Top 10 U2 Atmospheric Songs

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I don't post often here, but always follow the threads. I'll try to get this one started: What are the best U2 atmospheric songs? I just love U2 at their most atmospheric, exploring new soundscapes, so I put down my top 10 list below:

10. Grace
9. The First Time (specially the instrumental version by Daniel Lanois in the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack
8. Bass Trap
7. Elvis Presley and America
6. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
5. If You Wear That Velvet Dress: the jewel from Pop, imo
4. Heartland
3. Promenade
2. Your Blue Room
1. The Unforgettable Fire: the most atmospheric U2 song imo. The sounds they explore are, well, unforgettable.

Well, I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
 
So are we listing U2's MOST atmospheric songs, of their BEST songs that are atmospheric? For now, I'll assume you meant the former, so here's my list.

1. Promenade
2. Your Blue Room
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Where The Streets Have No Name
5. Love is Blindness
6. Bad
7. Mothers of the Disappeared
8. Running to Stand Still
9. Miss Sarajevo
10. A Sort of Homecoming
 
1. The Unforgettable Fire
2. Bass Trap
3. Heartland
4. A Sort Of Homecoming
5. Slug
6. Wild Irish Rose
7. Promenade
8. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
9. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
10. Beach Sequence
 
Lancemc said:
So are we listing U2's MOST atmospheric songs, of their BEST songs that are atmospheric?

You're right, I was talking about the MOST atmospheric songs. And btw, I wish I had put Love is Blindness in my list, great choice!
 
Axver said:
1. The Unforgettable Fire
2. Bass Trap
3. Heartland
4. A Sort Of Homecoming
5. Slug
6. Wild Irish Rose
7. Promenade
8. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
9. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
10. Beach Sequence

Great list Axver. I would have replaced Luminous Times with Race Against Time but outside of that you really nailed it.
 
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Axver said:
1. The Unforgettable Fire
2. Bass Trap
3. Heartland
4. A Sort Of Homecoming
5. Slug
6. Wild Irish Rose
7. Promenade
8. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
9. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
10. Beach Sequence

Indeed.... :drool:
 
1. If You Wear That Velvet Dress

Just try playing this song in the pure dark, when only the moon outside shines your room.

2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Your Blue Room
4. Lemon
5. 4th of July
6. Running To Stand Still
7. Bad
8. Love is Blindness
9. Exit
10.Heartland
 
1. 4th Of July
2. Exit
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Bass Trap
5. Endless Deep
6. Walk To The Water
7. Heartland
8. Promenade
9. New York
10. The Ocean
 
No order, but here's 10:

1. Bottoms
2. Promenade
3. Beach Sequence
4. 4th of July
5. Alex Descends
6. Wake Up Dead Man
7. A Sort of Homecoming
8. Exit
9. Slug
10. Love Comes Tumbling
 
1. Unforgettable Fire
2. Promenade
3. Love is Blindness
4. If You Wear that Velvet Dress (reg. version)
5. A Sort of Homecoming
6. Gloria
7. Zooropa
8. Levitate
9. Do You Feel Loved
10. Gone
 
Zooropa
The Ocean
Wake Up Dead Man
Love Is Blindness
The Unforgettable Fire
Exit
Night and Day :drool:
Promenade
Luminous Times
If You Wear That Velvet Dress :drool:
 
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