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

VERY early ranking, though. If I write this list again in an hour I imagine it'll be totally different.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
Not one shitty song in this album. First ranking, after 2 listens:

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

1. Raised by Wolves
2. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
3. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
4. Iris (Hold Me Close)
5. California (There Is No End To Love)
6. Song For Someone
7. The Miracle (Joey Ramone)
8. Volcano
9. Cedarwood Road
10. Every Breaking Wave
11. The Troubles
 
Quite difficult at this stage, but let's give it a try - partly as a record of my initial impressions:

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

Roughly.
 
I might be the only one who thinks every breaking wave is filler on this album


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

I actually don't think there's real "filler" on this album which is fantastic.
 
I've already listened to this album at least six times (and some songs 1 or 2 more times), but I'm going to need a few more before I can make a coherent list of any sort.

That being said, thank you to the rest for sharing so far! :D
 
1. Raised By Wolves
2. Volcano
3. Cedarwood Road
4. Song For Someone
5. The Troubles
6. Sleep Like a Baby
7.Every Breaking Wave
8. This Is Where You Can Reach Me
9. Iris
10. California
11. The Miracle

I wonder if "The Miracle" was the intro, just so all the jaded cynics could scoff and say 'more of this shit'? only to keep listening and be out of breath by the end of the record.
 
i'm only sure about the 1st and the last. all the rest may change in the next listen.

1. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
2. Raised By Wolves
3. Volcano
4. Iris
5. Every Breaking Wave
6. California
7. The Troubles
8. Song For Someone
9. This is where you can reach me
10. Cedarwood Road
11. Miracle
 
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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I love EBW, probably my favorite track on the album.


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Ranking #2, after 4 full listens:
1. Every Breaking Wave
2. Iris (Hold Me Close)
3. Cedarwood Road
4. The Troubles
5. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
6. Volcano
7. Raised by Wolves
8. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
9. Song for Someone
10. California (There is No End to Love)
11. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)

Looks like my Top 5 will be set in stone.
 
So, rankings are all over the damn place. That's consistent with an album that's pretty consistent.


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Fuck this is so hard for me. The lyrics and their meaning have a huge impact:

First impressions:

1. Raised by wolves
2. This is where you can reach me
3. Every breaking wave
4. The Troubles
5. Sleep like a baby tonight
6. Iris (Hold Me Close)
7. Volcano
8. California (There is no end to love)
9. Song for someone
10. Cedarwood road
11. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)

But I have to remember I've listened to Achtung Baby 1000's of times and what mood you are in will tell what song is a favorite at that time.
 
1. Every Breaking Wave
2. The Troubles
3. Song For Someone
4. Raised By Wolves
5. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
6. Iris
7. Volcano
8. Cedarwood Road
9. California
10. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
11. The Miracle

Not one song that I will skip for awhile though - the album was good on first listen, great on second listen and has only been outstanding after that.

Best lyrics by Bono in 20 years, I can tell he put a lot of work into them and that's what makes the difference with this record.
 
First listen, let's go:

1. Every Breaking Wave (2010 version) (but seriously)
2. The Troubles
3. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
4. Cedarwood Road
5. Volcano
6. Raised by Wolves
7. Every Breaking Wave (album version)
8. This is where you can reach me
9. Song for Someone
10. Iris
11. California
12. The Miracle

Almost exactly in reverse order of the tracklist, heh. Both the lyrics and music really seem to pick up as they go.
 
Phenomenal
1. Every Breaking Wave
2. Iris (Hold Me Close)

Very Good
3. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
4. The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
5. The Troubles
6. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight

Good
7. California (There Is No End to Love)
8. Cedarwood Road

Okay
9. Volcano
10. Raised by Wolves
11. Song for Someone

Bad
12. Album Artwork -- oh wait that's not a song... but still! Come on!
 
I didn't know how to feel about the title at first glance, but GD if Raised By Wolves isn't just too notch! Different than anything I've heard from them in the past!!


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Early ranking:
1. Volcano
2. The Troubles
3. Raised by Wolves
4. Every Breaking Wave
5. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
6. California
7. Iris (Hold Me Close)
8. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
9. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)
10. Song for Someone
11. Cedarwood Road
 
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