Updated U2 Album Rank.

[Folkelig]

I'll have a go:

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic

Achtung Baby
Unforgettable Fire

Great:

POP
Joshua Tree
HTDAAB

Solid

Zooropa
War
ATYCLB
Rattle and Hum
October
Boy

 

[Axver]

Consider the convo stopped.

In U2 news, I was at the NYC show yesterday. I wrote a travelogue/review that I posted under the "Just Got back from the NYC show" thread. It's on page 5. I'd link it, but I can't post links until I've posted 15 times...

Oh, that was a great review. I very much enjoyed reading it.

Maybe we should all pop over to Put 'Em Under Pressure?

 

[HyperU2]

Above average

Boy
October
War
Unforgettable Fire
Joshua Tree
Rattle and Hum
Achtung Baby
Zooropa
Pop
All That You Can't Leave Behind
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

 

[2861U2]

Classic:
Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
HTDAAB (eventually, I believe)

Great:
Boy
Pop
ATYCLB
War

Solid:
Zooropa
Rattle and Hum
October

Uneven:
The UF

 

[MatejU2]

Classic:
HTDAAB
Achtung Baby
Unforgettable Fire
Joshua Tree

Great:
ATYCLB
War
Boy

Solid:
Rattle and Hum
Zooropa
Pop
October

 

[djerdap]

Classics:
Achtung Baby
HTDAAB
The Joshua Tree

Great:
Pop
The Unforgettable Fire

Solid:
Zooropa
War
Boy
October

Uneven:
Rattle and Hum
ATYCLB

 

[JOFO]

my favorites:

Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Pop
The Unforgetable Fire
Zooropa
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Rattle and Hum

secondary favorites:

Boy
War
October
Wide Awake In America
Passengers

 

[ultrraviolette]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic

The Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Great

The Unforgettable Fire
Zooropa
Under A Blood Red Sky


Solid

Rattle And Hum
Wide Awake In America
War
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Boy

Uneven

Pop
October

 

[If you shout...]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic/Whatever

Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
Pop

Great/Very Good

Zooropa
Boy
The Unforgettable Fire

Solid Enough

War
Rattle and Hum
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Uneven

October
All That You Can't Leave Behind (I'll gladly leave this shit behind, for the record...)

 

[melon]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic

Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby

Great

HTDAAB (it is FAR too premature to call this "classic," and maybe it is undeserving, but until then...)

Solid

Pop
Zooropa (and I really like this album...)
ATYCLB (and I am really lukewarm to this one...)
The Unforgettable Fire
War
Rattle and Hum

Uneven

Boy
October

Melon

 

[snutes1]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic/Whatever

Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
Pop

I was tempted to put POP in this class but then I remembered
the Playboy Mansion which should of been a solid b-side.

Later, Paul.

 

[rjhbonovox]

Looks quite alright to me ... the best are at the top, the 'worst' are at the bottom (by 'worst', I mean they aren't quite as good as the best but still bloody outstanding).

I'm sure a lot of people would love to argue my placement of Achtung Baby, though.

Yeah I would but I'm not going to, still beats me how Achtung Baby is down there.

 

[Sleep Over Jack]

I think even if you don't like AB, to place it below the inconsistent War, and the below-par Rattle And Hum is absolutely ridiculous..

 

[Canadiens1131]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic

Achtung Baby
Joshua Tree

Great

HTDAAB
Zooropa
Unforgettable Fire
POP

Solid

Boy
ATYCLB

Uneven

Rattle and Hum
War
October

 

[Jack In The Box]

I'm in shock with your choices

 

[Vervefloyd]

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic

Achtung Baby
The Unforgettable Fire
POP

Great

The Joshua Tree
Zooropa
Boy
Passengers

Solid

War
HTDAAB
October

Uneven

ATYCLB

Should not even be considered an album

Rattle & Hum

 

[WinnieThePoo]

you wanna play , let's do it


Genius/Masterpiece/Classic
Pop ( studio album in making , so good )
Achtung Baby ( pure silver )
Joshua Tree ( pure gold )
Zooropa ( as good as it gets )

Great

War ( rated R U2 )
Boy ( le debuteeeee )

Solid

October ( not bad , dark style )
Rattle & Hum ( good stuff , good ideas )

Uneven
ATYCLB
HTDAAB
UF ( although , title song is great , bad gets 5 stars , but not enough for one studio work )

 

[rjhbonovox]

you wanna play , let's do it


Genius/Masterpiece/Classic
Pop ( studio album in making , so good )
Achtung Baby ( pure silver )
Joshua Tree ( pure gold )
Zooropa ( as good as it gets )

Great

War ( rated R U2 )
Boy ( le debuteeeee )

Solid

October ( not bad , dark style )
Rattle & Hum ( good stuff , good ideas )

Uneven
ATYCLB
HTDAAB
UF ( although , title song is great , bad gets 5 stars , but not enough for one studio work )

Wowo your classics are absolute GREAT choices.

 

[Bono's shades]

I like these categorizations. I don't think U2 has had any albums that out-and-out suck, but there certainly have been uneven ones.

Here's my go at this:

Genius/Masterpiece/Classic:
The Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby

Great:
War
The Unforgettable Fire

Solid:
Rattle and Hum
Boy
Zooropa

Uneven:
October
Pop
ATYCLB

I'm still trying to decide if HTDAAB lies in the solid or uneven category. I like it better than either Pop or ATYCLB, and I think I like it better than October.

 

[AtomicBono]

Instead of saying Genius/Masterpiece/Classic, why don't we just pick one word? I'm getting overload here. I vote for "Genius" cuz it's short and a cool word.

Genius (5 stars):
Achtung Baby
Pop
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
The Joshua Tree

Great (4.5 stars):
War
Zooropa
All That You Can't Leave Behind

Solid (4 stars):
Boy
Rattle and Hum

Uneven (3.5 stars):
The Unforgettable Fire
October

I think the fact that I'd rate an "uneven" U2 album 3.5/5 stars shows how good they are...or how obsessed I am

 

[SCDave]

Masterpiece/Genius:
Achtung Baby
Unforgettable Fire

Great:
Boy
October
War
Joshua Tree
HTDAAB

Solid:
Pop
ATYCLB

Uneven:
Zooropa
Rattle and Hum

 

[MacPhisto066]

my 2 cents

GENIUS / MASTERPIECE

- Achtung Baby
- The Joshua Tree
- War

GREAT

- The Unforgettable Fire
- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
- Boy

SOLID

- Rattle And Hum
- Zooropa
- All That You Can't Leave Behind
- October


UNEVEN
- None, really

 

[Axver]

I think even if you don't like AB, to place it below the inconsistent War, and the below-par Rattle And Hum is absolutely ridiculous..

Why?

 

[bonosleftone]

No offense to anyone but I think a lot of you ranking Bomb as a classic already are still buzzing off the initial high. I did the same with ATYCLB and wait till you see what I think of it now lol.


HTDAAB - This one is in limbo if I had to rank it right now it would be under Great.

Classic/Masterpiece

The Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby
Pop

Great

Zooropa
The Unforgettable Fire
War

Solid

Boy

Uneven

Rattle & Hum
October
All That You Can't Leave Behind - Frankly this is slowly falling into the very bottom of the list of U2 albums in my view. Although it did have the best tour, so go figure.


The best part about all this is that none of these albums are BAD or unlistenable, theres just some albums that don't "do it" for me. The classics and greats I dont skip a thing, the solids I may skip one or two, and the unevens I skip about a 1/4.

 

[Eric G]

Genius-
Joshua Tree
Achtung Baby

Great-
Unforgettable Fire
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Solid-
War
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Pop

Uneven-
Zooropa
October
Rattle And Hum
Boy

 

[God Part III]

Achtung Baby
The Joshua Tree
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
Pop
Zooropa
Rattle And Hum
October
The Unforgettable Fire
All That You Can't Leave Behind
War
Boy

 

[snutes1]

AFTER many listens now HTDAAB is approacing the runway of GREAT.

 

[U2girl]

Classic
JT
AB

Very good
Dismantle the bomb

Good, but the second half suffers
ATYCLB
Zooropa

Solid
Rattle and Hum

Uneven
UF
Pop
October/Boy/War

 

[Peter]

Genius-
Achtung Baby

Great-
Joshua Tree
How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Unforgettable Fire

Solid-
War
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Pop
Rattle And Hum
Boy

Uneven-
Zooropa
October

 

[popacrobat]

awesome/classic

how to dismantle an atomic bomb
pop
joshua tree

great

achtung baby
unforgettable fire
war
all that you can't leave behind

solid

zooropa
rattle and hum
boy

uneven

october