BWU2Buffs
War Child
+CONCATENATE("Have you considered adding","a score for songs played on tour?")
+IF("Song played live",10,5)
How do the results change?
I'd suggest War climbs above Bomb and NLOTH, but just a hunch.
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+CONCATENATE("Have you considered adding","a score for songs played on tour?")
+IF("Song played live",10,5)
How do the results change?
I'd suggest War climbs above Bomb and NLOTH, but just a hunch.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
+CONCATENATE("Have you considered adding","a score for songs played on tour?")
+IF("Song played live",10,5)
How do the results change?
I'd suggest War climbs above Bomb and NLOTH, but just a hunch.
Take your point, but live has nothing to do with my rating of albums. It wouldn't make sense to alter a song rating based on a great live version, yet appoint scores based in the cohesiveness of the album as a whole.
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BWU2Buffs
War Child
I understand how and what you did, well maybe more the what, I'm just wondering how it would work out -- say for example if you tried pulling the top 3 or 4 songs from each album in their live / tour translation.
For example, I'd say UF goes up cuz Bad, Pride, MLK and UF all translated well, even in 1985/86 whereas the best songs from NLOTH did not translate all that well, at least IMO.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
Yeah fair enough. I actually think NLOTH would be fairly constant, because GOYB would go up considerably live.
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CosmoKramer
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I don't think you can rate a new album within the first week, call me crazy. For me....3 months is when I know how I really feel and truth be told, at a year is when all the hype and excitement is completely gone and might be the best time to make an unclouded judgment,
I looked up an old thread I commented on back in 2009. I made a couple of comments about NLOTH that were clearly clouded.
One thing I said was that No Line was better than Bomb....IMO it's not even close to Bomb(I don't hide my love for that album).
What I will say is that with No Line there were 4 songs I really liked and 3 that I always skipped (4 others were just...meh). With SOI, at the same point in time there are 8 songs I really like and 3 that are meh, none that I skip. That might change but time will tell.
I'm also a firm believer that a live version, if done really well, can enhance the studio version. I experienced that with COBL and I can see that happening with a few of these songs.
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Okay, I need to clarify. This album is what I am spinning all the time right now and I love it, but I need months before it can truly upset Pop as my favorite. So, take me off the list as having SOI as number one. It could be, but for now I'm just enjoying it a lot. Thanks for letting me clarify and I apologize for giving the wrong impression in my earlier post.
purpleoscar
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I'll leave it in for now because it is what you liked at that moment. I'm sure months later everyone's ratings will be VERY different, especially if SOE is released soon. Plus it's only a ranking list. It's not important.
purpleoscar
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Elvis Presley and America is gobbledigook. It was Eno's fault because he convinced Bono not to finish it.
It would be like if Eno had a chance to do the same with WTSHNN it would be like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8FguVRdJnc
RobertWiscy
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He was involved in producing their last album and OMG tonight I was reminded of just how bad it is. Haven't listened to NLOTH in years but decided to do so tonight as a comparison experiment and it is WORSE than I thoughr. Not to say that there aren't a few decent moments but overall it really is crap! I was infuriated several times listening to it. My gosh. The new album is its opposite in many ways.
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DomCobb
Acrobat
Am I the only one who likes Elvis Presley and America? I love the atmosphere of it. Easy to listen to, very pleasant and calming. And its unfinished nature gives it some nice character.
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RobertWiscy
Acrobat
It would be better with real words for lyrics but overall musically it's cool to listen to. Beats most of the total crap on NLOTH.
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Tranquilfire
The Fly
Fear not! You are not alone. One of my favorites, too.
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The correct ranking for true fans:
1. Joshua Tree
2. All That You Can't Leave Behind
3. Achtung Baby
4. Unforgettable Fire
5. Zooropa
6. War
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7. October
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8. Boy
9. No Line on The Horizon
10. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
11. Original Soundtracks I
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12. Pop
13. Rattle & Hum
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14. Songs Of Incest
Categories are Best New Music, 8.0+, Overlooked, Tolerable and Flatulence.
1. Joshua Tree
2. All That You Can't Leave Behind
3. Achtung Baby
4. Unforgettable Fire
5. Zooropa
6. War
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7. October
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8. Boy
9. No Line on The Horizon
10. How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
11. Original Soundtracks I
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12. Pop
13. Rattle & Hum
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14. Songs Of Incest
Categories are Best New Music, 8.0+, Overlooked, Tolerable and Flatulence.
JUSTinPUSHPLAY
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AB
JT
ATYCLB
Songs
No Line
Bomb
UF
Zoo
Pop
R&H
War
Boy
October
JT
ATYCLB
Songs
No Line
Bomb
UF
Zoo
Pop
R&H
War
Boy
October
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bobsaget77
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Nick66
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If you didn't rank The Joshua Tree in your top three you have no heart, and if you didn't rank The Unforgettable Fire in your top three you have no soul.
BigMacPhisto
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Da fuq?
I will say though that the last three posters who have submitted lists (including myself) are clearly true fans. The Holy Trinity is ALWAYS tops. Period.
RobertWiscy
Acrobat
The Ignore button is a beautiful thing, except for when people quote the post in their reply.
God Part III
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Stop calling people who don't share your taste 'not true fans'
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DomCobb
Acrobat
Since when is ATYCLB part of "the Holy Trinity"? Definitely one of their lesser efforts.
dan_smee
ONE love, blood, life
95% of the fan community would consider TUF, TJT and AB as the holy trinity
Edit - fuck autocorrect
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bobsaget77
Rock n' Roll Doggie
The holy trinity is Three. Their first EP. But only us true fans know that kinda stuff......
ozeeko
Refugee
then there's the Holy Shit:
CT
GOYB
SUC
CT
GOYB
SUC
bobsaget77
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Replace Winter with Crazy Tonight and then that's absolutely correct. I've tried very hard to like GYOB, but it's just too awful. Stand Up Comedy is the absolute worst U2 song ever made. And that's not an exaggeration.
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SUC is the worst album track although there's a couple of more forgettable ones one the new record. Not sure which crime is worse.
purpleoscar
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It's not that bad. It has great guitar. The lyrics are too tongue in cheek but Red Light and The Refugee are worse.
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