Alright, the fans have spoken.
Disclaimers: I recorded a total of 71 voters (32 voters in the <18 to 28 range, and the other 39 voters in the 29 to 45+ range). A few of you submitted an extra album in the 3rd spot and I recorded them if I felt there was no true "3rd" place distinction. So that will explain the higher vote count versus number of voters.
Also, if you did not include your demographic, I did not record your votes. For the record, they would have made no difference to the final results.
No surprises at the 1 and 2 positions...but the rest was not what I expected.
Anyway, the results:
ALBUM - TTL Votes - Percent
Achtung Baby - 66 - 30.6%
Joshua Tree - 52 - 24.1%
Unforgettable Fire - 26 - 12.0%
Pop - 19 - 8.8%
Zooropa - 18 - 8.3%
NLOTH - 16 - 7.4%
ATYCLB - 7 - 3.2%
War - 6 - 2.8%
HTDAAB - 3 - 1.4%
Boy - 2 - 0.9%
October - 1 - 0.5%
Rattle & Hum - 0 - 0.0%
Passengers I - 0 - 0.0%
AB and JT were 1 and 2 across every demographic. But the 3rd pick was different in many of the age groups:
<18: (tied) UF, ZOO, NLOTH
18-23: ZOO
24-28: (tied) UF, POP, NLOTH
29-33: POP
34-38: UF
39-44: UF
45+: NLOTH
I found it curious that NLOTH was the 3rd best among 45+. UF only got 1 vote among that group.
Also, strange to me, is the fact that October only got 1 vote while R&H got NO votes at all....especially when Zooropa and Pop got so many.
And, POP? The 4th best U2 album? I'll disagree with that one all the way home.
There you have it. I will keep the complete results in case anyone wants to see specific data. Thank you to everyone for participating, it was rather fun to see what people like.