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Just curious to know what your 'Complete' The Unforgettable Fire tracklists are, as in the ten album tracks plus the six b-sides(Boomerang 1, Boomerang 2, Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come, Love Comes Tumbling, The Three Sunrises, Bass Trap).

This is one I just made up off the top of my head. Probably will change quite a bit before I actually make it.

The Three Sunrises
Wire
Bass Trap
The Unforgettable Fire
Promenade
4th Of July
Bad
Love Comes Tumbling
Boomerang 1
Pride(In The Name Of Love)
Boomerang 2
Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
A Sort Of Homecoming
Indian Summer Sky
Elvis Presley And America
MLK

Open to all your tracklists, and suggestions/comments on mine.
 
Huh?

So is this your ranking of the songs, I think you've got no replies, because there's confusion as to what your asking...or maybe I'm the only one confused.

Er, Indian Summer Sky is my fave song off that album.
 
I don't want rankings. I want anybody's tracklisting, like playlists, with an album-type-flow to it. Like the Joshua Tree Restored tracklisting where the b-sides were added with the album tracks....but do it with The Unforgettable Fire. People should understand what I'm asking now, I would think.
 
Ah I see, I don't really do that too much.

I have tried making a compilation, taking the first song, off each album, but as far as themes, nah.

No method to the madness.
 
I need to get my hands on Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come and Boomerang 1 and 2.
 
It's perfect as it is. Trying to jam all the B-sides on there (especially since they're mostly boring instrumentals) is simply subtraction through addition. "Three Sunrises" and "Love Comes Tumbling" are worthwhile, but they don't suit the mood of the album.

If anything, I'd add "Bass Trap" to the end of Wide Awake In America (which I always felt was a little lacking as a companion piece).
 
typhoon said:
It's perfect as it is. Trying to jam all the B-sides on there (especially since they're mostly boring instrumentals) is simply subtraction through addition. "Three Sunrises" and "Love Comes Tumbling" are worthwhile, but they don't suit the mood of the album.

If anything, I'd add "Bass Trap" to the end of Wide Awake In America (which I always felt was a little lacking as a companion piece).
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They're boring just because they're instrumentals? The Boomerangs are great as are Sixty Seconds and Bass Trap.

And your use of the word 'jam' implies that you think 16 tracks would be too much for one playlist. I disagree. The JT Restored tracklisting is 18 tracks long and it's arguably better than JT.

Hopefully someone will actually post a tracklisting sooner or later.
 
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namkcuR said:
They're boring just because they're instrumentals?
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I said that they were a) boring and b) instrumentals but never implied any correlation.

If I said, "they're instrumentals and therefore boring" or perhaps rammed something up your ass, you would have a reason to act so butt-hurt, but I did neither.

"Bass Trap" is an excellent instrumental, but including it on the album would kill its pace. "4th of July" is a good interlude (although dreadfully boring out of context because it's just the same unimaginative part over and over again). The rest are boring for the majority of people who don't enjoy listening to "soul wind blow" for four or so minutes straight (or the nonvocal version where you don't even get that).

I say "jam" because your only criteria for inclusion seems to be that the songs were recorded in 1984, since you don't seem to be adding them to improve the flow or mood of the album.
 
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typhoon said:

I said that they were a) boring and b) instrumentals but never implied any correlation.

If I said, "they're instrumentals and therefore boring" or perhaps rammed something up your ass, you would have a reason to act so butt-hurt, but I did neither.

"Bass Trap" is an excellent instrumental, but including it on the album would kill its pace. "4th of July" is a good interlude (although dreadfully boring out of context because it's just the same unimaginative part over and over again). The rest are boring for the majority of people who don't enjoy listening to "soul wind blow" for four or so minutes straight (or the nonvocal version where you don't even get that).
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I never said you made a correlation. I only asked if that was what you meant, and now you've answered that question.

Anyway, I disagree with you about these b-sides, but that's ok. I'm just looking for tracklists from people who have maybe made them in the past. I know some have because there was a thread a while back where some people posted tracklists of the type I am asking for.

And my criteria here is no different than people who decided to stick the JT b-sides in the album to make an 18-track double album. I'm not aiming to improve the flow or the mood, I'm aiming to improve the whole listening experience. I enjoy all the b-sides and am just trying to figure out the best way to put them into the record. That is all.
 
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I love to write, and I find songs from the UF era to be wonderful to write to, so I have worked on creating a comprehensive 'album' of songs from the era ... and every time I put together a tracklisting, it's different to the last. About all that stays the same from one tracklist is the flow of Promenade --> The Unforgettable Fire --> Promenade [yes, again] --> 4th Of July --> Bad. I won't even attempt a new tracklisting here.
 
Axver said:
I love to write, and I find songs from the UF era to be wonderful to write to, so I have worked on creating a comprehensive 'album' of songs from the era ... and every time I put together a tracklisting, it's different to the last. About all that stays the same from one tracklist is the flow of Promenade --> The Unforgettable Fire --> Promenade [yes, again] --> 4th Of July --> Bad. I won't even attempt a new tracklisting here.
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Why not? I don't care if it changes in your head in five minutes, doesn't matter a bit to me, I'm just looking for ideas here.
 
namkcuR said:


Why not? I don't care if it changes in your head in five minutes, doesn't matter a bit to me, I'm just looking for ideas here.
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Alright, here's one ...

1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
3. Wire
4. Indian Summer Sky
5. Boomerang I
6. Boomerang II
7. Love Comes Tumbling
8. Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. Bass Trap
11. Promenade
12. The Unforgettable Fire
13. Promenade
14. 4th Of July
15. Bad
16. MLK
17. The Three Sunrises

I have never put The Three Sunrises so late (I usually open with it), but I feel it works really well with MLK and allows the album to loop nicely back to ASOH in a continuous circuit. I'm unsure of a few transitions, but after all, this is the UF era we're talking about here and you can create all kinds of beautiful combinations. I love listening to this stuff in any order - though preferably with the preservation of Promenade --> 4th Of July --> Bad (hence why I use Promenade twice, as I also love Promenade --> The Unforgettable Fire AND The Unforgettable Fire --> Promenade).
 
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miss becky said:


D'oh! So it was. It's very early here and I've not properly woken up yet. Sorry!
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You think you can get away with your mistake just like that? Oh no, it doesn't work that way! You have to name which U2 instrumental is the only one to have been played live before your error is forgiven!

:wink:
Just being sarcastic. Though I will be impressed if you can name the song!
 
The Three Sunrises
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Boomerang 2
Wire
A Sort Of Homecoming
The Unforgettable Fire
Promenade
Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
Bad
Indian Summer Sky
Elvis Presley And America
Love Comes Tumbling
MLK
Bass Trap
Silver & Gold ('85 Bono Version)


I've never been fond of 4th of July, so I replaced it with 60 Seconds... I also can't see the purpose of having both Boomerangs so I went with the vocal version. It comes after Pride since it follows on the single. I also added Silver & Gold since it came out in '85, the same as Sunrises/Tumbling and it makes a good album closer.
 
I have one!!!


1) A Sort of Homecoming
2) Pride
3) Wire
4) The Unforgettable Fire
5) Promenade
6) 4th July
7) Bad
8) Indian Summer Sky
9) Elvis Presley and America
10) MLK
 
I don't think Three Sunrises is anymore upbeat than say, Pride, so it could definitely fit, especially as its production is very UF in sound..I'm still amazed its not on that album.
 
Axver said:


Alright, here's one ...

1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
3. Wire
4. Indian Summer Sky
5. Boomerang I
6. Boomerang II
7. Love Comes Tumbling
8. Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
9. Elvis Presley And America
10. Bass Trap
11. Promenade
12. The Unforgettable Fire
13. Promenade
14. 4th Of July
15. Bad
16. MLK
17. The Three Sunrises

I have never put The Three Sunrises so late (I usually open with it), but I feel it works really well with MLK and allows the album to loop nicely back to ASOH in a continuous circuit. I'm unsure of a few transitions, but after all, this is the UF era we're talking about here and you can create all kinds of beautiful combinations. I love listening to this stuff in any order - though preferably with the preservation of Promenade --> 4th Of July --> Bad (hence why I use Promenade twice, as I also love Promenade --> The Unforgettable Fire AND The Unforgettable Fire --> Promenade).
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Very interesting, thanks for the input. I think this is what I've settled on, I'm extremely happy with the flow on this:

1.The Three Sunrises
2.Wire
3.Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
4.Bass Trap(the long 5:20 minute version)
5.The Unforgettable Fire
6.Promenade
7.4th Of July
8.Bad
9.MLK
10.A Sort Of Homecoming
11.Pride(In The Name Of Love)
12.Indian Summer Sky
13.Boomerang 1
14.Boomerang 2
15.Love Comes Tumbling
16.Elvis Presley And America
 
1.Three Sunrises
2.Indian Summer Sky
3.Love comes tumbling (my fifth favorite U2 song would fit nice here nicely, would have been a hit if it was included in the album)
4.The unforgettable fire
5.Promenade
6.Wire
7.Pride (in the name of love)
8.Boomerang (instrumental)
9.Sixty Seconds in Kingdom come
10.A sort of homecoming
11.Bad
12.4th of July
13.Boomerang (vocals)
14. Elvis Presley and America
15. MLK

I would not include Bass Trap because it is my least favorite track off all time (it sounds like cheap porn music):reject:
 
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