awards , '' Achtung Baby '' won the award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , and it earned Lanois and Eno the award for Producer of the Year ( Non-Classical ) . The record was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year , and was shortlisted for the 1992 Mercury Music Prize
35th Annual Grammy Awards
35th Annual Grammy Awards
Achtung Baby