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The Joshua Tree or Achtung Baby?

petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
edited February 2009 in Other Music
Plain and simple...and dont go throwing other albums in there...its one or the other..which one is greater?
Shows:
9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Gotta go w/Achtung Baby. And the Zoo TV tour was absolutely mind blowing...
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    Achtung Baby.
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    DeLukin wrote:
    And the Zoo TV tour was absolutely mind blowing...


    Yes it was
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    As an album, I have to go with Joshua Tree....despite the Zoo TV tour being off the charts.
    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.
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    I'm having a seriously hard time deciding

    Joshua Tree:

    Running to Stand Still
    Trip Through Your Wires
    Where The Streets Have No Name
    In Gods Country
    Exit

    Achtung Baby:

    Zoo Station
    Ultraviolet
    One
    Even Better Than The Real Thing
    The Fly
    Acrobat


    ARGH! Why did I do this today~!
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    2 days ago I would have said Achtung Baby, but I listened through all my U2 cd's the other day and Joshua Tree was kicking my ass. I think I'd go with that.

    Though I seriously think Zooropa might be my fav.
  • chimpatchimpat Posts: 590
    Achtung Baby.
    "This is about as perfect a crowd as you can get. I hate to placate, I ain't placating...." - EV, 9/29/96


  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    The Joshua Tree hands down
  • TallGuyCMTallGuyCM Posts: 328
    Absolutely Achtung Baby. And here's why:

    One > Where the Streets Have No Name
    Until the End of the World > Trip Through Your Wires
    The Fly > One Tree Hill
    Mysterious Ways > Red Hill Mining Town
    Ultraviolet > Running to Stand Still
    Acrobat > Exit
    So Cruel > Mothers of the Disappeared
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    edited February 2009
    TallGuyCM wrote:
    Absolutely Achtung Baby. And here's why:

    One > Where the Streets Have No Name
    Until the End of the World > Trip Through Your Wires
    The Fly > One Tree Hill
    Mysterious Ways > Red Hill Mining Town
    Ultraviolet > Running to Stand Still
    Acrobat > Exit
    So Cruel > Mothers of the Disappeared

    What's the logic behind those pairings, if you don't mind my asking? It seems kind of a random and arbitrary way to pair songs. Sure, So Cruel is better than Mothers of the Disappeared, but what do those songs have in common that you'd be comparing them anyway?

    I'll do it track by track for kicks.

    zoo station > where the streets have no name
    even better than the real thing > still haven't found what i'm looking for
    one > with or without you
    until the end of the world = bullet the blue sky
    who's gonna ride your wild horses > running to stand still
    so cruel < red hill town
    the fly > in god's country
    mysterious ways < trip through your wires
    tryin to throw your arms around the world < one tree hill
    ultraviolet < exit
    acrobat = mothers of the disappeared (don't care for either)
    love is blindness (better closer)

    Ok, looking at that, I think I have to follow my gut and go with Achtung :)
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  • AllNiteThingAllNiteThing Posts: 1,115
    TallGuyCM wrote:
    Ultraviolet > Running to Stand Still


    Blasphemy!
    24 years old, mid-life crisis
    nowadays hits you when you're young
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    For me it's a no brainer. Achtung Baby is my favorite album. Ever. It is absolute perfection. I never even considered myself a U2 fan until the first time I heard The Fly on the radio. Gives me chills just thinking about it. 8-)

    I now appreciate The Joshua Tree a lot more than I did then, but it's still an inferior album IMO. I actually prefer Zooropa over Joshua Tree for that matter.
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    Joshua Tree is up there with Grace and Agaetis Bryjun for my favorite albums ever....actually it is probably my favorite. So my answer is JT but Achtung Baby is amazing as well.
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Achtung Baby. Though looking at the individual tracks, it's very, very tough. I listen to Achtung Baby more, though Joshua Tree songs end up on more mixes.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    call me a fool for the old school but I'm gonna have to say The Joshua Tree. the remastered edition sounds SO GOOD.

    i certainly love Achtung Baby, and this was almost a toss up.
  • Jimmydean55Jimmydean55 Posts: 1,439
    Achtung Baby. But, "Bullet The Blue Sky" is my favorite U2 song. "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is creeping up there though. More so because of the lyrics. Unfortunately, they apply to me and someone else right now...
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Achtung Baby. Period.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    The Joshua Tree.
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • rcsrcs Posts: 711
    Joshua Tree

    (but Unforgettable Fire kicks both their asses! ;) )
    E agora? Faz xixi na mão e deita fora!
  • dave grolschdave grolsch Posts: 730
    for me its the joshua tree.
  • AllNiteThingAllNiteThing Posts: 1,115
    Achtung Baby.
    24 years old, mid-life crisis
    nowadays hits you when you're young
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    AllNiteThing wrote:
    TallGuyCM wrote:
    Ultraviolet > Running to Stand Still


    Blasphemy!

    I was just about to say the same thing!
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • Vedderman51Vedderman51 Posts: 606
    Joshua Tree.. It is a masterpiece. Achtung Baby is a close second, with NLOTH at third.
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