My personal album summary

[cobl04]

Who are y'all to decide that Original Soundquacks Vol. 13 or whatever it's called, is a "U2" album, when the band themselves decided it wasn't?

They may have disowned Pop, but at least they admit it was by them.

 

[nielsgov]

Who are y'all to decide that Original Soundquacks Vol. 13 or whatever it's called, is a "U2" album, when the band themselves decided it wasn't?

They may have disowned Pop, but at least they admit it was by them.

And because I forgot: Original Soundtracks I - 7

 

[PennyLanePHINS]

Boy - 8.5
October - 7
War - 9.5
The Unforgettable Fire - 8.5
The Joshua Tree - 10
Rattle & Hum - 7.5
Achtung Baby - 10
Zooropa - 9
Original Soundtracks 1 (Passengers) - 6
Pop - 8
All That You Can't Leave Behind - 10
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 9
No Line On The Horizon - 9

 

[LemonMelon]

And because I forgot: Original Soundtracks I - 7

I forgot it too.

Passengers: 8

 

[gman]

Boy - Excellent Debut, full of deep and meaningful songs. Lets not forget...it was written by teenagers!!
October - Excellent
War - Very Good
The Unforgettable Fire - Superb
The Joshua Tree - Masterpeice
Rattle & Hum - Highly underappreciated
Achtung Baby - Masterpiece
Zooropa - Very Very Good
POP - Superb
ATYCLB - Very Very Good
HTDAAB - Average (as far as u2 albums go. Still love the album tho.)
NLOTH - 1st 4 song are superb, Middle is a let down, Last 3 songs equal a really strong finnish

 

[gman]

I like the idea of scoring the albums, more than trying to find words to describe...so i will also like to score them, if thats ok. I feel that gives a more accurate reflaection of my feelings towards them

Boy - 8.5
October - 8.5
War - 8
The Unforgettable Fire - 9
The Joshua Tree - 10
Rattle & Hum - 8.5
Achtung Baby - 10
Zooropa - 8
Original Soundtracks 1 (Passengers) - 8
Pop - 8.5
All That You Can't Leave Behind - 8.5
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 7
No Line On The Horizon - 9

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

Hi everyone. First-time poster here. I've been a big U2 fan since 1985 or so.

Anyway, I wanted to do one of those lists where I basically sum up how I feel about each album, in a nutshell, with feedback from the community if you agree/disagree.

Here goes:

Boy: Great
October: Great
War: Fantastic
Unforgettable Fire: Very good (I think Pride might be my favorite U2 song)
Joshua Tree: Phenomenal
R&H: Excellent
Achtung Baby: Phenomenal, again
Zooropa: Good
Pop: Very good, very underrated
ATYCLB: Good ... mostly (somebody please help me with this one!)
Atomic Bomb: Good ... mostly (again, a little help here)
Horizon: Very, very good (don't know about Boots, though)

Thanks for reading.

Hi. I'm new here as well.

You're the first person I've seen describing R&H as excellent! But I actually halfway agree with you. Many of the studio tracks are really good! And even the live ones, though they are far from the best versions of the particular songs, I have nostalgic attachments to them. So yeah...

Here's my list:

Boy - Very good debut - 8
October - Good but not quite as good as Boy - 7
War - Great first half, good second half - 8
The Unforgettable Fire - Great atmosphere, uneven in parts though - 8
The Joshua Tree - Epic! - 10
Rattle And Hum - Mixed bag but still enjoyable when in the right mood - 7
Achtung Baby - Stunning! - 10
Zooropa - Cool follow-up to Achtung, a bit lacking towards the end - 8
Pop - Misunderstood gem! - 9
All That You Can't Leave Behind - Bright, sunny, optimistic but a little dull - 7
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Good collection of songs but no subtlety or atmosphere! - 6
No Line On The Horizon - Very good comeback minus the middle 3 - 8

 

[Sken]

Boy - 8
October - 7
War - 7
The Unforgettable Fire - 9
The Joshua Tree - 9
Rattle & Hum - 8
Achtung Baby - 10
Zooropa - 8
Original Soundtracks 1 (Passengers) - 6
Pop - 9
All That You Can't Leave Behind - 7
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - 7
No Line On The Horizon - 7
10 Reasons To Exist - 10

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

10 Reasons To Exist - 10

 

[djerdap]

Newbies coming and rating Pop very highly?

The hive is spreading way outside the Internet (or America if you will).

 

[gman]

Actually....i wanna review my score i gave Rattle and Hum.....and want to UP the score to a 9. As it was the most magical time ever of my u2 fandom.

Which then makes me realise just how strong the output from UF to AB was, with me scoring the 4 albums an AVERAGE score of 9. How spoilt we were back then

 

[popacrobat]

Boy: B-
October: D
War: B+
Unforgettable Fire: A
Joshua Tree: A+
Rattle and Hum: C+
Achtung Baby: A+
Zooropa: B+
Passengers: C
Pop: A-
All that you can't leave behind: B
Atomic Bomb: B+
No Line: A-

 

[RobertWiscy]

Mine

Using a typical rating scale with 5 choices: Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good, Excellent.

Boy: Very Good
October: Very Good
War: Excellent
Unforgettable Fire: Very Good
Joshua Tree: Excellent
R&H: Very Good
Achtung Baby: Excellent
Zooropa: Good
Pop: Very Good
ATYCLB: Good (a few years ago I would've rated this Very Good but it's dipped for me)
Atomic Bomb: Good
Horizon: Good

Their three most underrated albums are October, Unforgettable Fire, and Pop.

I think the three most overrated might be the three most recent ones, and it pains me to say that about both ATYCLB and Horizon.

 

[Vlaco]

Boy: 8
October: 7
War: 7.5
The Unforgettable Fire: 9.5
The Joshua Tree: 10
Rattle & Hum: 7
Achtung Baby: 9.5
Zooropa: 8.5
Pop: 8.5
All That You Can't Leave Behind: 6.5
Bomb: 3.5
No Line On The Horizon: 8