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This topic was started on 2007-03-12 09:23 pm.
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djrlewis
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posted by djrlewis (Crew member) on 2007-03-12 09:23 pm quote

Apologies if this has been done before, but I can't see it anywhere. We all give our favourite song, album, bootleg etc. But if you had to rank all the studio albums, best to worst, how would your list go? You may have favourite songs on each album but as an overall piece things may change (eg Kite's one of my 10 favourite songs, but the album doesn't do well on my list).

My criteria were to use the 'star' setting in iTunes (ranked out of 5) for each song to then get the average for each album. My list ended up like this:-

1. Achtung Baby (4.33)
2. Joshua Tree (4.09)
3. HTDAAB (4)
4. Pop (3.75)
5. Boy (3.72)
6. The Unforgettable Fire (3.7)
7. War (3.6)
8. Zooropa (3.4)
9. Rattle & Hum (3.29)
10. ATYCLB (3.25)
11. October (2.8)
MirrorballBoy
Wild Honey



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Location: Red Hill Mining Town
posted by MirrorballBoy (Member) on 2007-03-12 09:29 pm quote

1. Achtung Baby
2. The Joshua Tree
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. War
5. Rattle and Hum
6. Boy
7. All that you can't leave behind
8. HTDAAB
9. October
10.Pop
11.Zooropa
MWSAH
Mr. MacPhisto



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Location: Another Place// SOTW: TUF
posted by MWSAH (Member) on 2007-03-12 09:56 pm quote

Wrong post..excuse moi

MWSAH
Mr. MacPhisto



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posted by MWSAH (Member) on 2007-03-12 09:56 pm quote

1. All That You Can't Leave Behind
2. Achtung Baby
3. Joshua Tree
4. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
5. War
6. Rattle and Hum
7. Zooropa
8. Boy
9. The Unforgetabble Fire
10. Pop
11. October
LikeASong
The Wanderer



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Location: Madrid, Spain............YES WE CAN...!!!
posted by LikeASong (Crew member) on 2007-03-12 10:02 pm quote

Here goes mine:

01 - Achtung Baby
02 - Joshua Tree
03 - Hw To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
04 - Rattle And Hum
05 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
06 - Zooropa
07 - Under A Blood Red Sky
08 - War
09 - Boy
10 - The Unforgettable Fire
11 - POP
12 - October
(...)
Non-listed -
MWSAH
Mr. MacPhisto



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Location: Another Place// SOTW: TUF
posted by MWSAH (Member) on 2007-03-12 10:09 pm quote

Originally posted by LikeASong:
Here goes mine:

01 - Achtung Baby
02 - Joshua Tree
03 - Hw To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
04 - Rattle And Hum
05 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
06 - Zooropa
07 - Under A Blood Red Sky
08 - War
09 - The Unforgettable Fire
10 - Boy
11 - PoP
12 - October





Nice to see that you listed Under a Blood Red Sky, that was the first album I bought and it brought me in contact with U2 live. Especially Sunday Bloody Sunday and 40 are awesome there..
AAV711
Sweetest Thing



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Location: New York
posted by AAV711 (Member) on 2007-03-12 10:19 pm quote

1. ATYCLB
2. Achtung baby
3. Joshua Tree
4. Atomic Bomb
5. War
6. Zooropa
7. Boy
8. Unforgettable Fire
9. Pop

The other two dont even qualify

zooTV4all
Boy-Girl



Posts: 388
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
posted by zooTV4all (Member) on 2007-03-12 10:54 pm quote

1. Achtung Baby / The Joshua Tree
3. All that you can't leave behind
4. Rattle and Hum
5. HTDAAB
6. Boy
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. War
9. Zooropa
10.Pop
11.October

This is soooo hard!

There is no bad album.

drewhiggins
Popmartian



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Location: Australia / SoTW: Vengeance Is Mine
posted by drewhiggins (Member) on 2007-03-13 04:06 am quote

Here's mine. Probably not up there with everyone's but these are pretty good.

1. Rattle and Hum
2. Joshua Tree
3. Boy
4. HTDAAB
5. Achtung Baby
6. POP
7. Zooropa
8. Unforgettable Fire
9. Under A Blood Red Sky
10. Wide Awake in America
11. War
12. October
13. Passengers

I actually like some of the Apple stuff like Unreleased and Rare, but I don't think I've listened to as many studio songs as I have live. Live rocks!

We should do a DVD/video rankings of concerts:

1. Milan
2. Slane
3. Sydney
4. Rattle and Hum
5. Mexico
6. Red Rocks
7. Chicago (horrible)

Were there others?

sdking91
Zoo Baby



Posts: 105
Location: Scotland
posted by sdking91 (Member) on 2007-03-13 04:47 am quote

1. Achtung Baby!
2. Joshua Tree
3. Pop
4. All That You Can't Leave Behind
5. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
6. Zooropa
7. The Unforgetable Fire
8. Boy
9. Passengers
10. October
11. War

TheCowboy
Babyface



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Location:
posted by TheCowboy (Member) on 2007-03-13 06:18 am quote

Albums:
1. Achtung Baby
2. Zooropa
3. The Joshua Tree
4. POP
5. Rattle & Hum
6. War
7. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
8. Boy
9. All That You Can't Leave Behind
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. Under A Blood Red Sky
12. October
13. Passengers Original Soundtracks 1

Videos:
1. ZooTV: Live from Sydney
2. Vertigo 2005: Live from Chicago
3. Elevation: Live from Boston
4. Rattle & Hum
5. U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle
6. POPMART: Live from Mexico City
7. Under a Blood Red Sky
8. Vertigo 2006: Live From Milan [it'd be so much better with the full setlist]

Zooropa and Chicago are higher on my lists than they are on others, I see.

LikeASong
The Wanderer



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Location: Madrid, Spain............YES WE CAN...!!!
posted by LikeASong (Crew member) on 2007-03-13 06:19 am quote

Originally posted by AAV711:
The other two dont even qualify


Don't you like Rattle?!?! As a guitar fanatic, I would never expect that from you!!
Well, everybody has his preferences...

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