Rank The Unforgettable Fire/Wide Awake In America

[bobsaget77]

Classics
1 Bad 10/10
2 The Unforgettable Fire 10/10
3 A Sort Of Homecoming 10/10
4 Wire 10/10
5 Love Comes Tumbling 10/10

Really Good
6 Elvis Presley and America 9/10
7 Three Sunrises 9/10
8 Pride 9/10
9 MLK 9/10
10 Promenade 9/10
11 Indian Summer Sky 9/10
12 4th of July 8/10


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[LemonMelon]

Classic:

1. A Sort of Homecoming: Studio (10/10)
2. Bad: WAIA (10/10)
3. Love Comes Tumbling (9.5/10)
4. A Sort of Homecoming: WAIA (9/10)
5. The Unforgettable Fire (9/10)
6. Promenade (9/10)

Great:

7. Pride (8.5/10)
8. Wire (8.5/10)

Very good:

9. Bad: Studio (8/10)
10. The Three Sunrises (7.5/10)

Decent:

11. Elvis Presley and America (7/10)
12. MLK (7/10)
13. Indian Summer Sky (6.5/10)
14. 4th of July (6.5/10)

First half = amazing
Second half = disappointing but fine
WAIA = awesome

The TUF era was one of U2's best, but the album is a bit messy and incomplete.

 

[bobsaget77]

I was tempted to include Bass Trap, but I didn't. That's their best instrumental song imo.


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[Bad Exit]

Bad
The Unforgettable Fire
Elvis Presley And America
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Promenade
Wire
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Pride
A Sort of Homecoming
Three Sunrises
Indian Summer Sky
Love Comes Tumbling
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MLK
4th of July

 

[DaveC]

4th of July - 10/10
Love Comes Tumbling - 10/10
Wire - 10/10
A Sort of Homecoming - 9.5/10
Pride - 9/10
Bad - 9/10
The Three Sunrises - 8.5/10
Indian Summer Sky - 8/10
The Unforgettable Fire - 8/10
Promenade - 7/10 (9/10 when played before 4th of July)
Elvis Presley and America - 7/10
MLK - 5.5/10

 

[Axver]

Let's just do the whole UF era, sans live stuff:

Top Five U2 Listening
1. A Sort of Homecoming
2. Bad
3. The Unforgettable Fire

Classic U2 Listening
4. Boomerang II
5. Love Comes Tumbling
6. Indian Summer Sky
7. Pride
8. Bass Trap
9. The Three Sunrises
10. Wire
11. Promenade

Very Good U2 Listening
12. Elvis Presley and America
13. Boomerang I
14. Sixty Seconds in Kingdom Come

Decent U2 Listening
15. 4th of July
16. MLK

If we include Edge's Captive soundtrack, Rowena's Theme and Heroine would place pretty well on that list too. What a fucking incredible era, one that U2 have never topped.