Early song rankings

[Irvine511]

NEW CLASSIC:
Every Breaking Wave

POWERFUL and EXPANSIVE:
Cedarwood Road
Raised by Wolves
Iris

HYPNOTIC and SEDUCTIVE:
The Troubles
Sleep Like A Baby

JOY:
The Miracle
Song for Someone
Invisible

WHAT IS IT I'M NOT HEARING?
This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
California

FAIL:
Volcano

 

[corianderstem]

You're not hearing that California belongs under JOY, Irvine, because that song is full of motherfucking JOY.

 

[purpleoscar]

...and "This is where you can reach me now" should be in the NEW CLASSIC section or HYPNOTIC.

 

[Irvine511]

You're not hearing that California belongs under JOY, Irvine, because that song is full of motherfucking JOY.

it sounds like Katy Perry and the RHCP gave birth to a child and they named it Brian Wilson but it has no talent.


(it's not that bad, i just don't get it)

 

[corianderstem]

No, it sounds like Arcade Fire's No Cars Go with a Beach Boys homage. GET IT RIGHT.

 

[Irvine511]

i like the Beach Boys. i like Arcade Fire.

but some things are best not mixed.

 

[iron yuppie]

 

[prbiker15]

Ranking #3, after 6 full listens:

01 - Every Breaking Wave
02 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
03 - Cedarwood Road
04 - The Troubles
05 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
06 - Volcano
07 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
08 - Raised by Wolves
09 - California (There is No End to Love)
10 - The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
11 - Song for Someone

I decided to give the album a listen for the first time since Thursday. Still fantastic, and there still isn't such thing as a shitty song.

01 - Every Breaking Wave
02 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
03 - Cedarwood Road
04 - The Troubles
05 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
06 - California (There is No End to Love)
07 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
08 - Volcano
09 - The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
10 - Raised by Wolves
11 - Song for Someone

 

[Gilead12]

Well. I've listened a bunch. Pretty sure opinions are still settling, but might be able to take a shot:

Songs I love and wouldn't change:
1. The Troubles
2. California
3. Iris
4. Song for Someone

Song I like a lot and think I'd love were it tweaked:
5. Every Breaking Wave

Songs I like a lot but feel eh, leave em be:
6. Volcano
7. Sleep Like a Baby
8. Raised by Wolves
9. This is Where You Can Reach Me Now

Songs I like fine and would leave be:
10. The Miracle
11. Cedarwood Road

in general,

 

[bobsaget77]

1. The Troubles
2. Invisible
3. Iris
4. EBW
5. Cedarwood Road
6. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
7. This Is Where You Can Reach Me
8. The Miracle
9. Song for Someone
10. California
11. Volcano
12. Raised By Wolves

 

[yenlard]

Cedarwood just bulldozes along. Such a great sound. This would be blistering in concert if they play it.

 

[prbiker15]

Cedarwood just bulldozes along. Such a great sound. This would be blistering in concert if they play it.

I hope they play Cedarwood Road live, would love for it to close the main set.

 

[corianderstem]

Haaaaaa.

 

[allbecauseofme]

1- Volcano

2- Sleep Like a Baby Tonight

3- TIWYCRMN

4- EBW

5- Iris

6- Raised by Wolves

7- Cedarwood Road

8- California

9- The Trouble

10- Song for Someone

11- The Miracle




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[IrishDawg]

Guess I'm one of the few who isn't feeling love for Cedarwood Road or Raised By Wolves. Maybe that will change in time.

1. Volcano
2. Every Breaking Wave
3. Iris
4. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
5. This is Where You Can Reach me Now
6. California
7. The Miracle
8. The Troubles
9. Song For Someone
10. Cedarwood Road
11. Raised By Wolves

 

[trevgreg]

01. The Troubles
02. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
03. The Miracle
04. Every Breaking Wave
05. This is Where You Can Reach Me
06. Raised by Wolves
07. California
08. Cedarwood Road
09. Song for Someone
10. Volcano
11. Iris

My first updated list after a weekend of listens.

01. The Troubles
02. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
03. Every Breaking Wave
04. The Miracle
05. This is Where You Can Reach Me
06. California
07. Cedarwood Road
08. Volcano
09. Raised by Wolves
10. Song for Someone
11. Iris

 

[prbiker15]

Guess I'm one of the few who isn't feeling love for Cedarwood Road or Raised By Wolves. Maybe that will change in time.

I'm not feeling Raised by Wolves that much, either. It's good, but the other 9 tracks have grown on me exponentially, and it stayed behind with Song for Someone.

 

[2861U2]

After giving it a couple days rest:

AMAZING
1) The Troubles
2) Every Breaking Wave

VERY GOOD
3) California
4) Raised By Wolves
5) Song For Someone

GOOD
6) The Miracle
7) Iris
8) This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
9) Cedarwood Road

OKAY
10) Sleep Like A Baby Tonight

NOT MY THING, BUT WHATEVER, 10 OUT OF 11 AIN'T BAD
11) Volcano

 

[dan_smee]

I've given up ranking because it seems unfair for any of these songs to be below 7th.

I have done what others have done and given a few tiers:

Incredible, amazing, epic U2 listening:
EBW
The Troubles
Raised By Wolves
Song for Someone
Iris

As good as the best of the 00s (except MOS):
Cedarwood Road
California
Volcano
Sleep Like a Baby
This is Where...

Brilliant, would be a decent single on ATYCLB, Bomb or NLOTH:
The Miracle




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[RobertWiscy]

Raised By Wolves, Sleep and Iris are ridiculously good and the rest of the album is really good too. Not a single clunker.

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[ozeeko]

I like 'em all for the most part.

Volcano is prob my least fave, despite having the best bass moment on the record.
The Miracle is 2nd last, it has good sections but ultimately feels like it's trying too hard, and the chorus is unmemorable.
The one song that has lessened in value is This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now...there's nothing objectionable about it, and I love Edge's Stones-y guitar in the intro, but it just passes by without leaving much of an impression. It seems like filler.

Faves:

Iris
Raised by Wolves
Cedarwood Rd.
Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
The Troubles

Other ones I genuinely like but am not going apeshit over

EBW
California
SFS

All in all, that's pretty consistent these days for a U2 album.

 

[BWU2Buffs]

I'm just curious if there is a Poll version of the various ranking threads? While I like seeing the buckets people are using to categorize, like Joy (a great word by the way) I think it would be interesting to see how a poll of the songs ended up.

Same with the album ranker thread(s).

Did I miss the poll thread(s) or can someone start one?

Thanks.

Oh, and here's maybe a giggle for you - my 9 and 11 year old daughters like the part in Raised By Wolves where the instruments make that 4 beat percussion 'kee kee" sound (hard to describe) -- it reminds them of Ben Stiller's Cobra team from DodgeBall.

 

[hasin73]

...and "This is where you can reach me now" should be in the NEW CLASSIC section or HYPNOTIC.

 

[hasin73]

My 7 year old daughter has fixed her favourite song from SOI :

RAISED BY WOLVES !!! I am really impressed at her taste.

 

[Salome]

01 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
02 - The Troubles
03 - Every Breaking Wave
04 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
05 - Cedarwood Road
06 - California (There is No End to Love)
07 - Raised by Wolves
08 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
09 - The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
10 - Volcano
11 - Song for Someone


Meh, who knows.
It's all very good - great.

 

[lazarus]

Not sure if a separate thread should be created, but I'd love to see where more people would rank Invisible had it been included.

Many seem to feel that the #2 spot works well on a custom playlist.

 

[BonoDude]

My list!!!

1. Every Breaking Wave
2. Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
3. Iris
4. The Miracle
5. Raised by Wolves
6. California
7. Volcano
8. The Troubles
9. Song For Someone
10. Cedarwood Rd
11. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now

 

[ricku2]

Impossible, I like them all, but maybe I like no 1 a little bit more than I like no 11 just a little:

01 - Iris (Hold Me Close)
02 - California (There is No End to Love)
03 - This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
04 - Cedarwood Road
05 - Song for Someone
06 - Every Breaking Wave
07 - Raised by Wolves
08 - The Troubles
09 - The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
10 - Sleep Like A Baby Tonight
11 - Volcano

 

[269er]

1.) Every Breaking Wave
2.) Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
3.) The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)
4.) California (There is No End to Love)
5.) Raised by Wolves
6.) Cedarwood Road
7.) Iris (Hold Me Close)
8.) The Troubles
9.) This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
10.) Song for Someone
11.) Volcano

 

[Reggie Thee Dog]

1. Acrobat
2. Where the Streets Have No Name
3. One
4. Bullet the Blue Sky
5...wait...

Mashup of JT and AB...sorry guys, that description threw me off...