October Playlist

[dismantlemyfly]

Since I’ve been in quarantine for months and months (and months), I realized I’ve listened to my entire music collection while working from home, and needed to do find something different. That being said, and this being a special month, I created a custom playlist for this album since I always felt that the original running order was a bit… odd.

1. Rejoice
2. Is That All
3. Fire
4. Gloria
5. Tomorrow
6. With a Shout
7. I Threw a Brick Through a Window
8. I Fall Down
9. Stranger in a Strange Land
10. Scarlet
11. October

I feel that this works a bit better, and I listen to this playlist more than the actual album. Aaaand I figured I’d share because… well, there’s not much else going on.

 

[ascender_RS]

That's one album I've not really thought about doing an alternate playlist for. Thanks for the suggestion, will try that over the weekend.

 

[Hollow Island]

I just got the deluxe edition and was blown away by the 1996 version of Tomorrow - Bono's vocal is incredible!

I wish that they'd kept the arrangement of Fire when it was Saturday Night - it was more powerful. The stop-start nature of Fire is tense but it grows stale after a while imo.

I Fall Down is one of my favorite U2 songs - I wish they'd bring it back. It was amazing live back when they played it. The chord changes in the chorus are massive!

I wouldn't change the order of October. It's a bit wonky but I really, really love the album.

 

[DaveC]

in the last 2-3 years i've listened to october probably twice as much as any other U2 album. it's ridiculously underappreciated.

 

[the tourist]

in the last 2-3 years i've listened to october probably twice as much as any other U2 album. it's ridiculously underappreciated.

I agree with this. It’s definitely in the upper half of their albums for me. But I don’t hide the fact that I consider the 80s to be by far U2’s best decade.