LP Wars - Track by Track HTDAAB Vs UF

[Eliv8]

Opinions Welcome

1 – A Sort Of Homecoming

2 – Pride

3 – Wire

4 – Love & Peace – But not by much

5 – City Of Blinding Lights

6 – All Because Of You

7 – Bad

8 – Crumbs From Your Table

9 – One Step Closer

10 – MLK

 

[ImOuttaControl]

Not a effin chace. HTDAAB blows away TUF in every aspect, although I agree Pride is better than Miracle Drug and Bad is better than AMAAW... Other than that, HTDAAB domitates!

 

[Axver]

The Unforgettable Fire is the best album ever made by anyone. HTDAAB is a close second. This is an interesting comparison.

1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. Pride
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Promenade
6. 4th Of July
7. Bad [I won't touch the perfection of UF's tracks 4-7]
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. MLK
11. City Of Blinding Lights [Because it's U2's fifth best song but I refuse to split up UF 4-7.]

 

[Saracene]

1 – Vertigo

2 – Pride

3 – Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

4 – Unforgettable Fire

5 – City Of Blinding Lights

6 – All Because Of You

7 – Bad

8 – Crumbs From Your Table

9 – One Step Closer

10 – MLK

UF is my second-favourite album, but its strength is often in the flow and atmosphere rather than individual songs.

 

[kawai17]

Vertigo

Pride

Sometimes

The Unforgettable Fire

City of Blinding Lights

All Because of You

Bad

Indian Summer Sky

One Step Closer

Original of the Species

...and Yahweh

 

[djerdap]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Miracle Drug
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10.Original of the Species
and Yahweh

 

[Zooropean103]

1. Vertigo
2. Pride
3. Hard one, but I think I like more Wire
4. Love & Peace (greatest song on the album)
5. City of Blinding Lights, but Promenade is close
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Indian Summer Sky
9. TIE (really can't decide)
10. Original of the Spiecies

 

[miss becky]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Pride
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. Elvis Presley and America
10. Original of the Species

 

[bedouin fire]

1. vertigo
2. miracle drug
3. sometimes you can't make it on your own
4. the unforgettable fire
5. promenade
6. all because of you
7. bad
8. indian summer sky
9. elvis presley and america
10. mlk
11. yahweh

 

[MatejU2]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Miracle Drug
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. Elvis Presley and America
10. Original of the Species

 

[Catman]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Pride (In the Name of Love)
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. Love and Peace or Else
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Indian Summer Sky
9. One Step Closer
10. Original of the Species

...and Yahweh

 

[U2Kitten]

I love both albums but don't think I can compare.

 

[popacrobat]

1. vertigo
2. pride
3. sometimes you can't make it on your own
4. unforgettable fire
5. city of blinding lights
6. all because of you
7. bad
8. crumbs from your table
9. one step closer
10. original of the species

 

[Pero]

Inividually HTDAAB is better but TUF is hole in one, you can't listen just to 4th of July, because it's intro for Bad

 

[eviltwin]

TUF vs HTDAAB...ok so I changed the order to fit like-for-like songs and make it twelve aside by including two off the ASOHC-EP

Vertigo vs Pride 'fire wins 1 - 0
TUF vs Miracle Drug draw 1 1/2- 1/2
BAD vs SYCMIOYO draw
(seen them do it live on Ross, it can work as well as Bad)
2 - 1
Wire vs L&PoE I love wire, but P&LoE...
what a great song it is: 'bomb wins
2 - 2

A sort of Homecoming vs crumbs from you table 'fire wins
3 - 2
Indian Summer sky vs All because of you 'bomb wins
3 - 3

Three Sunrises vs Fast cars 'fire wins
4 - 3
Love comes Tumbling vs AMAAW 'fire wins
5 - 3
Elvis P.&usa vs Oirginal o TS 'bomb wins
5 - 4
MLK vs Yahweh 'bomb wins
5 - 5
Promenade vs City o BL 'bomb wins
5 - 6
4th of July vs one step closer 'bomb wins 5 - 7

final score:
tUF vs HTDaAT 5 - 7

'bomb wins

 

[the rockin edge]

1. Vertigo
2. Pride
3. Wire
4. The UF Fire
5. City Of Blinding Lights
6. All Because Of You
7. Bad
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. Original Of The Species

 

[Achtung Joshua!]

My fav albums are in this order:

1) The Joshua Tree
2) Achtung Baby
3) The Unforgettable Fire
4) War

Therefore, I have no need to compare anything ever

 

[Axver]

Inividually HTDAAB is better but TUF is hole in one, you can't listen just to 4th of July, because it's intro for Bad

Right. I feel Promenade --> 4th Of July --> Bad is essentially one track, and you can't have Promenade without The Unforgettable Fire before it. Incredible run of songs.

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

Vertigo
Pride
Sometimes
Love And Peace
City Of Blinding Lights
All Because Of You
Bad
Crumbs
One Step Closer
Original Of The Species

 

[ZeroDude]

Just want to say Bad is beautiful

 

[barrett]

1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Pride
3. Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. City of Blinding Lights
6. All Because of You
7. Bad
8. Crumbs From Your Table
9. One Step Closer
10. MLK

 

[intedomine]

It's too hard to compare Unforgettable fire with any other u2 album, because, as others have stated, the tracks kinda link on with each other.

From tracks 4 to 10 the whole thing might as well be classified as one song cause they all link perfectly and wouldn't sound right if they were pulled apart.

Bad didn't sound right after Sunday Bloody Sunday on the best of.

But I have recently deducted that The Bomb is the greatest, it's just a more entertaining listen for me. It's a journey across musical genres and reveals what excellence is possible between 4 men and their talents.

Both albums are in different leagues.

Comparing them is like comparing Real Madrid with the LA lakers. Impossible.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

1) A Sort Of Homecoming
2) Pride
3) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
4) The Unforgettable Fire
5) City of Blinding Lights
6) All Because Of You
7) Bad
8) Indian Summer Sky
9) One Step Closer
10) MLK

Winner: UF by 6-4

 

[D'oh!]

1. A sort of homecoming......close
2. Miracle Drug......by a huge margin!...interseting to see that MD fared better against ISHFWILF than it has so far against pride
3. Sometimes......as one sided as you can get
4. The unforgettable fire......close one
5. City of blinding lights.......very close
6. All because of you......easily
7. Bad........no contest
8. Crumbs.......even though the other song has the word 'Indian' in it!
9. Elvis.........close one
10. Original of the species.........this one pretty much beats out all the other no. 10s

6-4 to HTDAAB