Rank 2000s album tracks 1-44

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Tier 1:
1. Beautiful Day

Tier 2:
2. Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
3. Kite
4. Moment Of Surrender
5. Vertigo
6. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Every Breaking Wave
9. Walk On
10. Cedars Of Lebanon
11. In A Little While
12. Fez - Being Born
13. The Troubles
14. Elevation

Tier 3:
15. City Of Blinding Lights
16. Peace On Earth
17. New York
18. Volcano
19. Crumbs From Your Table
20. Miracle Drug
21. Wild Honey
22. Raised By Wolves
23. Yahweh
24. A Man And A Woman
25. Cedarwood Road

Tier 4:
26. All Because Of You
27. Get On Your Boots
28. Unknown Caller
29. Magnificent
30. Breathe
31. Love And Peace Or Else
32. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
33. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
34. Song For Someone
35. Iris (Hold Me Close)

Tier 5:
36. White As Snow
37. California (There Is No End To Love)
38. One Step Closer
39. When I Look At The World
40. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
41. Grace
42. Stand Up Comedy
43. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
44. Original Of The Species
 
wow. That's pretty involved. At first glance, I can see we don't agree much.

Half of the tier 5 for me would be in tier 2 for me and vice versa...

May have to take a shot at this when i have some time to devote.
 
Some unpopular opinions. Some songs that people will rate lower because of familiarity. Disclaimer: I love poppy radio U2.

01. Beautiful Day
02. California
03. Fez
04. No Line On The Horizon
05. Moment Of Surrender
06. Vertigo
07. Crazy Tonight
08. New York
09. City Of Blinding Lights
10. Iris
11. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
12. Song For Someone
13. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
14. One Step Closer
15. Kite
16. Every Breaking Wave
17. Raised By Wolves
18. A Man And A Woman
19. When I Look At The World
20. Magnificent
21. Breathe
22. The Troubles
23. Cedarwood Road
24. The Miracle
25. Get On Your Boots
26. Miracle Drug
27. Wild Honey
28. Crumbs From Your Table
29. Walk On
30. Volcano
31. Unknown Caller
32. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
33. Cedars Of Lebanon
34. Elevation
35. Love And Peace Or Else
36. All Because Of You
37. White As Snow
38. In A Little While
39. Stuck In A Moment
40. Original Of The Species
41. Yahweh
42. Stand Up Comedy
43. Peace On Earth
44. Grace
 
OOTS is so damn good, and right up there with my favourites, shocked at its low rankings here
 
much harder than i anticipated

1 City Of Blinding Lights
2 The Troubles
3 Beautiful Day
4 Walk On
5 Kite
6 Moment Of Surrender
7 Miracle Drug
8 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
9 No Line On The Horizon
10 Cedarwood Road
11 One Step Closer
12 Fez - Being Born
13 Vertigo
14 Cedars Of Lebanon
15 Every Breaking Wave
16 All Because Of You
17 Raised By Wolves
18 In A Little While
19 Original Of The Species
20 Iris (Hold Me Close)
21 New York
22 Crumbs From Your Table
23 Elevation
24 Breathe
25 When I Look At The World
26 A Man And A Woman
27 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
28 Song For Someone
29 White As Snow
30 Wild Honey
31 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
32 Peace On Earth
33 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
34 Magnificent
35 The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
36 California (There Is No End To Love)
37 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
38 Love And Peace Or Else
39 Stand Up Comedy
40 Yahweh
41 Volcano
42 Unknown Caller
43 Grace
44 Get On Your Boots
 
let's see...

1 Vertigo
2 City of Blinding Lights
3 Cedarwood Road
4 Beautiful Day
5 Every Breaking Wave
6 Kite
7 The Troubles
8 Walk On
9 No Line on the Horizon
10 Stuck in a Moment
11 Breathe
12 Magnificent
13 Moment of Surrender
14 Iris
15 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
16 Elevation
17 California
18 New York
19 Miracle
20 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
21 Miracle Drug
22 Original of the Species
23 In a Little While
24 A Man and a Woman
25 Raised by Wolves
26 Sleep like a Baby Tonight
27 I'll Go Crazy if I don't Go Crazy Tonight
28 Fez - Being Born
29 All Because of You
30 Song for Someone
31 Get on Your Boots
32 White as Snow
33 One Step Closer
34 Cedars of Lebanon
35 Volcano
36 When I Look at the World
37 Yahweh
38 Unknown Caller
39 Crumbs from your Table
40 Wild Honey
41 Peace on Earth
42 Love and Peace or Else
43 Grace
44 Stand up Comedy
 
1 - Walk On
2 - Kite
3 - Original Of The Species
4 - Miracle Drug
5 - The Troubles
6 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
7 - Beautiful Day
8 - When I Look At The World
9 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
10 - City Of Blinding Lights
11 - Peace On Earth
12 - Moment Of Surrender
13 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
14 - Cedarwood Road
15 - Elevation
16 - Raised By Wolves
17 - Fez - Being Born
18 - A Man And A Woman
19 - Yahweh
20 - Crumbs From Your Table
21 - Song For Someone
22 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
23 - Vertigo
24 - Breathe
25 - In A Little While
26 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
27 - California (There Is No End To Love)
28 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
29 - White As Snow
30 - Magnificent
31 - Cedars Of Lebanon
32 - Wild Honey
33 - New York
34 - Volcano
35 - All Because Of You
36 - Every Breaking Wave
37 - Get On Your Boots
38 - No Line On The Horizon
39 - Love And Peace Or Else
40 - Unknown Caller
41 - One Step Closer
42 - Stand Up Comedy
43 - The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
44 - Grace
 
No love for Love and Peace or Else? I'll have to put together my list and give that song a little....love!
 
Just a note for my list, Unknown Caller would be much higher if it wasn't for the lyrics on the chorus. I really can't stand those lyrics, it sounds forced and pretentious and just downright cringeworthy. But I like the tune...
 
*Tier 1*
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
Kite
No Line On The Horizon
Fez - Being Born
California (There Is No End To Love)

*Tier 2*
Every Breaking Wave
Vertigo
City Of Blinding Lights
The Troubles
Beautiful Day
Raised By Wolves

*Tier 3*
Moment Of Surrender
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
Magnificent
When I Look At The World
Cedarwood Road
Iris (Hold Me Close)

*Tier 4*
One Step Closer
Crumbs From Your Table
Yahweh
A Man And A Woman
Cedars Of Lebanon
Miracle Drug
Volcano
Elevation
Walk On
Unknown Caller
All Because Of You
Original Of The Species
Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

*Tier 5*
Wild Honey
Love And Peace Or Else
Breathe
In A Little While
Song For Someone
Peace On Earth
New York
White As Snow
Grace
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
Get On Your Boots
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Stand Up Comedy
 
So much crap, so little time. The fact Elevation somehow made it to fifteenth says it all.

1. Kite
2. Walk On
3. Cedarwood Road
4. City of Blinding Lights
5. Fez
6. The Troubles
7. Crumbs from Your Table
8. When I Look at the World
9. Magnificent
10. Beautiful Day
11. A Man and a Woman
12. White As Snow
13. One Step Closer
14. No Line on the Horizon
15. Elevation
16. Vertigo
17. Iris
18. LAPOE
19. New York
20. Every Breaking Wave
21. Raised By Wolves
22. Miracle Drug
23. Crazy Tonight
24. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
25. Moment of Surrender
26. Cedars of Lebanon
27. The Miracle
28. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
29. Wild Honey
30. Song for Someone
31. All Because of You
32. Volcano
33. Unknown Caller
34. California
35. Stuck in a Moment
36. Grace
37. Breathe
38. Get on Your Boots
39. SYCMIOYO
40. Peace on Earth
41. Yahweh
42. In a Little While
43. Original of the Species
44. Stand Up Comedy
 
much harder than i anticipated

1 City Of Blinding Lights
2 The Troubles
3 Beautiful Day
4 Walk On
5 Kite
6 Moment Of Surrender
7 Miracle Drug
8 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
9 No Line On The Horizon
10 Cedarwood Road
11 One Step Closer
12 Fez - Being Born
13 Vertigo
14 Cedars Of Lebanon
15 Every Breaking Wave
16 All Because Of You
17 Raised By Wolves
18 In A Little While
19 Original Of The Species
20 Iris (Hold Me Close)
21 New York
22 Crumbs From Your Table
23 Elevation
24 Breathe
25 When I Look At The World
26 A Man And A Woman
27 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
28 Song For Someone
29 White As Snow
30 Wild Honey
31 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
32 Peace On Earth
33 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
34 Magnificent
35 The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
36 California (There Is No End To Love)
37 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
38 Love And Peace Or Else
39 Stand Up Comedy
40 Yahweh
41 Volcano
42 Unknown Caller
43 Grace
44 Get On Your Boots

i can't be arsed into doing this for myself, but this is probably the closest to my own opinion as well.

exceptions being walk on, elevation and miracle drug would be much, much lower however. volcano and stand up comedy probably wouldn't even make the list even at gunpoint.
 
1 - The Troubles
2 - In A Little While
3 - Kite
4 - California (There Is No End To Love)
5 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
6 - Beautiful Day
7 - Crumbs From Your Table
8 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
9 - Elevation
10 - When I Look At The World
11 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
12 - Cedarwood Road
13 - Fez - Being Born
14 - The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
15 - Magnificent
16 - Raised By Wolves
17 - Every Breaking Wave
18 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
19 - One Step Closer
20 - Peace On Earth
21 - Walk On
22 - Wild Honey
23 - Vertigo
24 - Volcano
25 - City Of Blinding Lights
26 - Moment Of Surrender
27 - Miracle Drug
28 - New York
29 - White As Snow
30 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
31 - A Man And A Woman
32 - Original Of The Species
33 - Love And Peace Or Else
34 - Breathe
35 - Unknown Caller
36 - No Line On The Horizon
37 - Grace
38 - Song For Someone
39 - Cedars Of Lebanon
40 - All Because Of You
41 - Stand Up Comedy
42 - Yahweh
43 - I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
44 - Get On Your Boots

Not as strong as the other two lists although a lot of great songs at the top 20. NLOTH (the album) and the lower half of HTDAAB drags the list quite a bit down. ATYCLB and SOI stands as the strongest albums of the period for sure imo.
 
I have a top ten of the 2000s, and it's got about 6 songs on it. Top 44, that is beyond my powers.

penny for your thoughts what those six songs are?

if i had to guess:

the troubles
in a little while
one step closer

... jeez. this isn't easy. i guess that's my list, but i'd add kite to it as well.

in a little while is a fantastic song. i didn't particularly care for it for the longest time, but then it clicked a while back. the same can't be said of most of their other post 2000 work
 
I can't do it. But here's my top ten.

[FONT=&quot]1.Beautiful Day[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2.City Of Blinding Lights[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3.Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4.Kite[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5.Iris
6.California[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]7.Every Breaking Wave[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]8.Miracle Drug[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]9.Magnificent[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]10.Walk On[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
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[FONT=&quot]I feel much more strongly about my bottom ten (the bottom one being the worst)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]35. Volcano[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]36. Wild Honey[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]37. Unknown Caller[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]38. Stand Up Comedy[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]39. Peace On Earth[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]40. All Because Of You[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]41. Get On Your Boots[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]42.Love And Peace Or Else[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]43.Grace[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]44. New York[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The middle is just a muddle of mediocrity.
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
[/FONT]
 
in a little while is a fantastic song. i didn't particularly care for it for the longest time, but then it clicked a while back. the same can't be said of most of their other post 2000 work

You spend so much time shitting on post-Pop U2, and this is one of the few songs you single out as worthwhile?! That's bonkers.
 
You spend so much time shitting on post-Pop U2, and this is one of the few songs you single out as worthwhile?! That's bonkers.

It’s a quality pop song, but perhaps aided by the fact that my friend who’s a local artist performs an excellent acoustic version of it. I guess it helped me hear it in a different way.

I can see why you think this is bonkers on the face of it
 
Perhaps if it were an instrumental (maybe with the exception of the "rocketship" verse), I could understand.

But, yeah, I do not.
 
1 Moment Of Surrender
2 The Troubles
3 City Of Blinding Lights
4 Walk On
5 Kite
6 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
7 Every Breaking Wave
8 Magnificent
9 Beautiful Day
10 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
11 Iris (Hold Me Close)
12 Breathe
13 Cedarwood Road
14 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
15 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
16 Raised By Wolves
17 No Line On The Horizon
18 When I Look At The World
19 Volcano
20 In A Little While
21 New York
22 Miracle Drug
23 Crumbs From Your Table
24 A Man And A Woman
25 The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
26 Yahweh
27 Fez - Being Born
28 Unknown Caller
29 Original Of The Species
30 Song For Someone
31 California (There Is No End To Love)
32 Vertigo
33 Elevation
34 All Because Of You
35 Cedars Of Lebanon
36 White As Snow
37 Peace On Earth
38 Love And Peace Or Else
39 I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
40 Get On Your Boots
41 Grace
42 One Step Closer
43 Wild Honey
44 Stand Up Comedy
 
1 COBL
2 Magnificent
3 vertigo
4 beautiful Day
5 Breathe
6 Iris
7 moment of surrender
8 Eevation
9 Cedarwood Road
10 reach Me Now
11 volcano
12 Crumbs
13 every breaking wave
14 When I look at the world
15 California
16 Song for Someone
17 Walk On
18 Yahweh
19 Cedars of Lebanon
20 One step Closer
...
...
41 Stuck
42 Miracle Drug
43 Original of the Species
44 No Line on the Horizon
 
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