U2 - The Fourth Masterpiece

[lazarus]

Man, a lot of people sure have a funny idea of what "masterpiece" means.

 

[LuckyNumber7]

Man, a lot of people sure have a funny idea of what "masterpiece" means.

Shoot for the stars...

What's the point of this thread if we've ran out of masterpieces?

There is none, so as far as I'm concerned we're just ranking the albums.

 

[U2387]

Well, to me, U2 has always had 3 masterpieces.

Joshua Tree
War
Achtung Baby

In that order.

I then rate TUF and Boy in the top 5.

The rest float anywhere between last and just outside the Top 5, depending on the day! It is truly hard, I don't think U2 has ever made a bad album!

If I were to do it as instructed by the original poster:

Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, Unforgettable Fire(Top 3, fixed)

1.)War
2.)Boy
3.)No Line On The Horizon

 

[lazarus]

I don't think the label "masterpiece" can be attributed to an album that contains Red Light (or Refugee for that matter). While the album doesn't have to be flawless, it really shouldn't have any clunkers, either.

TUF was an impressive (and necessary) experiment, and while I wouldn't call it half-baked, it's not quite fully-formed and doesn't deserve M-status either.

 

[Flaming Friar Sr]

Pop (best ever)
Boy
No line on the horizon

 

[Yahweh_OMG]

to me there are only 2 masterpice albums..... AB and TJT

i wouldn't call any other a masterpiece, but here is my top 3

Boy
POP
NLOTH

 

[Caleb8844]

Zooropa, Pop, NLOTH

 

[Acrobat51829]

I don't think the label "masterpiece" can be attributed to an album that contains Red Light (or Refugee for that matter). While the album doesn't have to be flawless, it really shouldn't have any clunkers, either.

The sum of SBS, NYD, and Drowning Man outweigh RD and Refugee.

I consider TTTYAATW a clunker, and AB to me is still a masterpiece.

 

[flybabe]

Opinions, we all have them but sometimes they don't always matter.

1. War
2. HTDAAB
3. Zooropa

 

[BigMacPhisto]

We all know it will be Pop anyway.

Results so far don't come anywhere close to confirming this, heh.

I have a vote tally going right now and it's a two horse race. One of the horses actually is close to 50% of the overall vote total, so we might not even need a run-off.

 

[roy]

What the hell....

NLOTH,
ATYCLB

 

[LuckyNumber7]

The sum of SBS, NYD, and Drowning Man outweigh RD and Refugee.

I consider TTTYAATW a clunker, and AB to me is still a masterpiece.

Unfortunately that's not how a masterpiece works.

However, I think the literal definition of a masterpiece is not the point of this thread.

 

[Salome]

All that you can't ...

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Alright, I counted everything including those that only listed one or two albums, etc.

Round One:

Boy - 1
War - 5
Zooropa - 8
Pop - 4
ATYCLB - 2
HTDAAB - 1
NLOTH - 8


Round Two:

War - 6
Zooropa - 8
Pop - 5
All That You Can't Leave Behind - 2
No Line On The Horizon - 8


Round Three:

War - 6
Zooropa - 9
Pop - 5
No Line On The Horizon - 9


Round Four:

War - 8
Zooropa - 9
No Line On The Horizon - 12


Round Five:

Zooropa - 10
No Line On The Horizon - 15


Out of 31. I didn't count Salome's above post, but it wouldn't matter anyway. Unfortunately, No Line On The Horizon didn't clear the 50% + 1 mandate, so we're going to have a run-off.

 

[Casamares]

Pop
ATYCLB
R&H

 

[Rachel D.]

1. ATYCLB
2. Achtung Baby
3. Passengers

 

[burningedge101]

Pop, then War, then ATYCLB

 

[Loosen my lips]

I agree with 387. I'd put War in the top 3 ahead of TUF.
Yes Red Light is a clunker but each album has them (IMO.)

Back then there was such a thing as an album side and War's 1st side was
SBS
Seconds
NYD
Like a Song
Drowning Man
Pretty close to the M word- IMO. The 2nd side fell off a little, but still.
To me- its the best of the 80s, by any artist.

To answer the question then my vote is
War
ATYCLB
Bomb

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

1. All That You Can't Leave Behind [Though, many reviews credit this as the 3rd masterpiece after Joshua Tree & Achtung Baby]
2. Pop
3. War

Personally I think those three are slightly better than The Unforgettable Fire. All are great though.