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1. Iris

2. Raised By Wolves

3. Every Breaking Wave

4. Cedarwood Road

5. The Troubles

6. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

7. Volcano

8. This Is Where You Can Reach Me

9. The Miracle

10. Song For Someone

11. California


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dan_smee said:
EBW
The Troubles
Iris
Raised By Wolves
Volcano
Cedarwood Road
Song for Someone
Sleep Like a Baby
California
The Miracle
TIWYCRM
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Re-ordered - Raised by Wolves and Cedarwood Road keep climbing.

EBW
Raised By Wolves
Cedarwood Road
The Troubles
Iris
Volcano
Song for Someone
Sleep Like a Baby
California
The Miracle
TIWYCRM
 
Amazing U2:

1. Every Breaking Wave

2. Song For Someone

3. Iris

Great U2:

4. California

Average U2:

5. Cedarwood Road

6. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

7. The Troubles

Below Par:

8. Raised By Wolves

9. The Miracle

10. Volcano

11. This Is Where You Can Reach Me
 
birdman said:
My first raw reaction.
My first edit
1. California
2. Volcano
3. Cedarwood Road
4. The Miracle
5. Sleep
6. Iris
7. Song for Someone
8. Raised by Wolves
9. This is Where
10. The Troubles
11. Every Breaking Wave.
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Second edit (getting pretty slim!)

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

I anticipate Sleep and Iris, are going to be as good as each other live.
 
After 3rd listen:
1. Raised by Wolves
2. Song for Someone
3. Volcano
4. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
5. Cedarwood Road
6. The Troubles
7. Every Breaking Wave
8. This is Where You Can Reach Me
9. Iris
10. California
11. The Miracle
 
2861U2 said:
Phenomenal
1) Every Breaking Wave
2) The Miracle
3) The Troubles

Very Good
4) This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
5) Raised By Wolves
6) California

Good
7) Iris
8) Volcano
9) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

Not Crazy About, But It's Early
10) Song For Someone
11) Cedarwood Road
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After the first listen on Day 2:

All-time Great
1) Every Breaking Wave

Very Good
2) The Troubles
3) The Miracle
4) California
5) Song For Someone

Good
6) This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
7) Raised By Wolves
8) Volcano
9) Iris

Average
10) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight (the falsetto is cringeworthy, but the guitar solo saves it. This one might move up over time)

Meh
11) Cedarwood Road

I must be in the minority. I think the first half is pretty easily better than the second.
 
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
The Troubles
Cedarwood Road
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
Raised by Wolves
Every Breaking Wave
Song for Someone
Volcano
Iris
The Miracle
California
 
The Troubles
Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
Cedarwood Road
This is Where You Can Reach Me Now
Raised by Wolves
The Miracle
Volcano
Every Breaking Wave
Song for Someone
Iris
California
 
boosterjuice said:
1. Every Breaking Wave
2. California
3. The Troubles
4. Iris
5. The Miracle
6. Volcano
7. Song for Someone
8. Raised by Wolves
9. This is where you can reach me now
10. Cearwood Rd
11. Sleep like a baby tonight.

This might change after a few more listens.
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I have to change my ordering already:

1. Every Breaking Wave
2. California
3. Volcano
4. Iris
5. Sleep like a baby tonight.
6. The Troubles
7. The Miracle
8. Raised by Wolves
9. Cearwood Rd
10. Song for someone
11. This is where you can reach me now

This is a really difficult album for me to prioritize. For Hut dab and Nloth, there was a clear separation between the great, good, and bad. This album has some great and a lot of good. Nothing bad.
 
1 The Troubles
2 EBW
3 Volcano
4 Sleep Like A Baby
5 California
6 RBW
7 Iris
8 Miracle
9 Cedarwood Road
10 SFS
11 TIWYCRM

The best part is how difficult this was, which just shows how consistent this album is.
 
This is tough because I pretty much like every song on this album. But ok this is my list

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

After listening one time through, those are the standouts to me. The rest hasn't filled in for me yet. But I hear really irresistible things that I know I'll be coming back to.
 
1. Iris

2. You're Gonna Sleep Like a Baby Tonight

3. The Troubles

4. This Is Where You Can Reach me

5. Every Breaking Wave

6. Cedarwood Road

7. Raised By Wolves

8. The Miracles

9. Volcano

10. Song For Someone

11. California

I think the record is back-loaded... but the front half is still damn good, held up by Every Breaking Wave and Iris.

Also combing through everybody's rankings only sells how consistent this record it.
 
1) The Troubles
2) Iris
3) The Miracle

4) Volcano
5) Raised By Wolves
6) Every Breaking Wave
7) This Is Where You Can Reach Me
8) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

9) Cedarwood Road
10) Song For Someone


11) California
 
Right now, This is Where You Can Reach Me and Volcano are 1 and 2 respectively. The rest are all tied for 3 place. :wink:

I'm going to withhold the hyperbole for this album until at least 20 more spins of it.


U2 are kicking it like Janet Jackson in 1987- They promised it would be worth the wait. :wink: Who thought it would take 5 years? :lol:
 
I think I'm getting to a point where I can place in tiers. All songs in the tiers are in no specific order.

Tier 1 - Potential U2 Classics

- The Troubles
- Iris
- Cedarwood Road

Tier 2 - Very strong tracks that I'll probably still enjoy listening to years from now:

- Every Breaking Wave
- Raised By Wolves
- The Is Where You Can Reach Around
- Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
- Volcano

Tier 3 - Non Offensive, enjoyable, but probably will never specifically play the song on its own in 3-4 years:

- Song For Someone
- California
- The Miracle



Overall, the positive news here is that unlike U2's last 3 albums, there isn't one song on it that I hate and want to kick a wall or someone's dog over (SUC, Crazy Tonight, ABOY, LAPOE, Wild Honey, Grace).

Also, this is the best 2nd half of any U2 album since Zooropa, imo.
 
Gonna Run 2 U said:
I might be the only one who thinks every breaking wave is filler on this album


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No. The first two tracks are the weakest, imo, and the album rapidly gets darker, wilder, better after that. No lack of love for Cedarwood road here, that intro is :drool:
 
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