Best Album Survivor Results

[digitize]

They are as follows...

1. Achtung Baby
2. The Joshua Tree
3. Zooropa
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Pop
6. Boy
7 (tie). No Line on the Horizon
7 (tie). War
9. Rattle and Hum
10. All That You Can't Leave Behind
11. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
12. Original Soundtracks 1
13. October

By comparison, these were the ranks generated by the last Rate the Song series:
1. Achtung Baby
2. The Joshua Tree
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Pop
5. Zooropa
6. Rattle and Hum
7. No Line on the Horizon
8. War
9. Boy
10. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
11. All That You Can't Leave Behind
12. Original Soundtracks 1
13. October

From the last Best Album Survivor...
1. Achtung Baby
2. The Joshua Tree
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. Pop
5. Zooropa
6. Boy
7. War
8. All That You Can't Leave Behind
9. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
10. Rattle And Hum
11. October

And from the last Worst Album Survivor, run at roughly the same time as the last Best Album Survivor...
11. October
10. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
=8. All That You Can't Leave Behind
=8. Rattle And Hum
7. War
6. Boy
5. Zooropa
4. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Pop
2. The Joshua Tree
1. Achtung Baby

Make of that as you wish. It will probably be a few days until I can get a Best Song Survivor series going, because there are a lot of little details that I have to work out. Axver and I have been discussing significantly changing some aspects of it.

 

[flybabe]

I guess (according to Interference) that October is THE worst U2 album, period.

 

[OpenG180]

I guess (according to Interference) that October is THE worst U2 album, period.

Funny, from the early U2 it's the one i listen to the most.. I'm not saying it's the best, but it's the one i'm never sick of.

 

[Nick66]

So that's two records and an "interesting interlude" in the Top 3.

And yeah, October deserved better.

 

[mikal]

Looks good except for the fact that Passengers should be ranked higher. I do understand that many people probably haven't given it the time of day that it deserves.

 

[digitize]

So that's two records and an "interesting interlude" in the Top 3.

Yeah, it's absurd that TJT was ranked so highly.

 

[Nick66]

Yeah, it's absurd that TJT was ranked so highly.

Hey man, take it up with Edge. He's the one who called Zooropa an "interesting interlude", not me.

Though I agree with him.

 

[gvox]

War beat No Line by 1 vote. Member NotTheOnlyOne registered, posted twice, and then voted on one poll - ONE POLL - only...and didn't return to the Survivor series after that. Highly suspicious, and at minimum...their opinion don't mean shiiiiiit.

 

[LemonMelon]

Looks good except for the fact that Passengers should be ranked higher. I do understand that many people probably haven't given it the time of day that it deserves.

WHY SHOULD THEY IT'S NOT A U2 RECORD

Spoiler

Why isn't Bono singing

 

[djerdap]

If Passengers was a 10-song album, I think it would have been much more successful. The 2nd half is all filler, apart from One Minute Warning and Theme From Let's Go Native. The latter is such a cool, funky jam.

And what the fuck were they thinking with Elvis Ate America?

 

[digitize]

Elvis Ate America is utterly fantastic.

 

[mikal]

Hey man, take it up with Edge. He's the one who called Zooropa an "interesting interlude", not me.

Though I agree with him.

Well, U2 member quotes aren't always correct. Bono said that God was in the room when they recorded HTDAAB. In that case, it was a sin leaving "Mercy" off the record.

 

[djerdap]

Leaving Mercy off the record makes me consider my atheism.

 

[mikal]

It's like they farted on a newborn baby's head, sniffed it and then defined it as freedom.

 

[intedomine]

Really wish October could get itself off the bottom. To me it sits in the middle few rungs.

 

[Flairix]

Damn, apparently Zooropa and The Unforgettable Fire were extremely close. I should've been there for TUF man...I should've been there...

 

[lazarus]

War beat No Line by 1 vote. Member NotTheOnlyOne registered, posted twice, and then voted on one poll - ONE POLL - only...and didn't return to the Survivor series after that. Highly suspicious, and at minimum...their opinion don't mean shiiiiiit.

That's pretty fucking lame.

Totals should have been changed.

 

[gvox]

I'm only slightly serious in my protest..I mean, she did just register, but I have no inside knowledge on whether or not this is a legit new member or not.

Of course, she could be cheating.

 

[Vlaco]

Bomb should've been down the list. It's obvious that October is better.

 

[Salome]

great albums
bad list

 

[Nick66]

great albums
bad list

Bomb should've been down the list. It's obvious that October is better.

Indeed.

You both need to be careful though. Not prefacing your comments with "IMO" while using words like "obviously" tends to cause some to burst a blood vessel around here. Apparently, without the disclaimer that your words are your own opinion, they get confused and think you are making some kind of official statement of fact and go into a tailspin.

 

[LemonMelon]

It's obvious that October is better.

Shit! I'm sorry. How could I miss that?

 

[Vlaco]

Indeed.

You both need to be careful though. Not prefacing your comments with "IMO" while using words like "obviously" tends to cause some to burst a blood vessel around here. Apparently, without the disclaimer that your words are your own opinion, they get confused and think you are making some kind of official statement of fact and go into a tailspin.

Let them think, I don't care. Typing 'imo' in almost every sentence is so useless.

 

[Vlaco]

Shit! I'm sorry. How could I miss that?

The Unforgettable Fire is an amazing album. How could you miss that (too)? That's a far more important question.

 

[cobl04]

Vlaco'd

 

[Nick66]

Let them think, I don't care. Typing 'imo' in almost every sentence is so useless.

The Unforgettable Fire is an amazing album. How could you miss that (too)? That's a far more important question.

 

[Axver]

Indeed.

You both need to be careful though. Not prefacing your comments with "IMO" while using words like "obviously" tends to cause some to burst a blood vessel around here. Apparently, without the disclaimer that your words are your own opinion, they get confused and think you are making some kind of official statement of fact and go into a tailspin.

I've been posting unpopular opinions and general bollocks here for years without an "IMO" in sight and I don't get called out like you do.

Clearly it's just you, not the lack of "IMO".

 

[Nick66]

I've been posting unpopular opinions and general bollocks here for years without an "IMO" in sight and I don't get called out like you do.

Clearly it's just you, not the lack of "IMO".

Well, I don't have 131,211 post like you do.

And yes, congratulations!

 

[cobl04]

This is a really good song off the G.O.O.D. Music album

Kid Cudi - Creepers (Cruel Summer) - YouTube

 

[standrums]

I know it's of no use to anybody but my top 3 are still, and in no particular order:

NLOTH
Zooropa
UF

Magical - stick them on playlist on random and I'm as happy as a pig in shit.

Of course there are one or two duds in all those albums - all U2 albums have duds - but those are the 3 best U2 albums, and I'm right, everybody else is wrong