Its hard to compare to other albums cause I've had over a decade to digest Achtung Baby, and its still my favorite album. In terms of after about 10 listens, this is up there with JT and AB. Is it better? I dont know, only time will tell. But seriously, for me at least, there are NO weak tracks on this album. NONE...its so great. ATYCLB was incredible to me, but after buying it and playing it straight through once or twice, I started going for the tracks I really liked and just repeated them a lot. With the Bomb, I am playing the whole album straight through, over and over again. What a brilliant effort by the greatest band ever!!