Best Album Survivor: Round Five

[brooklynmike]

Ok, I'm late in on the polls. I'm reading through the threads and see varying opinions as to why things should get booted. What's the criteria we're using to decide?

 

[OpenG180]

Ok, I'm late in on the polls. I'm reading through the threads and see varying opinions as to why things should get booted. What's the criteria we're using to decide?

Sex appeal.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Sex appeal.

DAMMIT! October's the clear winner there.

 

[LadySpinHead]

Forgot to add...

 

[gvox]

What's the criteria we're using to decide?

Inarguable Fact.


ETA: I forgot to add "Strategically Preventing Boy From Exiting Before the Final 5". Therefore, gtfo!

 

[brooklynmike]

Sex appeal.

 

[LemonMelon]

The Hive-minded consult their holy book:

 

[gvox]

Sticky pages?

 

[LemonMelon]

Only when we let Cobbler near it.

 

[LemonMelon]

DAMMIT! October's the clear winner there.

Oh yeah?

 

[bonocomet]

 

[Vlaco]

Either War or R&H. Both have some amazing songs and I agree that R&H is far from cohesive, but it's hard to dismiss Heartland, God Part II, Hawkmoon, Angel Of Harlem and All I Want Is You. I think I go to bed and decide tomorrow

 

[brooklynmike]

Had to vote to eliminate Boy at this point. War had a slight Edge on it.

I'm surprised some of you are trying to give the boot to R&H so early. I agree with what Vlaco said above regarding R&H- spot on.

I will say though, because of it's disjointedness I rarely put it on, except for Heartland. I get my fill on the live versions.

 

[trojanchick99]

Rattle and Hum has AIWIY, Heartland and Hawkmoon on it. I couldn't possibly let it go yet.

 

[U2360]

I'm a little sad about ATYCLB and HTDAAB, because of Beautiful Day and Vertigo and the fact that I love the first half or so of both those albums (+ New York). But oh well.
And I found out that after OS1 and October, I have no idea which albums I like more than the others besides AB and JT, my top 2.
I actually really like War, except for Red Light and I'm eh about Surrender (it's better live).
Next might be Rattle and Hum or Boy. R&H has Desire, Angel of Harlem, All I want Is You, God Part II, Heartland, live Bullet, Pride and the cover of Helter Skelter... Boy has I Will Follow and Out of Control, then a few not bad songs. I want to vote, but how to choose? Then there's my love/don't care for for Zooropa... But I probably really like a little over half of those songs. Same with Pop... UF has A Sort of Homecoming, Pride, Bad and the title song, then not much for me, maybe Wire and MLK... These polls are starting to drive me crazy!

 

[Galeongirl]

Reason 1: boots
Reason 2: comedy
Reason 3: crazy

I could give you more reasons...

You mean to give reasons to vote for NLOTH right? Cause right now you're giving three reasons not to...

 

[intedomine]

Kind of sad to see October go so early, and Rattle and Hum hang around for as long as it did.

 

[digitize]

Ok, I'm late in on the polls. I'm reading through the threads and see varying opinions as to why things should get booted. What's the criteria we're using to decide?

The real answer is: whatever you think makes albums/songs good.

 

[God Part III]

well, imo, anything under #3 is unacceptable.

I'll probably vote for it in the next round. But if anything, this shows the consistent quality in U2's work, because I love that album.

 

[cobl04]

War.

You guys, I can't believe ATYCLB was voted off this early and Pop is still around. This forum is embarrassingly out of step with the outside world's correct view on U2.

 

[digitize]

Pop

 

[Axver]

I'm rather pleased with how early ATYCLB got the boot. And it's funny comparing how early HTDAAB got the boot with it coming - I think - fourth best in its first Survivor outing back in 2005.

Anyway, this time I'm going Rattle And Hum. It's the sequencing that ruins it. A solely studio album could've been one of their finest achievements of the eighties, but instead they release a mess of a studio/live hybrid, complete with pointless shit like Freedom For My People, missing some of the best live songs from the video, and including studio tripe like Love Rescue Me when they had better songs sitting unused - Wild Irish Rose, She's A Mystery To Me, etc.

Forgive me, Heartland and God Part II.

 

[OpenG180]

War.

You guys, I can't believe ATYCLB was voted off this early and Pop is still around. This forum is embarrassingly out of step with the outside world's correct view on U2.

Outside is America, in this case.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Gotta go with No Line, again.

I agree with those that have said that Rattle and Hum doesn't particularly feel like an album, with the live tracks thrown in there. In some ways, it shouldn't even be judged up against all of these other purely studio projects.

But the strength of tracks like Hawkmoon, Angel of Harlem, Heartland, and AIWIY push it over the top of No Line. On the latter album, I do still love the title track and Moment of Surrender. But the single choices were ultimately forgettable, and I loathe Unknown Caller.

And War is a fucking classic. Band's best album cover, too.

 

[the tourist]

Rattle & Hum here. It and NLOTH are just about perfectly even. Both would have been better suited with the fat trimmed as short records or EPs. I'll go with R&H to spare War at least one more round.

 

[digitize]

I'm getting worried about No Line. I personally would be sad to see it lose to War or Boy in the next round. However, I could tolerate it losing to one of the others. I may break my own rules next round (since I've been convinced that I shouldn't try to get others to follow them because breaking them isn't necessarily a bad thing) and vote strategically.

 

[flybabe]

R&H again, thank God it's getting the boot. No Line is the next target.

 

[brooklynmike]

The real answer is: whatever you think makes albums/songs good.

So you mean "best album, whatever that means to you?"

 

[The Sad Punk]

That near career-ruining cowboy clusterfuck.

 

[digitize]

So you mean "best album, whatever that means to you?"

Exactly.