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  1. 1. TJT
    2. AB
    3. Pop
    4. TUF
    5. ZooR
    6. No Line.
    7. R&H
    8. ATYCLB
    9. SoE
    10. War
    11. Boy
    12. SoI
    13. HTDAAB
    14. October
  2. Easily October 1 and NLOTH 2. The rest doesn’t matter. ?
  3. 1: Achtung Baby
    2: The Joshua Tree
    3: Zooropa
    4: The Unforgettable Fire
    6: War
    7: Pop
    : Songs of Experience

    8: All That You Can't Leave Behind
    9: Boy
    10: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    11: October
    12: Songs of Innocence
    13: No Line On The Horizon

    I just don't count Rattle and Hum as an album. For me Passengers is more eligible to be included on the list. If it includes live tracks, some of which are live tracks from their previous album then it disqualifies it for me.

    Don't have any qualms about placing SOE relatively high. A year on from the release of SOE I'd happily put it as joint 7th favourite along with Pop an excellent achievement. It is for me, from the moment I listened to it, a dramatic upsurge in form from their previous two. There are moments on it that genuinely recapture the spirit of U2, something that was largely missing in their previous two albums. Little Things, Lights of Home, Love Is All We Have Left and 13 are genuinely heartfelt messages that hit the mark of 'experience' in a way they failed with 'Innocence'. To balance out the weight of experience we get the brighter and breezier tunes like Red Flag Day and Summer of Love which allude to distressing themes but the tightness and slickness of them pack a different kind of punch. The only misfires I can really say that feature on that album are Best Thing and American Soul. GOOYOW is unremarkable but I can see why people may like it. Little question in my mind that SOE is their best effort of the 21st century.
  4. I don’t think my rankings have changed that much
    14. October
    Favorites: Gloria, October, Tomorrow
    13. Boy
    Favorites: I will follow, The ocean, Out of control
    12. Rattle and hum
    Favorites: Desire, AIWIY, God part II, Heartland
    11. No line on the horizon
    Favorites: Breathe, Ceaders of lebanon, MOS
    10. Songs of innocence
    Favorites: Iris, RBW, CWR, SFS,
    9. War
    Favorites: SBS, Drowning man, NYD, 40
    8. All that you can’t leave behind
    Favorites: Walk on, Peace on earth, Kite, Stuck, elevation
    7. Zooropa
    Favorites: Stay, Zooropa, Lemon, dirty day, DGPFYCC, the first time
    6. The unforgettable fire
    Favorites: ASOH, TUF, Bad, MLK,
    5. How to dismantle an atomic bomb
    Favorites: SYCMIOYO, Miracle drug, vertigo, COBL, ABOY, One step closer
    4. Songs of experience
    Favorites: LOH, RFD, Little things, landlady, the blackout, love is bigger, 13
    3. Pop
    Favorites: Discotheque, mofo, IGWSHA, SATS, Gone, Miami, IYWTVD, Please, WUDM
    2. Achtung baby
    Favorites: Zoo station, EBTTRT, Wild horses, The fly, ultraviolet, acrobat, LIB
    1. The Joshua Tree
    Favorites: Streets, WOWY, BTBS, RTSS, RHMT, IGC, OTH, exit
  5. 14 -OCTOBER
    13- RH
    12- ZOOROPA
    11- NLOTH
    10- TUF
    9- HTDAAB
    8- WAR
    7- ATYCLB
    6- SOE
    5- BOY
    4- SOI
    3- TJT
    2- POP
    1- AB
  6. 14. October
    13. All That You Can’t Leave Behind
    12. Rattle and Hum
    11. No Line on the Horizon
    10. The Unforgettable Fire
    9. Pop
    8. Songs of Innocence
    7. War
    6. Zooropa
    5. Boy
    4. Songs of Experience
    3. The Joshua Tree
    2. Achtung Baby
    1. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
  7. It's been a while

    Originally posted by RememberEveryMoment:[..]


    So, let's do this, also for reference purposes I guess.

    Achtung Baby
    The Joshua Tree
    Songs of Experience
    Pop
    Zooropa
    Rattle and Hum
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Songs of Innocence
    NLOTH
    All that You Can't Leave Behind
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Boy
    War
    October


    Achtung Baby
    The Joshua Tree
    Songs of Innocence
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    Songs of Experience
    Pop
    Zooropa
    No Line on the Horizon
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Rattle and Hum
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Boy
    War
    October
  8. 1 Achtung Baby
    2 The Joshua Tree
    3 War
    4 The Unforgettable Fire
    5 Zooropa
    6 Pop
    7 Boy
    8 Rattle And Hum
    9 All That You...
    10 Songs Of Innocence
    11 No Line...
    12 Songs Of Experience
    13 October
    14 Atomic Bomb
  9. Can we rank bootlegs too?
    Maybe in another topic...
  10. We currently offer 2,056 shows with 2,723 audio recordings.

    If you're going to rank them all I wish you loads of luck

    @patou2 would be proud!
  11. Don´t want to rank every album, but I wanted to create a "tier list" of albums, like Smash Bros!
    Just personal preferences:
    S tier: Joshua Tree, Pop
    A tier: Boy, Achtung Baby, SOI
    B tier: UF, Zooropa, R&H (studio tracks only)
    C tier: NLOTH, ATYCLB, War, Passengers OST1
    D tier: October, HTDAAB
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    E tier: SOE (the Little Mac of U2 albums)
  12. Originally posted by cesar_garza01:Don´t want to rank every album, but I wanted to create a "tier list" of albums, like Smash Bros!
    Just personal preferences:
    S tier: Joshua Tree, Pop
    A tier: Boy, Achtung Baby, SOI
    B tier: UF, Zooropa, R&H (studio tracks only)
    C tier: NLOTH, ATYCLB, War, Passengers OST1
    D tier: October, HTDAAB
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    .
    .
    E tier: SOE (the Little Mac of U2 albums)
    I like this idea. Mine:

    S Tier: Achtung Baby, Pop
    A Tier: Joshua Tree, Boy, Zooropa
    B Tier: ATYCLB, October, SOI
    C Tier: NLOTH, War, UF
    D Tier: R&H, HTDAAB, Passengers OST1
    E Tier: SOE
    F tier: I know Ahimsa isn't an album, but....

    I still love the content of Zooropa, NLOTH, and UF, but when I listen to an album, the cohesive ones are the most enjoyable. HTDAAB is so uncohesive that I really feel like the whole of the album is much less than what it could be considering how strong some of its parts are.