Ranking Achtung Baby Songs

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BANZAI

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It's time for a new ranking thread! This time not the ranking of U2 albums, but of songs of their generally accepted masterpieces: Achtung Baby and The Joshua Tree.

ACHTUNG BABY

1. Acrobat
2. The Fly
3. Until The End Of The World
4. Love is Blindness
5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. Ultraviolet
7. Zoo Station
8. Mysterious Ways
9. One
10. Even Better Than The Real Thing
11. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
12. So Cruel (the only average song on the album)


THE JOSHUA TREE

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. With Or Without You
3. I Still Haven't Found
4. Running To Stand Still
5. One Tree Hill
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In Gods' Country
8. Exit (live version would be higher)
9. Mothers Of The Disappeared
10. Bullet The Blue Sky (live version would be higher)
11. Trip Through Your Wires
 
I really can't rank Achtung, I like every song on different days, except for maybe So Cruel and TTTYAATW.

As for Joshua Tree:

1) Running To Stand Still
2) ISHFWILF
3) Red Hill Mining Town
4) One Tree Hill
5) With Or Without You
6) Mothers Of The Disappeared
7) In God's Country
8) Where The Streets Have No Name
9) Exit
10) Bullet The Blue Sky
11) Trip Thru Ure Wires
 
I dont see why so many people here hate So Cruel I think it is one of the best ballads that U2 has ever written music and lyrics wise, but then again it doesnt surprise me.

None the less here is my ranking

Achtung Baby

1. One
2. The Fly
3. Until The End Of The World
4. Mysterious Ways
5. So Cruel
6. Ultraviolet
7. Acrobat
8. Love Is Blindness
9. Even Better Than The Real Thing
10. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
11. Zoo Station
12. Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World

I love every track on Achtung Baby though it is my favourite and probably always will be.

Joshua Tree

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. With Or Without You
3. Running To Stand Still
4. I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For
5. Red Hill Mining Town
6. One Tree Hill
7. In Gods Country
8. Exit
9. Mothers Of The Disappeared
10. Bullet The Blue Sky
11. Trip Thru Your Wires
 
This is judging on album versions, because live, this list completly changes.

Achtung Baby
1. One
2. Acrobat
3. Until The End Of The World
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. Ultraviolet
7. The Fly
8. So Cruel
9. Even Better Than The Real Thing
10. Love Is Blindness
11. Zoo Station
12. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World

The Joshua Tree
1. Red Hill Mining Town
2. In God's Country
3. Running To Stand Still
4. With Or Without You
5. One Tree Hill
6. Where The Streets Have No Name
7. Exit
8. Mothers Of The Disappeared
9. Bullet The Blue Sky
10. Trip Through Your Wires
11. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
 
achtung baby

acrobat
love is blindness
ultraviolet
who's gonna ride your wild horses
until the end of the world
the fly
even better than the real thing
mysterious ways
zoo station
so cruel
trying to throw your arms around the world
one


the joshua tree

with or without you
where the streets have no name
exit
running to stand still
i still haven't found what i'm looking for
bullet the blue sky
in god's country
one tree hill
red hill mining town
mothers of the disappeared
trip through your wire
 
The Joshua Tree

1. I Still Haven't Found
2. With Or Without You
3. Where The Streets Have No Name
4. Running To Stand Still
5. One Tree Hill
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In Gods' Country
8. Mothers Of The Disappeared
9. Trip Through Your Wires
10. Bullet The Blue Sky
11. Exit



Actung baby

1. The Fly
2. One
3. Until The End Of The World
4. Love is Blindness
5. Mysterious Ways
6. So Cruel (the only average song on the album)
7. Acrobat
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. Zoo Station
10. Ultraviolet
11. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
12. Even Better Than The Real Thing
 
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The Joshua Tree

1. One Tree Hill
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Red Hill Mining Town
4. Mothers Of The Disappeared
5. Exit
6. In God's Country
7. Running To Stand Still
8. Bullet The Blue Sky
9. With Or Without You
10. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
11. Trip Through Your Wires

Achtung Baby

1. Acrobat
2. The Fly
3. Love Is Blindness
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Zoo Station
6. Even Better Than The Real Thing
7. Mysterious Ways
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. So Cruel
10. Ultra Violet
11. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around A Shit Song
12. One

And because I want my post to have two masterpieces, not one masterpiece and one sack of crap, here's U2's OTHER masterpiece:

The Unforgettable Fire

1. Bad
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. A Sort Of Homecoming
4. Promenade
5. Wire
6. Indian Summer Sky
7. 4th Of July
8. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. MLK
 
:up:


The Unforgettable Fire

1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
4. Promenade
5. Bad
6. Wire
7. Indian Summer Sky
8. MLK
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. 4th of July
 
Axver said:

And because I want my post to have two masterpieces, not one masterpiece and one sack of crap,

I've heared you mention this before. Could you explain me why on earth you're calling AB a sack of crap?!

BTW, here's my ranking of The Unforgettable Fire (U2's third masterpiece)

1. Bad
2. Promenade
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Wire
5. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
6. Indian Summer Sky
7. A Sort Of Homecoming
8. MLK
9. 4th Of July
10. Elvis Presley And America
 
BANZAI said:


I've heared you mention this before. Could you explain me why on earth you're calling AB a sack of crap?!

Because I just don't like the album? It's not that unusual, despite the way some people here act. Most of the U2 fans I know as friends consider Achtung to be inferior, dated, or in a couple of cases, a sack of crap. I think the album is inconsistent, full of clunkers, poorly produced, highly over-rated, and at the end of the day, boring. October slays it.
 
I love these threads.

Achtung Baby
1=. Acrobat/Until the End of the World/The Fly
4. One
5. Who's Gonna Ride Your Horses
6. Ultra Violet (Light My Way)
7. Love is Blindness
8. Mysterious Ways
9. So Cruel
10. Even Better Than the Real Thing
11. Zoo Station
12. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
But those are all basically 4/5's.

The Joshua Tree
1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. With or Without You
3. Running to Stand Still
4. Exit
5. One Tree Hill
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. Red Hill Mining Town
8. In God's Country
9. Bullet the Blue Sky
10. Trip Through Your Wires
11. Mothers of the Disappeared

And for good measure:
All That You Can't Leave Behind
1=. Kite/The Ground Beneath Her Feet/When I Look at the World
4. Beautiful Day
5. Walk On
6. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of
7. In a Little While (bridge gives it all its credibility)
8. Wild Honey
9. New York
10. Peace on Earth
11. Elevation
12. Grace
 
U2Man said:
Not liking Achtung Baby is like not liking ice cream.

Where you wrote 'ice cream', you meant 'horrific sonic torture'.
 
Achtung Baby

1. Love is Blindness
2. Ultraviolet
3. Acrobat
4. So Cruel
5. Mysterious Ways
6. Zoo Station
7. The Fly
8. Until the End of the World
9. Even Better Than the Real Thing
10. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
11. One
12. Tryin to Throw Your Arms Around the World
 
JT
1. Red Hill Mining Town
2. Bullet The Blue Sky
3. Where The Streets Have No Name
4. Exit
5. With Or Without You
6. Trip Through Your Wires
7. In God's Country
8. Running To Stand Still
9. One Tree Hill
10. Mothers Of The Disappeared
11. I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For

TUF
1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Pride
4. Promenade
5. 4th Of July
6. Wire
7. Bad
8. Indian Summer Sky
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. MLK

AB

1. Ultra Violet
2. Acrobat
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. The Fly
5. Until The End Of The World
6. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
7. Zoo Station
8. Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around THe World
9. Mysterious Ways
10. One
11. Love Is Blindness
12. So Cruel
 
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JT
Streets....
ISHFWILF
WOWY
One tree hill
red hill mining town
in gods country
mothers...
Exit
RTSS
BTBS
TTYW

ACHTUNG
UTEOTW
one
the fly
so cruel
acrobat
zoo station
ebttrt
mysterious ways
ultraviolet
tttyaatw
wgrywh
love is blindness

ATYCLB (a masterpiece IMO)
Beautiful day
walk on
kite
WILATW
in a little while
stuck...
newyork
elevation
wild honey
grace
peace on earth
 
woohoo!

All That You Can't Leave Behind

1. Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of
2. Beautiful Day
3. In a Little While
4. Wild Honey
5. Peace on Earth
6. Grace
7. Walk On
8. Kite
9. When I Look at the World
10. Elevation
11. New York
 
U2Man said:


I thought U2 were commended for their great sonic skills.

I heard Bono got all the way to the casino night level. ;)


Achtung Baby
1. Acrobat
2. Love Is Blindness
3. Zoo Station
4. The Fly
5. Until The End Of The World
6. Mysterious Ways
7. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
9. One
10. Even Better Than The Real Thing
11. So Cruel
12. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World

The Joshua Tree
1. Exit
2. One Tree Hill
3. Red Hill Mining Town
4. Running To Stand Still
5. Where The Streets Have No Name
6. With Or Without You
7. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
8. Bullet The Blue Sky
9. In God's Country
10. Mothers Of The Disappeared
11. Trip Through Your Wires
 
Axver said:


Because I just don't like the album? It's not that unusual, despite the way some people here act. Most of the U2 fans I know as friends consider Achtung to be inferior, dated, or in a couple of cases, a sack of crap. I think the album is inconsistent, full of clunkers, poorly produced, highly over-rated, and at the end of the day, boring. October slays it.
even though I rate AB as a very good album I don't really disagree with most of this

I do think it sounds dated and is indeed inconsistent
to me Even better than ...... is still their suckiest single to date :D
 
Achtung Baby
1. The Fly
2. One
3. Until the End of the World
4. Mysterious Ways
5. Zoo Station
6. Ultra Violet (Light My Way
7. Acrobat
8. Even Better Than the Real Thing
9. Love is Blindness
10. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?
11. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
12. So Cruel

The Joshua Tree
1. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
2. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. With or Without You
4. Running to Stand Still
5. One Tree Hill
6. Exit
7. Red Hill Mining Town
8. Bullet the Blue Sky
9. In God's Country
10. Mothers of the Disappeared
11. Trip Through Your Wires
 
BANZAI said:
It's time for a new ranking thread! This time not the ranking of U2 albums, but of songs of their generally accepted masterpieces: Achtung Baby and The Joshua Tree.


THE JOSHUA TREE

1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. With Or Without You
3. I Still Haven't Found
4. Running To Stand Still
5. One Tree Hill
6. Red Hill Mining Town
7. In Gods' Country
8. Exit (live version would be higher)
9. Mothers Of The Disappeared
10. Bullet The Blue Sky (live version would be higher)
11. Trip Through Your Wires
:yes:

ACHTUNG BABY
1.Zoo Station
2.Ultra VIolet
3.Even Better Than The Real Thing
4.One
5.Mysterious Ways
6.Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
7.Trying to throw your arms around the world
8.Until The End of the world
9.The Fly
10.Love Is Blindness
11.acrobat
12.So cruel

:wink:
 
Achtung
1.The Fly
2.Acrobat
3.EBTTRT
4.One
5.Mysterious ways
6.UTEOTW
7.Love is Blindness
8.Zoo Station
9.Ultra violet
10.Who's gonna...
11.TTTYAATW

Joshua
1.Streets
2.WOWY
3.One Tree Hill
4.Running to stand still
5.MOTD
6.Bullet
7.In God's Country
8.Exit
9.ISHFWILF
10.Trip
 
Woo, this is fun...

UF
ASOH
Wire
Pride
Promenade
TUF
ISS
Bad
EP&A
MLK
4th of July

JT
WTSHNN
OTH
RHMT
RTSS
WoWY
MotD
IGC
ISHFWILF
Exit
BTBS
TTYW

Funny thing about JT - one, I love the whole thing, including TTYW. Two, live versions of Exit & BTBS would push them up 3-4 slots, no doubt

AB
The Fly
Acrobat
UTEOTW
Ultraviolet
LiB
So Cruel
WGRYWH
One
Zoo Station
EBTTRT
MW
TTTYAATW

R&H (because I love it) - just ranking the studio tracks
VDL
Hawkmoon
AIWIY
Heartland
Desire
God Pt. 2
AoH
WLCTT
LRM - Lovetown version jumps it over AoH & WLCTT
 
Achtung Baby
1. The Fly
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Acrobat
4. Zoo Station
5. Until the End of the World
6. One
7. Ultraviolet
8. EBTTRT
9. Wild Horses
10. Love is Blindness
11. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World
12. So Cruel


The Joshua Tree
1. Streets
2. WOWY
3. ISHFWILF
4. Exit
5. In God's Country
6. Bullet the Blue Sky
7. Red Hill Mining Town
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. One Tree Hill
10. Running to Stand Still
11. MOTD
 
Achtung Baby

1. Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World (I've always loved this song)
2. Mysterious Ways
3. Until the End of the World
4. Wild Horses
5. Love is Blindness
6. So Cruel
7. Ultraviolet
8. EBTTRT
9. The Fly
10. Zoo Station
11.One
12. Acrobat






1. Exit
2. In Gods Country
3. One Tree Hill
4. Running to Stand Still
5. Trip Through ......Wires
6. ISHFWILF
7. Streets (like it better live)
8. WOWY
9. MOTD
10. Bullet
 
Achtung Baby

1. One
2. Until The End Of The World
3. Mysterious Ways
4. The Fly
5. Zoo Station
6. Ultraviolet
7. Even Better Than The Real Thing
8. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
9. Love Is Blindness
10. Acrobat
11. So Cruel
12. Tryin To Throw Your Arms Around The World

Joshua Tree

1. With Or Without You
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Running To Stand Still
4. I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For
5. One Tree Hill
6. In Gods Country
7. Red Hill Mining Town
8. Bullet The Blue Sky
9. Mothers Of The Disappeared
10. Exit
11. Trip Thru Your Wires

The 2 greatest albums of all time......very tough to rank and mine could change at any time but this is how it stands as of right now
 
Achtung Baby
1. Until the End of the World
2. Acrobat
3. Love is Blindness
4. Mysterious Ways
5. So Cruel
6. Zoo Station
7. UltraViolet
8. Even Better than the Real Thing
9. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
10. The Fly
11. Tryin' to Throw Your Arms Around the World
12. One

Joshua Tree
1. Streets
2. Running to Stand Still
3. One Tree Hill
4. Still Haven't Found
5. Exit
6. In God's Country
7. With or Without You
8. Trip Through Your Wires
9. Mothers of the Disapeared
10. Red Hill Minig Town
11.Bullet the Blue Sky

And I'll add the REAL third masterpiece...

War
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday
2. Seconds
3. "40"
4. Two Hearts Beat as One
5. New Year's Day
6. The Refugee
7. Drowning Man
8. Like a Song
9. Surrender
10. Red Light
 
Achtung Baby
1. Mysterious Ways
2. Zoo Station
3. So Cruel
4. Even Better Than The Real Thing
5. Until The End Of The World
6. The Fly
7. One
8. Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World
9. Acrobat
10. Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
11. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
12. Love Is Blindness

Joshua Tree
1. Trip Through Your Wires
2. Red Hill Mining Town
3. One Tree Hill
4. Running To Stand Still
5. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
6. In God's Country
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Bullet The Blue Sky
9. Mothers Of The Disappeared
10. Exit
11. With Or Without You
 
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