What are your favourite/least favourite U2 albums vocally, musically and lyrically?

[Saracene]

I realise that for some people one and the same album can be a favourite in all three categories, anyway, here are my picks:

VOCALLY:
Favourite: ATYCLB - I just can't describe how much I love Bono's aged voice and it's soul-stirring richness.

Honourable mention: JT - has some of Bono's best 80s era singing.

Least favourite: Achtung Baby - I'm probably in minority here, but I feel like Bono's raping his voice on this record. It sounds like it's being strangled out of his throat and that croaking extra-nasally singing completely ruins half of the songs for me.

(Dis)honourable mention: War - WAY too much banshee wailing.


MUSICALLY:
Favourite: JT - absolutely gooooooorgeous.

Honourable mention: October - lush and beautiful. Piano bits are just pure yumminess.

Least favourite: War


LYRICALLY:
Favourite: Achtung Baby

Honourable mention: POP

Least favourite: October - Ok, maybe it's unfair to kick it because many of the lyrics had to be improvised, but...

 

[U2girl]

vocally:
ATYCLB. totally agree-Bono sounds great-on one hand his voice is getting raspy (BD ending, Always chorus, IALW) on the other hand it sounds incredibly clear (Stuck), groovy (Elevation), soft (Walk on, WILATW), playful&happy (Wild honey), emotional (POE), and lots of interesting details are to be found in his voice in Grace and New York. and let's not forget the power in Kite.

Least favorite: first three U2 albums. all that screaming.

Honorable mention: UF, JT and AB.


Musically:
ATYCLB. 11 different melodies. it is amazing to see how much different things U2 can do musically on one album.
also, AB. Edge is just unbelievable here.

Honorable mention: JT.

Least favorite: the first 2 albums.

Lyrically: depends on what i'm looking at. ATYCLB, because it touches me more than any other U2 album.
AB because it is so different from the lyrics Bono wrote in the past. and it also touches me a lot in some moments.

Honorable mention: JT. richness of the language is fascinating.

Least favorite: i dunno. i don't think i have a least favorite album as far as lyrics are concerned.


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[christiana]

Vocally: Favourite - AB
Least favourite - Boy
Musically: Favourite - JT
Least favourite - October
Lyrically: Favourite - War tied with ATYCLB
Lease favourite - Boy

 

[Angela Harlem]

My least fave are the first 3 as well. I also dont like ATYCLB a great deal. Its growing on me slowly, but...

Fave is AB. Everything about it I love.

2 Honourable mentions are UF and JT. Some pearlers on those 2.

Fave listen is R&H. I like mix on that.

 

[IvanClaytonJnr]

Vocally :
Favourite : Unforgettable Fire
Least : ATYCLB

Musically
Favourite : ZOOROPA
Least : Rattle&HUM

Lyrically :
Favourite : Joshua Tree
Least : ATYCLB ( for POE and WILATW )

 

[80sU2isBest]

Vocally:
Fave: The Unforgettable Fire
Least: POP

Musically:
fave: The Unforgettable Fire
Least: POP

Lyrically:
Fave: October
Least: POP

 

[polka king]

yeah, what 80sU2 said...

 

[The_Sweetest_Thing]

VOCALLY: ATYCLB (I love IALW)..it's so passionate

MUSICALLY: JT

LYRICALLY: Close calls here...
I say JT (One Tree Hill gets me every time)

Honroable Mention: AB (One, anyone?)
and Zooropa ('nuff said)

 

[SweetOnU2]

Vocally Fav: JT
Least: Boy

Lyrically FAV: AB
*JT close second for lyrically
Least: October

Musicaly FAV: POP
*AB close second fro fav musically
Least: Boy



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[Nate Dogg]

Vocally:Joshua Tree or Pop(if you leave Miami out)

Musically:ATYCLB or Joshua Tree

Lyrically:Achtung Baby, without a doubt...

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Nate


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