I'll give my rundown of HTDAAB compared to Beautiful Day. BD is a classic U2 sound, but not a truly epic song like WOWY or Streets. I often skip it on bootlegs to get to UTEOTW.
1. TIE - Both are attention-grabbing songs and perfect opening singles. Vertigo has a wonderful riff like Desire, but Beautiful Day is jubilant and euphoric.
2. Miracle Drug - This song is simply amazing. Incredible stuff.
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - Moving and emotionally powerful on so many more levels than Beautiful Day.
4. Love And Peace Or Else - It rocks, it has that sensationally sinister intro, and better lyrics.
5. City Of Blinding Lights - The fifth-best song U2 have ever made behind Streets, Bad, UF, and One Tree Hill. Beautiful Day couldn't dream to equal this.
6. All Because Of You - A love song to The Who. Rock and roll at its finest.
7. TIE - Beautiful Day is classic, AMAAW is U2 trying something they haven't done before with great success.
8. Crumbs From Your Table - Second-best from the Bomb. Definitely the best lyrics on the album. Makes you think a lot more than Beautiful Day.
9. One Step Closer - Thoughtful and atmospheric, a song in the order of RTSS, Heartland, and The First Time.
10. TIE - I find these two to be really similar in overall feeling, even though they are quite different songs.
11. Yahweh - U2 perfect the joyous closing song.
8 to Hut Dab, 3 ties.