Rank 'Em: U2 Albums

Newch91
Newch91 Posts: 17,560
edited November 2011 in Other Music
I love this "Rank 'Em" series started by Johnny Abruzzo.

Time for the U2 albums.

The Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
All That You Can't Leave Behind
War
Pop
The Unforgettable Fire
Zooropa
Boy
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Rattle and Hum
No Line on the Horizon
October
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,542
    Newch91 wrote:
    I love this "Rank 'Em" series started by Johnny Abruzzo.

    Thanks man. 8-)

    Achtung Baby
    Unforgettable Fire
    Joshua Tree
    War
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    Atomic Bomb
    Pop
    Rattle & Hum
    Zooropa
    No Line on the Horizon
    Boy

    I don't have October.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Joshua Tree is #1. One of my favorite albums of all time.
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,551
    1. War
    2. The Joshua Tree
    3. Achtung Baby
    4. Boy


    All the others just don't compare
  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    1. Joshua Tree
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. The Unforgettable Fire
    4. Boy
    5. No Line On The Horizon
    6. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    7. Zooropa
    8. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    9. October
    10. War
    11. Pop
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,634
    1. The Joshua Tree
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Rattle & Hum
    4. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    5. No Line On The Horizon

    (don't have any others)
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Awesome Thread Chris! :)

    1. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. How To Disable an Atomic Bomb
    3. The Unforgettable Fire
    4. The Joshua Tree
    5. No Line on the Horizon
    6 .Rattle and Hum
    7. Pop
    8. Boy
    9. War
    10. Zooropa
    11. October
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,022
    Of The Aggie wrote:
    1. War
    2. The Joshua Tree
    3. Achtung Baby
    4. Boy


    All the others just don't compare

    Yes, yes, yes.
    severed hand thirteen
    2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
    2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
    2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
    2017: RRHoF 4/7   2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4   2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18 
    2022: MSG 9/11  2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    1) The Unforgettable Fire
    2) Rattle and Hum
    3) War
    4) Joshua Tree
    5) Achtung Baby
    6) Boy
    7) How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    8) October
    9) All That You Leave Behind
    10) No Line on the Horizon
    11) Zooropa
    12) Pop
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    1. Achtung Baby
    2. The Joshua Tree
    3. The Unforgettable Fire
    4. No Line on the Horizon
    5. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    6. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    7. War
    8. Boy
    9. Rattle & Hum
    10. Zooropa
    11. October
    12. Pop
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Of The Aggie
    Of The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,551
    I've recently gotten on a U2 kick due to finding many of their CDs used for cheap so I'm resurrecting this thread now that I've properly listened to all of their albums several times.

    1. War
    2. The Joshua Tree
    3. Achtung Baby
    4. Songs of Innocence
    5. Boy
    6. No Line On The Horizon
    7. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    8. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    9. Zooropa
    10. Rattle and Hum
    11. The Unforgettable Fire
    12. October
    13. Pop
  • primussucks
    primussucks Posts: 2,365
    1. Joshua Tree
    2. Achtung Baby
    3. Rattle and Hum
    4. The Unforgettable Fire
    5. War
    6. All that you can't leave behind
    7. No line on the horizon
    8. How to dismantle an atomic bomb
    9. Pop
    10. Zooropa
    11. Boy
    12. October
    13. Songs of Innocence
    I completely agree with Taylor Hawkins that the new U2 record is unlistenable! (Dont remember his exact words for it.) It's garbage!
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,249
    edited March 2016
    Oh boy this is tough and I've never done one of these rank ems to U2 but I'll do this to the albums I've listened to the most over the years.....

    War
    The Joshua Tree
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Achtung Baby
    Boy
    Zooropa
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    Pop
    Songs Of Innocence
    Rattle And Hum
    No Line On The Horizon
    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    October


    Here's the video that saw back in '83 that told this band was going to be HUGE! Here Bono works his magic of working a crowd in the mid day heat and sun with his theatrics something Eddie V did when he was wild and young.

    Go to 42:00 mark that's where I knew something was special about them and a few months later I got to see them on the War Tour in VA.

    http://youtu.be/sqRxbDeWte0

    Peace
    Post edited by g under p on
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • dogmatt
    dogmatt Napa, CA Posts: 128
    Achtung Baby
    The Joshua Tree
    Pop
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Boy
    War
    Zooropa
    Songs of Innocence
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    HTDAAB
    October
    No Line On The Horizon
    Rattle and Hum
    03 Las Vegas
    06 Las Vegas
    06 San Francisco 1
    13 Oakland
    22 Oakland 1
    24 Sacramento
    24 Napa
    25 Nashville 2
  • TheBeardedFellow
    TheBeardedFellow Posts: 329
    edited March 2016
    I'm going to interpret this request as ranking them in the order I most want to listen to them, not necessarily what I think is the best.

    1. Achtung Baby!
    2. War
    3. Zooropa
    4. All That You Can't Leave Behind
    5. The Joshua Tree
    6. Batman Forever
    7. My mix cd with them playing Whiskey In the Jar I got off Kazaa Lite 14 years ago
    8. The Unforgettable Fire
    9. Pop
    10. Boy
    11. That album with Vertigo on it
    12. October, No line on the horizon, and Songs of Innocence I never really listened to
    Post edited by TheBeardedFellow on
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    edited March 2016
    The Joshua Tree
    Rattle and Hum
    The Unforgettable Fire
    War
    Achtung Baby
    Boy
    Songs of Innocence
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Zooropa
    October
    Pop
    No Line on the Horizon
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • bluegrace
    bluegrace Posts: 2,357
    The Unforgettable Fire
    Boy
    October
    War
    Achtung Baby
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Songs of Innocence
    Kool Kat Club 1992, Moderna museet 1992, Globen 2012, Friends arena 2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Not intentionally somewhat chronological but this is how they go for me:

    Boy
    October
    War
    The Joshua Tree
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    The Unforgettable Fire

    ..all the rest in any order (the other U2, haha):
    Achtung Baby
    Pop
    Zooropa
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Rattle and Hum
    No Line on the Horizon
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • JSBach
    JSBach Posts: 108
    Joshua tree, unforgettable fire, war, achtung baby, boy, october...

    A bit surprised unforgettable fire is not so recognized... I mean, Bad alone is worth the podium...

    Lk
    Sift everything, hold on to what is good!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 18,031
    Achtung Baby
    War
    Boy
    Joshua Tree
    Unforgettable Fire
    October
    Pop
    Zooropa
    Rattle and Hum
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
    Songs of Innocence
    No Line on the Horizon
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    The Medalists:
    War
    Achtung Baby
    Joshua Tree

    Honourable Mention:
    Unforgettable Fire

    Really good... but not great:
    Rattle and Hum

    Not too Shabby:
    How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
    All That You Can't Leave Behind
    Boy
    Zooropa
    Pop
    October

    C'Mon Man:
    No Line on the Horizon
    Songs of Innocence
    "My brain's a good brain!"

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