1. Joshua Tree
    Achtung Baby
    War
    Pop
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Boy
    Songs of Innocence
    Rattle and Hum
    All That You Cant Leave Behind
    HTDAAB
    No Line on The Horizon
    Zooropa
    October

  2. Joshua Tree
    War
    Zooropa
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Achtung Baby
    Boy
    All That You Cant Leave Behind - POP - tied
    HTDAAB
    Rattle and Hum
    October
    No Line on the Horizon
    Songs of Innocence
  3. AB
    JT
    TUF
    ZOO
    POP
    NLOTH
    SOI
    RAH
    HTDAAB
    OCTOBER
    WAR
    BOY
    ATYCLB
  4. 1. The Joshua Tree (by far)
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. The Unforgettable Fire
    4. WAR
    5. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    6. Rattle and Hum
    7. October
    8. BOY
    9. Songs of Innocence
    10. HTDAAB
    11. No Line on the Horizon
    12. Zooropa
    13. Pop
  5. From a year ago...

    Originally posted by CMIPalaeo:01 Achtung Baby
    02 Songs of Innocence
    03 How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    04 Pop
    05 No Line On the Horizon
    06 The Joshua Tree
    07 Zooropa
    08 Boy
    09 War
    10 All That You Can't Leave Behind
    11 The Unforgettable Fire
    12 Rattle and Hum
    13 October


    And now...

    1. Songs of Innocence

    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Pop

    4. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    5. The Joshua Tree
    6. No Line On the Horizon

    7. Zooropa
    8. Boy
    9. War

    10. The Unforgettable Fire
    11. Rattle and Hum

    12. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    13. October


    I like splitting them into blocks like this, because they often sort of shift around a few places, so all the albums in a single block above could occupy any of the other places - so, for example, NLOTH could by #4, #5, or #6, depending on my mood. Songs of Innocence has cemented itself as my favourite -- I think it has been for a long time but I've been loathe to acknowledge it as #1 because of the greatness of Achtung Baby -- which in turn I regularly find my love for Pop equalling or surpassing...

    Annoying thing about #s 10-13 is that they're all REALLY GOOD... It makes me sad to put any album in last place. But The Unforgettable Fire is equal to the sum of its parts, and Rattle and Hum, ATYCLB, and October are all, to me, LESSER than the sum of their parts, which is a real shame. I dislike very few of the songs on them, but as whole albums they just don't quite have the same power to me as the others do. All the higher-ranked albums are GREATER than the sum of their parts, some very much so. Its lists like this that find me wishing that Love Comes Tumbling had been on The Unforgettable Fire album or that Rattle and Hum had been a two-disc album with live tracks and studio tracks separated...
  6. My current list

    1. Achtung Baby
    2. Pop
    3. Zooropa
    4. Songs of Innocence
    5. No Line On the Horizon
    6. The Joshua Tree
    7. Rattle and Hum
    8. The Unforgettable Fire
    9. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    10. War
    11. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    12. Boy
    13. October
  7. Originally posted by CMIPalaeo:From a year ago...

    [..]


    And now...

    1. Songs of Innocence

    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Pop

    4. How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    5. The Joshua Tree
    6. No Line On the Horizon

    7. Zooropa
    8. Boy
    9. War

    10. The Unforgettable Fire
    11. Rattle and Hum

    12. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    13. October


    I like splitting them into blocks like this, because they often sort of shift around a few places, so all the albums in a single block above could occupy any of the other places - so, for example, NLOTH could by #4, #5, or #6, depending on my mood. Songs of Innocence has cemented itself as my favourite -- I think it has been for a long time but I've been loathe to acknowledge it as #1 because of the greatness of Achtung Baby -- which in turn I regularly find my love for Pop equalling or surpassing...

    Annoying thing about #s 10-13 is that they're all REALLY GOOD... It makes me sad to put any album in last place. But The Unforgettable Fire is equal to the sum of its parts, and Rattle and Hum, ATYCLB, and October are all, to me, LESSER than the sum of their parts, which is a real shame. I dislike very few of the songs on them, but as whole albums they just don't quite have the same power to me as the others do. All the higher-ranked albums are GREATER than the sum of their parts, some very much so. Its lists like this that find me wishing that Love Comes Tumbling had been on The Unforgettable Fire album or that Rattle and Hum had been a two-disc album with live tracks and studio tracks separated...
    I like your logic with arranging albums by groups, certain ones being greater/lesser than the sum of their parts, and with Achtung and Pop being in the top 3! SOI must have really made an impact on you, which is great! Not near the top for me but definitely a solid album this late in their career.

    For me personally I still like the challenge of ranking them first to last, though, so here's my updated list from the last time I tried this (after having listened to a few albums like NLOTH, Bomb, and R&H that I hadn't in a long time):

    1. Achtung Baby
    2. The Joshua Tree
    3. Pop
    (these top 3 I don't think will ever change, unless SOE blows us all out of the water...)
    4. Zooropa
    5. War
    6. The Unforgettable Fire
    7. SOI
    8. NLOTH
    9. HTDAAB
    10. Boy
    11. Rattle and Hum
    12. October
    13. ATYCLB (probably will always be last...)
  8. The Unforgettable Fire
    Achtung Baby
    Zooropa
    The Joshua Tree
    October
    Boy
    Pop
    War
    No Line on The Horizon
    Songs of Innocence
    Rattle and Hum
    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    All That You Cant Leave Behind
  9. Originally posted by cam:If I had to (subject to change week to week)

    1. Achtung Baby
    2. Joshua Tree
    3. Zooropa
    4. Unforgettable Fire
    5. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    6. Boy
    7. Pop
    8. Songs Of Innocence
    9. No Line On The Horizon
    10. War
    11. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    12. October
    13. Rattle & Hum


    Already changing

    1. Achtung Baby
    2. Joshua Tree
    3. Zooropa
    4. Unforgettable Fire
    5. Boy
    6. Pop
    7. Songs Of Innocence
    8. No Line On The Horizon
    9. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    10. War
    11. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    12. October
    13. Rattle & Hum
  10. 1. Pop
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Zooropa
    4. The Joshua Tree
    5. Rattle & Hum
    6. The Unforgettable Fire
    7. War
    8. Boy
    9. Songs of Innocence
    10. October
    11. No Line on the Horizon
  11. Originally posted by iTim:1. Pop
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Zooropa
    4. The Joshua Tree
    5. Rattle & Hum
    6. The Unforgettable Fire
    7. War
    8. Boy
    9. Songs of Innocence
    10. October
    11. No Line on the Horizon
    I see what you did there.
  12. Originally posted by iTim:1. Pop
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Zooropa
    4. The Joshua Tree
    5. Rattle & Hum
    6. The Unforgettable Fire
    7. War
    8. Boy
    9. Songs of Innocence
    10. October
    11. No Line on the Horizon
    You think ATYCLB is that bad?