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My first post!
Anyhow, its really tough to say, i love them all, but

Magnificent
Moment of Surrender
Unknown Caller
Breathe
No Line On The Horizon
Get on Your Boots
Crazy Tonight
White as Snow
Stand Up Comedy
Fez- Being Born
Cedars of Lebanon
 
mikal said:
after 1 listen:

1. Fez - Being Born
2. Magnificent
3. Unknown Caller
4. Moment Of Surrender
5. Breathe
6. Stand Up Comedy
7. White As Snow
8. Get On Your Boots
9. No Line On The Horizon
10. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
11. Cedars Of Lebanon
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now:

1. Fez - Being Born
2. Unknown Caller
3. Moment Of Surrender
4. Magnificent
5. White As Snow
6. No Line On The Horizon
7. Cedars Of Lebanon
8. Stand Up Comedy
9. Breathe
10. Get On Your Boots
11. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
 
Moment Of Surrender
Stand Up Comedy
Breathe
Magnificent
Get On Your Boots
White As Snow
Cedars Of Lebanon
Unknown Caller
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
No Line On The Horizon
FEZ-Being Born
 
Magnificent
FEZ-Being Born
White as Snow
Stand Up Comedy
Breath
I`ll Go Crazy...
NLOTH
Moment of Surrender
Unknown Caller
GOYB
Cedars of Lebanon
 
So cool to see how many love Magnificent! :applaud:

1. Magnificent...the song BEGINS at 0:45 and I can't get the chorus out of my head! (That one live is going to bring the house down).
2. Cedars of Lebanon (so haunting, beautiful vocal by Bono)
3. No Line on the Horizon

I need to stop listening to the first two to properly rate the rest!
 
I've only listened to the album all the way through twice, but here's how I'd rank the songs right now:

1. Magnificent
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Fez - Being Born
4. White As Snow
5. Breathe
6. Unknown Caller
7. No Line On The Horizon
8. Cedars of Lebanon
9. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
10. Stand Up Comedy
11. Get On Your Boots

I don't hate any of the songs though.
 
It all seems to change but the first three tracks below have remained fairly consistent and getting the most play time for me so far.

1. Magnificent
2. Fez-Being Born
3. No Line On The Horizon
4. Stand Up Comedy
5. Cedars of Lebanon
6. Breathe
7. Moment of Surrender
8. I'll Go Crazy...
9. Unknown Caller
10. White As Snow
11. GOYB

Simply put, it's a marvelous album overall.
 
rwolins1 said:
Mine =

I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Unknown Caller
No Line on the Horizon
Magnificient
Breathe
Moment of Surrender
FEZ - Being Born
Get On Your Boots
Stand Up Comedy
White As Snow
Cedars of Lebanon
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2 days later mine =

Unknown Caller
No Line on the Horizon
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
Magnificient
Moment of Surrender
FEZ - Being Born
Breathe
White As Snow
Get On Your Boots
Stand Up Comedy
Cedars of Lebanon
 
After only one listen I'd say:

1.Magnificent
2.Unknown Caller
3.Breathe
4.No Line On The Horizon
5.Moment of Surrender
6.Stand Up Comedy
7.Get On Your Boots
8.Fez Being Born
9.Cedars of Lebanon
10.White As Snow
11.Crazy Tonight
 
1. Moment of Surrender
2. Unknown Caller
3. White As Snow
4. Magnificent
5. No Line On The Horizon
6. Cedars of Lebanon
7. Breathe
8. Crazy Tonight
9. Get On Your Boots
10. Fez Being Born
11. Stand Up Comedy


then again when I listen to Stand Up Comedy I could swear it should be in the top 3
it's all wonderful
 
adypole said:
moment of surrender
stand up comedy
magnificent
unknown caller
cedars of lebanon
fez-being born
crazy tonight
breathe
boots
white as snow
no line on the horizon

changing every second.
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Glad to see somebody lovin stand up comedy!
 
1. Magnificent
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Unknown Caller
4. Fez - Being Born
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
6. Cedars Of Lebanon
7. Breate
8. White as Snow
9. No Line on the Horizon
10. Stand Up Comedy
11. Get On Your Boots
 
thelaj said:
Magnificent
Breathe
No Line On The Horizon

Get On Your Boots
Cedars of Lebanon
Stand Up Comedy

Moment of Surrender
Crazy Tonight
Fez

White as Snow
Unknown Caller
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Now:

Magnificent (-)
Breathe (-)
No Line on The Horizon (-)
Cedars of Lebanon (up)
Fez (up)
Get On Your Boots (-)
Moment of Surrender (down)
Stand Up Comedy (down)
White as Snow (up)
Crazy Tonight (down)
Unknown Caller (-)
 
1. Breathe
2. Magnificent
3. Fez- Being Born
4. No Line on the Horizon
5. Cedars of Lebanon
6. Stand Up Comedy
7. Unknown Caller
8. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
9. Moment of Surrender
10. Get On Your Boots
11. White as Snow

Albums
1. Achtung Baby
2. Pop
3. The Joshua Tree
4. No Line on the Horizon
5. Boy
6. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
7. The Unforgettable Fire
8. Passengers: Original Soundtracks 1
9. Rattle and Hum
10. All That You Can't Leave Behind
 
Wow this is really hard to do..the last few albums were easy....

1. Unknown Caller (TIED WITH)
2. Moment of Surrender
3. Magnificent
4. Fez-Being Born
5. No Line on the Horizon
6. White as Snow
7. Crazy Tonight
8. Cedars of LEbanon
9. Stand Up
10. Breathe
11. Get on your Boots

.....This is really constantly changing day to day because for me its the best fuckin album theyve done since Achtung Baby
My top 3 though are gonna stay there for a while though...yet I can clearly see White As Snow getting up there quickly :up:
 
My favs songs are:

Moment of Surrender
Breathe
Unknown Caller
Magnificent
Fez - Being Born
No Line on the Horizon
White as Snow
I'll go Crazy If I don't go Crazy Tonight
Stand Up Comedy
Cedars of Lebanon
Get on your Boots
 
1. Achtung Baby (TIED WITH)
2. Joshua Tree
3. No Line on the Horizon.
4. All that You Cant Leave Behind
5. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
6. Unforgettable Fire
7. Zooropa
8. Pop
9. Rattle and Hum
10-12..the first 3 albums
 
White As Snow
Ceders Of Lebanon
Moment Of Surrender
Fez-Being Born

I've only heard the album once and I'm sure I'll have other favorites but I just love the fact that this album has some real peculiar tracks on it...it's sooooooo much better than HTDAAB. The boys are back!!!!!
 
1. Moment of Surrender
2. Unknown Caller
3. No Line on the Horizon
4. Breathe
5. Magnificent
6. White As Snow
7. Cedars of Lebanon
8. Fez-Being Born
9. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
-Slight Quality Dropoff-
10. Get On Your Boots
-Significant Quality Dropoff-
11.Stand Up Comedy
 
Moment of Surrender
Unknown Caller
Stand Up Comedy
Magnificant
Get On Your Boots
White As Snow
Breathe
Crazy
Fez
Cedar of Lebanon
 
(Love these)
Magnificent
Moment of Surrender
Crazy Tonight

(ok)
Fez
Stand Up Comedy
NLOTH
GOYB
Breathe

(we'll see)
White As Snow
Unknown Caller
Cedars of Lebanon
 
UC
WAS
MOS
FEZ-BB
NLOTH
Magnifico
IGCIIDGCT
SUC
GOYB
Breathe
CoL

won't skip a single one on playing however...great job U2
 
Roland of Gilead said:
Epicness:

1. Moment of Surrender
2. Magnificent

Greatness:

3. No Line on the Horizon
4. Cedars of Lebanon
5. Fez - Being Born
6. Unknown Caller
7. Crazy Tonight

Great, proven:

8. Get On Your Boots

Good, a chance to grow:

9. White as Snow
10. Stand Up Comedy
11. Breathe
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That was sober. This is first listen with rum :drunk: :

Epicness:

1. Fez- Being Born (5)
2. Stand Up Comedy (10)
3. Get On Your Boots (8)
4. No Line On the Horizon (3)
5. Unknown Caller (6)

Greatness:

6. Cedars of Lebanon (4)
7. Magnificent (2)
8. Moment of Surrender (1)
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe (11)
11. Crazy Tonight (7)

Notice that when :drunk:, everything is either epic or great. :wink:

:rockon:
 
Finally listened tonight (4 times). At this point here is my list.

MOS - My absolute Favorite!!!!!
UC
SUC
Magnificent
NLOTH
WAS
FBB
Breath
COL
GOYB
IGCIIDGCT
 
I'm sure this is gonna change, but what the heck.

1. Magnificent
2. Unknown Caller
3. No Line
4. Moment of Surrender
5. Crazy Tonight
6. Fez/Being Born
7. Get on Your Boots
8. Breathe
9. White as Snow
10. Cedars
11. Stand Up Comedy

I have to admit, after 1-4, it's an almost random choice for me.
 
fmattyh said:
If anyone wants some time to kill, it'd be interesting to see an aggregation of the results on this thread. Y'know, 11 points for #1, 10 points for #2, 9 for #3 etc, and then average them all out. Gives a better idea about how people feel about songs than simple polls for favorite/least favorite.
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Well, if you insist.

I compiled the first 124 posts in this thread and averaged the rankings out. I didn't use a point system, simply the average ranking amongst posters. Here's the list, and then I'll offer a few comments of my own.

Magnificent - 2.79
Moment of Surrender - 3.29
Unknown Caller - 4.89
No Line on the Horizon - 5.27
Breathe - 5.62
FEZ-Being Born - 6.26
Crazy Tonight - 6.52
Stand Up Comedy - 6.91
White as Snow - 7.69
Cedars of Lebanon - 7.88
Get on Your Boots - 8.20

Couple notes...

• Magnificent is a clear #1. Moment of Surrender is a clear #2. After that the gap tightens.

• I'm not surprised Get on Your Boots is last. I am surprised it's last by a notable margin. I only say that because it felt like Cedars was at the bottom of a lot of lists - and it was - but I think I misjudged it because of a stretch in the middle where Cedars was either 10th or 11th on 7/8 ballots. That surprised me.

• I'm also surprised at the significant gap between Stand Up Comedy and White as Snow. It just seemed like Stand Up Comedy was receiving nearly as many low votes, but in looking at the spreadsheet it definitely makes sense. Like Cedars, White as Snow had a couple stretches where it grabbed seven or eight bottom votes in a row.

• Magnificent has 43 1st Place votes. Moment of Surrender has 29.

• Magnificent falls outside the Top 4 only 16 times. That's 87% of responders with it in the top third(ish) of the album. Not surprising, but still impressive. For comparison, Moment of Surrender falls out of the upper third 42 times (66% success rate).

• Get On Your Boots is the only song to have not been rated #1 by anyone, unless I missed one. Cedars of Lebanon only has one such ranking thus far.

I'll keep updating this for a while as more come in (the biggest part of the legwork is done now). It also might be something to come back to in 6-12 months and see how things have changed. If I were to take a guess at what song might move the most over time I would suggest Breathe. Perhaps not enough to overtake NLOTH, but I think its score could rise. Not that it's ranked especially low, but there are an awful lot of 8+ scores for it. I think the verses are unusual enough to make it a little tricky at first, but the chorus is too good to ignore and could cause it to grow in stature. On the other hand, what do I know?

Personally, I think White as Snow is terrific and it has a lot more room to move than Breathe, but I don't think a song in that style is ever going to gain huge traction.
 
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