Originally posted by Hoosier2012:I think all 4 sets have good tracks and clunkers. I’m not sold on any of the sets as a whole. But I think the latter two are better than the first two.
Originally posted by SJKamal:Bit disappointing there wasn't more thought put into choosing who got which tracks:
" The album is divided into four sections, and each one is named after a member of the band. What is the significance of these sections?
Honestly, I think it’s more an instinctive thing. We just kind of felt, in a very non-analytical way, “Who sort of feels like the right figurehead for these 10 songs?” And we did it that way. It wasn’t particularly… We didn’t sweat it. I can’t remember how we came up with it. It was one e-mail. “Does this look good?” And everyone was like, “That’s cool. I’m happy with my collection.” Laughs."
Originally posted by kris_smith87:[..]
Totally understandable but they don’t always care too much about tracklists. I remember reading about how they wanted Streets and Mothers to bookend the Joshua Tree and they let someone’s wife choose the rest of the running order.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
That was Kirsty MacColl, Steve Lillywhite's wife. And I think we can agree she did quite a great job choosing TJT's running order, huh?
I agree with @sjkamal that it would have been nice if they put a bit more thought and feeling into choosing who got each tracks. Even though I think Bono's tracklist is logical for him, I think Miracle Drug should be in Edge's and maybe Out Of Control in Bono's.
Besides that, I honestly don't think Larry Mullen has any special personal attachment to other than just a handful of U2 songs so I guess he didn't care at all which tracks were "assigned" to him