Early song rankings

[purpleoscar]

California is home to Joshua Tree National Park.

Joshua Tree.


Move it up to #1. k. thanks. bai.

The Joshua Tree in question is near Death Valley.

 

[Aygo]

Two weeks later...

1st Iris (8,5/10)
2nd California (8/10)
3rd This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now (8/10)
4th The Troubles (7,5/10)
4th Raised By Wolves (7,5/10)
6th Cedarwood Road (7/10)
7th Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (7/10)
8th Volcano (6/10)
9th The Miracle (6/10)
10th Every Breaking Wave (5/10)
11th Song For Someone (5/10)

I remember rating "Ordinary Love" 4,5/10 and "Invisible" something like 5,5/10. Now, I'd tie "Ordinary Love" with "Every Breaking Wave" with a 5/10 and "Invisible" 6,5/10.

Update with the bonus tracks...

I'd place "Lucifer's Hands" tied with "The Miracle" (6/10) and "The Crystal Ballroom" somewhere near "Cedarwood" and "Raised By Wolves" (7-7,5/10).

 

[BANZAI]

Okay... One month later I'm gonna have a try...

1. Volcano
2. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
3. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
4. The Troubles
5. Iris
6. Song for Someone
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. Raised By Wolves
9. Cedarwood Road
10. California
11. The Miracle

The two only songs I think are just above average (6/10) are California and The Miracle. The rest of the songs are at least 7/10. In my opinion no song deserves a 9/10, but there are a lot of songs I would rate 8/10.

 

[DomCobb]

I purposefully took a break from the album for a couple weeks or so. I was risking overplaying it (15 times all the way through in 5 days is really a lot, also my favorites I listened about double that). I have not taken a break from U2, though, and when the new songs have popped up in shuffle I've listened to them.

But I wanted to put some space between the shock of the new and my real thoughts on the record. I'm very happy to say that it holds up very well. This is a great album.

So this past week I listened to all of the band's studio albums, all the way up to and including SOI. Here are my new rankings:

1. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
2. Iris (Hold Me Close)
3. Volcano
4. California (There Is No End To Love)
5. Every Breaking Wave
6. Raised By Wolves
7. The Troubles
8. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
9. Cedarwood Road
10. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
11. Song For Someone

Some big changes this time. I'll revisit my list when the deluxe edition comes out and do a new ranking with Lucifer's Hands, the Crystal Ballroom, and Invisible. Maybe also a super ranking with all the alternate versions too. Hopefully all the new tracks are as great as the ones we already have!

Here's my ranking after listening to the deluxe edition:

1. Invisible
2. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
3. Iris
4. Volcano
5. The Crystal Ballroom
6. California
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. Every Breaking Wave (Acoustic)
9. California (Acoustic)
10. Lucifer's Hands
11. The Troubles
12. Raised By Wolves
13. Raised By Wolves (Acoustic)
14. The Miracle
15. Sleep Like a Baby (Alternative)
16. Cedarwood Road
17. Sleep Like a Baby
18. The Troubles (Alternative)
19. Cedarwood Road (Acoustic)
20. Song for Someone (Acoustic)
21. Song for Someone
22. The Miracle (Busker)

Subject to change as always.

 

[Scorpionac]

1. The Troubles
2. The Crystal Ballroom
3. Sleep Like a Baby
4. Raised by Wolves
5. Every Breaking Wave (acoustic)

Not sure about the rest. Can take it or leave it...

 

[bobsaget77]

(1 month)
1. Invisible
2. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
3. The Miracle
4. California
5. Volcano
6. Sleep Like A Baby
7. Iris
8. Song For Someone
9. Every Breaking Wave
10. The Troubles
11. Cedarwood Road
12. Raised By Wolves

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(First day)
1. Every Breaking Wave
2. The Troubles
3. This Is Where You Can Reach Me
4. Song For Someone
5. Iris
6. The Miracle
7. California
8. Volcano
9. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
10. Raised By Wolves
11. Cedarwood Road

Time for my 2 month reviewed rankings
1 Every Breaking Wave (9.9/10)
2 Reach (9.8/10)
3 Iris (9.3/10)
4 The Miracle (8.9/10)
5 Invisible (8.8/10)
6 Crystal Ballroom (8.6/10)
7 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (8.5/10)
8 California (8.3/10)
9 Volcano (8.1/10)
10 Song For Someone (7.8/10)
11 Lucifer's Hands (7.7/10)
12 Cedarwood Road (7.3/10)
13 The Troubles (7.3/10)
14 Raised By Wolves (6.8/10)



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[Aygo]

Three weeks after release
Iris
Raised By Wolves
The Troubles
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
California
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
Cedarwood Road
Song For Someone
Volcano
The Miracle
Every Breaking Wave


A month after the release
1st Iris (8,5/10)
2nd California (8/10)
3rd This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now (8/10)
4th The Troubles (7,5/10)
4th Raised By Wolves (7,5/10)
6th Cedarwood Road (7/10)
7th Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (7/10)
8th Volcano (6/10)
9th The Miracle (6/10)
10th Every Breaking Wave (5/10)
11th Song For Someone (5/10)

I remember rating "Ordinary Love" 4,5/10 and "Invisible" something like 5,5/10. Now, I'd tie "Ordinary Love" with "Every Breaking Wave" with a 5/10 and "Invisible" 6,5/10.

Almost two months after the album's release...

Iris (9/10)
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now (8,5/10)
The Crystal Ballroom (8/10)
Raised By Wolves (8/10)
California (8/10)
The Troubles (7,5/10)
Cedarwood Road (7,25/10)
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (7/10)
Invisible (7/10)
Volcano (6/10)
The Miracle (6/10)
Lucifer's Hands (5,25/10)
Ordinary Love (5,25/10)
Every Breaking Wave (5/10)
Song For Someone (4,5/10)

 

[prbiker15]

Had posted my ratings in the album discussion thread. Wow, two months already.

The Miracle - 7 / 10
Every Breaking Wave - 10 / 10
California - 10 / 10
Song for Someone - 8 / 10
Iris - 10 / 10
Volcano - 7 / 10
Raised by Wolves - 6 / 10
Cedarwood Road - 10 / 10
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight - 9 / 10
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now - 10 / 10
The Troubles - 10 / 10

Invisible - 10 / 10
The Crystal Ballroom - 8 / 10
Lucifer's Hands - 6 / 10

Sitting comfortably between Pop (6th) and NLOTH (8th). Great album.

Ratings remain the same. How I would rank them at this moment:

Invisible
Every Breaking Wave
Iris
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
California
The Troubles
Cedarwood Road
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
The Crystal Ballroom
Song for Someone
The Miracle
Volcano
Lucifer's Hands
Raised by Wolves

 

[RaisedByWolves]

#1 Raised By Wolves
#2 This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
#3 The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
#4 Cedarwood Road
#5 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
#6 The Troubles
#7 The Crystal Ballroom
#8 Iris (Hold Me Close)
#9 Every Breaking Wave
#10 Volcano
#11 Invisible
#12 Song For Someone
#13 California (There Is No End To Love)
#14 Lucifer's Hands

 

[U2freakboy]

My list has changed some but not a lot over the past couple of months.

1-California
2-This is Where You Can Reach Me
3-Song for Someone
4-Every Breaking Wave
5-The Miracle
6-Iris
7-Raised by Wolves
8-Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
9-The Troubles
10-Crystal Ballroom
11-Volcano
12-Lucifer's Hands
13-Cedarwood Road


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[Gonna Run 2 U]

1) Iris
2) California
3) Raised By Wolves
4) Reach Me Now
5) Troubles

Then it's kind of every song for itself


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[Bad Exit]

1. Cedarwood Road
2. Every Breaking Wave (Full Band)

3.
Raised by Wolves
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
Invisible
Every Breaking Wave (Acoustic)

7.
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
The Crystal Ballroom

10.
Volcano
Lucifer's Hands

12.
The Miracle
Iris
Song For Someone
California


...and I think California is a pretty good song.

 

[wolbersu2]

1. Every breaking wave
2. Cedarwood Road
3. The Troubles
4. Iris
5. California
6. Sleep like a baby tonight
7. Invisible
8. Song for some one
9. Crystal Ballroom
10. The miracle
11. Volcano
12. Raised by wolves
13. This is where you can. ..
14. Lucifer's hands

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[youarenotimmune]

Finally feel like I'm ready to have a crack at this:

As Good As Anything They've Ever Done

• This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
• Invisible

Excellent

• California
• Iris

Very Good

• The Troubles
• Volcano
• Cedarwood Road

Good

• The Miracle
• Song For Someone
• Raised By Wolves
• Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
• Every Breaking Wave

If I'd done this a month ago, The Troubles would've probably been in the first category. And while I still think it's really good, it's lost some of its luster.

Song For Someone and Every Breaking Wave are pretty inoffensive adult contemporary songs, but both are really good for what they are. This isn't the U2 for me so it's a testament to these songs that I don't hate them!

Wolves and Baby, on the other hand, are very much the type of U2 I like, but these just haven't resonated with me as strongly as they have with many others.

The Miracle had the potential to be a much better song than what it is, but it suffered from a poor chorus. The same problem No Line On The Horizon (the song) had.

Cedwarwood Road and Volcano are very well done rockers. Thank God after the debacle in this area on the last two albums. (I'm looking at you, Stand Up Comedy and All Because of You!)

I'm honestly shocked that there isn't a single song on this album I dislike. After the last 3 albums, I had just surrendered to the idea that there would be at least a couple of clunkers on every album now. But even the "worst" songs on this album are pretty good.

 

[PhilsFan]

1. The Troubles
2. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
3. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
4. The Crystal Ballroom
5. Invisible
6. California
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. Cedarwood Road
9. Volcano
10. The Miracle
11. Iris
12. Lucifer's Hands
13. Raised by Wolves
14. Song for Someone

 

[mikal]

Good to see Reach Around dominating at the top of many lists!


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[RaisedByWolves]

My new ranking after 15 or so times:

1 Iris (Hold me close)
2 Raised by wolves
3 California (There is no end to love)
4 Sleep like a baby tonight
5 Volcano
6 The Troubles
7 The Miracle
8 Cedarwood Road
9 This is where you can reach me now
10 Every breaking Waves
11 Song for someone

Still no weak tunes, I never skip anything. First time since AB!!!!!

Same for me, no skipping any songs on the album but it's the first time since Zooropa (Brilliant Album!!) ......POP would have made it if only for Miami being on it.

 

[bobsaget77]

1 Every Breaking Wave (9.9/10)
2 Reach (9.8/10)
3 Iris (9.3/10)
4 The Miracle (8.9/10)
5 Invisible (8.8/10)
6 Crystal Ballroom (8.6/10)
7 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (8.5/10)
8 California (8.3/10)
9 Volcano (8.1/10)
10 Song For Someone (7.8/10)
11 Lucifer's Hands (7.7/10)
12 Cedarwood Road (7.3/10)
13 The Troubles (7.3/10)
14 Raised By Wolves (6.8/10)



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1 Reach
2 Crystal Ballroom
3 Raised By Wolves (acoustic)
4 Every Breaking Wave
5 Invisible
6 Iris
7 The Miracle
- Ordinary Love (Epworth Mix)
8 California
9 Cedarwood Road
10 Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
11 Lucifer's Hands
12 Volcano
13 Song For Someone
14 The Troubles

I still don't dislike anything on this album.





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[Joey788]

My thoughts on the bonus tracks aren't clear enough for placement yet, but here's my ranking for the regular album.

1. The Troubles
2. Raised By Wolves
3. Cedarwood Road
4. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
5. California
6. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. Iris
9. Volcano
10. The Miracle
11. Song For Someone

 

[Aardvark747]

1. EBW
2. Volcano
3. Iris
4. Cedarwood Road
5. California
6. Song for Someone
7. SLABT
8. The Miracle
9. RBW
10. Troubles
11. Reach