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After I read the alternative histories of namkcuR and LemonMacPhisto, I knew I had to do one myself. This one is about half the length of namkcuR but it is thorough. Almost every album is sunningly different from the original. Plus, I included some neat things like a Joshua Tree double album, MacPhisto and Mirrorball Man EP's, and alot of other cool things. I know not everyone likes these things but for the ones who do, enjoy!

Twilight LP October 1980
1. I Will Follow
2. Things To Make And Do
3. Twilight
4. Life On A Silent Planet
5. Another Time, Another Place
6. A Day Without Me
7. The Ocean
8. 11 O’ Clock Tick Tock
9. Out Of Control
10. Touch
11. Electric Co.
12. Shadows And Tall Trees

I Will Follow Alb. Sing. August 1980
1. I Will Follow
2. Jack In The Box
3. I Will Follow (Island Demo)

!1 O’ Clock Tick Tock Alb. Sing. October 1980
1. 11 O’ Clock Tick Tock
2. The Fool
3. The Dream Is Over

Touch Alb. Sing. January 1980
1. Another Day
2. Alone In The Light
3. Touch

Tomorrow LP October 1981
1. I Fall Down
2. Is That All?
3. I Threw A Brick Through A Window
4. An Cat Dubh/ Into The Heart
5. Stranger In A Strange Land
6. October
7. With A Shout
8. Tomorrow
9. Scarlet
10. Rejoice
11. Gloria

Gloria Alb. Sing .October 1981
1. Gloria
2. Fire
3. False Prophet

I Fall Down Alb. Sing. January 1982
1. I Fall Down
2. Boy/ Girl
3. Inside Out

Stories For Boys One Shot Sing, October 1982
1. Street Mission
2. Stories For Boys
3. Party Girl
4. J. Swallow

War LP March 1983
1. New Year’s Day
2. The Drowning Man
3. Two Hearts Beat As One
4. Endless Deep
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Like A Song
7. Red Light
8. Seconds
9. The Refugee
10. A Celebration
11. Surrender
12. “40”

New Year’s Day Alb. Sing. January 1983
1. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)
2. New Year’s Day (Single Version)
3. 11 O’ Clock Tick Tock (Live in Boston)

Two Hearts Beat As One Alb. Sing. April 1983
1. Two Hearts Beat As One
2. With A Shout (Live at the Malibu)
3. Rejoice (Live at the Malibu)

Under A Blood Red Sky VHS November 1983
1. Surrender
2. Seconds
3. Sunday Bloody Sunday
4. The Electric Co.
5. October
6. New Year’s Day
7. I Threw A Brick
8. A Day Without Me
9. Gloria
10. Party Girl
11. 11 O’ Clock Tick Tock
12. I Will Follow
13. “40”

Under A Blood Red Sky EP November 1983
1. Surrender
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. New Year’s Day
4. A Day Without Me
5. Gloria
6. Party Girl
7. I Will Follow
8. “40”

The Unforgettable Fire LP October 1984
1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. The 4Th Of July
3. The Unforgettable Fire
4. MLK
5. Indian Summer Sky
6. Bad
7. Love Comes Tumbling
8. Sixty Seconds In Kingdom Come
9. Elvis Presley In America
10. Promenade
11. Wire
12. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Pride Alb. Sing. September 1984
1. Pride (Single Version)
2. Boomerang 1
3. Boomerang 2

The Unforgettable Fire Alb. Sing. April 1985
1. The Three Sunrises
2. Love Comes Tumbling (Alternate Vocals)
3. A Sort Of Homecoming (Live)
4. The Unforgettable Fire

On Fire-U2 Live in Dortmund Live-LP September 1985
1. 11O’Clock Tick Tock
2. Wire
3. MLK
4. The Unforgettable Fire
5. Surrender
6. Two Hearts Beat As One
7. Seconds
8. A Sort Of Homecoming
9. Sunday Bloody Sunday
10. Love Comes Tumbling
11. Bad
12. Promenade
13. Indian Summer Sky
14. October
15. New Year’s Day
16. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
17. Party Girl
18. Gloria
19. “40”

The Joshua Tree LP-Double Album March 1987
Disc One
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
3. With Or Without You
4. Deep In The Heart
5. Bullet The Blue Sky
6. Running To Stand Still
7. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love)
8. In God’s Country
9. Red Hill Mining Town
Disc Two
10. Spanish Eyes
11. Trip Through Your Wires
12. Sweetest Thing
13. Be There
14. One Tree Hill
15. Race Against Time
16. Exit
17. Walk To The Water
18. Mothers Of The Disappeared

With Or Without You Alb. Sing. March 1987
1. With Or Without You
2. Bass Trap
3. The 4th Of July (Extended Version)

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For Alb. Sing. May 1987
1. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
2. MLK (Live from Rosemont, Ill)
3. The Unforgettable Fire (live from Rosemont, Ill)

Where The Streets Have No Name Alb. Sing. August 1987
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. Silver & Gold
3. Wire (Dub Mix)

Walk To The Water Alb. Sing. October 1987
1. Walk To The Water
2. Womanfish
3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Rattle & Hum: Movie Soundtrack LP-Double Album October 1988
Disc One-New Material
1. When Love Comes To Town
2. Van Diemen’s Land
3. Desire
4. Hawkmoon 269
5. Angel Of Harlem
6. Love Rescue Me
7. Heartland
8. All I Want Is You
Disc Two-Live From The Film
9. Helter Skelter
10. All Along The Watchtower
11. In God’s Country
12. Bad
13. With Or Without You
14. Bullet The Blue Sky
15. Running To Stand Still
16. Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Desire Alb. Sing. September 1988
1. Desire
2. Desire (Hollywood Mix)
3. Hallelujah Here She Comes

Angel Of Harlem Alb. Sing. December 1998
1. Angel Of Harlem
2. Room At The Heartbreak Hotel
3. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

When Love Comes To Town Alb. Sing. April 1989
1. God Part 2
2. Dancing Barefoot
3. When Love Comes To Town

All I Want Is You Alb. Sing. June 1989
1. All I Want Is You
2. Unchained Melody
3. Everlasting Love

Rock’s Hottest Ticket- U2 Live at the Rosemont Live-LP February 1990
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. Trip Through Your Wires
4. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
5. MLK
6. The Unforgettable Fire
7. Bullet The Blue Sky
8. Running To Stand Still
9. Exit
10. In God's Country
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bad
13. October
14. Be There
15. Springhill Mining Disaster
16. New Year's Day
17. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
18. Mothers Of The Disappeared
19. Walk To The Water
20. With Or Without You
21. Gloria
22. 40

New Year’s Day- U2 Live in Point Depot Live-LP February 1990
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Will Follow
3. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
4. A Sort Of Homecoming
5. MLK
6. One Tree Hill
7. God Part 2
8. Desire
9. All Along The Watchtower
10. In God’s Country
11. Bullet The Blue Sky
12. Running To Stand Still
13. Dirty Old Town
14. Walk To The Water
15. Luminous Times (Hold On To Love
16. The Times Are A-Changing
17. New Year’s Day
18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
19. Party Girl
20. Angel Of Harlem
21. When Love Comes To Town
22. Love Rescue Me
23. “40”

Achtung Baby LP November 1991
1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. One
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
6. The Fly
7. Mysterious Ways
8. Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World
9. So Cruel
10. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
11. Heaven & Hell
12. Acrobat
13. Love Is Blindness

The Fly Alb. Sing. October 1991
1. The Fly
2. The Fly (Lounge Fly Mix)
3. God Part 2 (Heavy Metal Mix)
4. Wake Up Dead Man pt. 2 (Demo)

Mysterious Ways Alb. Sing. December 1991
1. Mysterious Ways
2. Mysterious Ways (Massive Attack Mix)
3. Mysterious Ways (Perfecto Mix)
4. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
5. Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Club Mix)

One Alb. Sing, February 1992
1. One
2. Night & Day (Twilight Mix)
3. Beautiful Ghost/ Introduction To Songs Of Experience
4. Take Today (Vocal Version)

Even Better Than The Real Thing Alb. Sing. May 1992
1. Even Better Than The Real Thing
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Mix)
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing (Trance Mix)
4. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
5. Salome (Demo Version, Track 12 on Disc 2)

Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses Alb. Sing. August 1992
1. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Album Version)
2. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Temple Bar Mix)
3. Satellite Of Love
4. Morning Child (Horses Demo, Version 2)
5. She’s Gonna Turn Your Head Around (Version 3)

Solar LP July 1993
1. Zooropa
2. Lady With The Spinning Head (Version 1)
3. Babyface
4. Some Days Are Better Than Others
5. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
6. Numb
7. The First Time
8. Salome (Version 1)
9. Lemon
10. Woman/ Laughing In The Face Of Love
11. Dirty Day
12. Stay (Faraway, So Close)

Stay Alb. Sing. September 1993
1. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
2. Can’t Help Falling In Love (Triple Peaks Mix)
3. Doctor Doctor (Demo)

Solar Revisited EP October 1993
1. Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
2. Lady With The Spinning Head (Dance Mix)
3. Salome (Zooromancer Mix)
4. Stay (Underdog Mix)
5. Numb (EBN Mix)
6. Dirty Day (Junk Day Mix)
7. Slow Dancing
8. The Wanderer

Zoo TV: Live In Adelaide VHS May 1994
1. Zoo Station
2. The Fly
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. Mysterious Ways
5. One
6. Unchained Melody
7. Until The End Of The World
8. New Year's Day
9. Numb
10. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World
11. Angel Of Harlem
12. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
13. Satellite Of Love
14. Dirty Day
15. Bullet The Blue Sky
16. Running To Stand Still
17. Where The Streets Have No Name
18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
19. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
20. Lemon
21. With Or Without You
22. Love Is Blindness
23. Can’t Help Falling In Love

Seibu LP November 1995
1. United Colors Of Plutonium
2. Slug
3. Your Blue Room
4. Always Forever Now
5. A Different Kind Of Blue
6. Beach Sequence
7. Miss Sarajevo
8. Corpse
9. One Minute Warning
10. Viva Davidoff
11. Plot 190

Miss Sarajevo Alb. Sing, November 1995
1. Miss Sarajevo
2. One (Live in Sydney)
3. Unchained Melody (Live in Sydney

Pop LP March 1997
1. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
2. Do You Feel Loved?
3. Mofo
4. Miami
5. Staring At The Sun
6. Last Night On Earth
7. Gone
8. Holy Joe
9. Discotheque
10. If You Wear That Velvet Dress
11. If God Would Send His Angels
12. Wake Up Dead Man
13. Please

Do You Feel Loved? Alb. Sing. February 1997
1. Do You Feel Loved?
2. Let’s Go Native
3. Discotheque (Hexidecimal Mix)
4. Discotheque (David Holmes Mix)

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me Alb. Sing, April 1997
1. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
2. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Live in Las Vegas)
3. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (Massive Attack Mix)
4. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad

Please Alb. Sing. July 1997
1. Please
2. Please (Live in Las Vegas)
3. Where The Streets Have No Name (Live in Las Vegas)
4. Pop Musik (Popmart Mix)

Staring At The Sun Alb. Sing. December 1997
1. Staring At The Sun
2. North And South Of The River
3. Theme From Swan
4. Ito Okashi

Popmart: Live In Mexico City VHS November 1998
1. .Pop Muzik
2.Mofo
3.I Will Follow
4.Gone
5.Even Better Than The Real Thing
6.Last Night On Earth
7.Until The End Of The World
8.New Year's Day
9.Pride (In The Name Of Love)
10.I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For
11.All I Want Is You
12. Do You Feel Loved? (acoustic)
13.Staring At The Sun
14.Miami
15.Bullet The Blue Sky
16.Please
17.Where The Streets Have No Name
18.Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
19.Discotheque
20.If You Wear That Velvet Dress
21.With Or Without You
22.Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
23.Mysterious Ways
24.One
25.Wake Up Dead Man

The Best Of 1980-1990 LP-Two Disc November 1998
Disc One
1. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
2. New Year’s Day
3. With Or Without You
4. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
5. Sunday Bloody Sunday
6. Bad
7. Where The Streets Have No Name
8. Gloria
9. I Will Follow
10. The Unforgettable Fire
11. 11 O’ Clock Tick Tock
12. I Fall Down
13. Desire
14. When Love Comes To Town
15. Walk To The Water
16. All I Want Is You

Disc Two– B-Sides
1. Alone In The Light
2. The Dream Is Over
3. Street Mission
4. The Fool
5. Another Day
6. Boy/ Girl
7. Stories For Boys
8. Treasure (Whatever Happened to Pete the Chop?)
9. Boomerang 2
10. The Three Sunrises
11. Silver & Gold
12. Bass Trap
13. Hallelujah Here She Comes
14. God Part 2
15. Unchained Melody
16. Everlasting Love

Suitcase LP October 2000
1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
2. Stateless
3. Beautiful Day
4. Kite
5. Grace
6. Elevation
7. Big Girls Are Best
8. Never Let Me Go
9. Stuck In A Moment
10. New York
11. When I Look At The World
12. Peace On Earth
13. Falling At Your Feet
14. In A Little While
15. Walk On (Single Version)

Beautiful Day Alb. Sing. October 2000
1. Beautiful Day
2. Always
3. Sweetest Thing (Single Mix)

Elevation Alb. Sing. December 2000
1. Elevation (Single Mix)
2. Levitate
3. Flower Child
4. Elevation (Influx Mix)

Stuck In A Moment Alb. Sing. March 2001
1. Stuck In A Moment (Single Mix)
2. Dancing Shoes
3. Wild Honey

Time To Unpack- U2 Live at Slane Castle DVD November 2001
1. A Sort Of Homecoming
2. A Beautiful Day
3. Elevation
4. Until The End Of The World
5. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
6. Out Of Control
7. Stuck In A Moment
8. Never Let Me Go
9. Kite
10. Bad
11. Where The Streets Have No Name
12. Sunday Bloody Sunday
13. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
14. Peace On Earth
15. Staring At The Sun
16. All I Want Is You
17. North And South Of The River
18. The Unforgettable Fire
19. Please
20. Bullet The Blue Sky
21. With Or Without You
22. One
23. Walk On
24. “40”

The Best Of 1990-2000 LP- Two Disc November 2002
Disc One
1. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. Beautiful Day
4. Until The End Of The World (Live in Sydney)
5. Discotheque
6. The Fly
7. Elevation
8. Woman/ Laughing In The Face Of Love
9. Staring At The Sun
10. Lemon (Edit)
11. Miss Sarajevo
12. Please (Live in Mexico City)
13. One
14. Stay (Faraway, So Close)
15. Your Blue Room
16. The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Disc Two- The B-Sides
1. Wake Up Dead Man pt. 2 (Demo)
2. Alex Descends Into Hell For A Bottle Of Milk/Korova 1
3. Beautiful Ghost/ Introduction To Songs Of Experience
4. Take Today (Vocal Version)
5. Where Did It All Go Wrong?
6. Morning Child (Horses Demo, Version 2)
7. She’s Gonna Turn Your Head Around (Version 3)
8. North And South Of The River
9. Let’s Go Native
10. Doctor Doctor (Demo)
11. Slow Dancing
12. The Wanderer
13. Two Shots Of Happy, One Shot Of Sad
14. Levitate
15. Always

The Reason I Sing LP November 2004
1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. All Because Of You
3. Mercy
4. Miracle Drug
5. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
6. Crumbs From Your Table
7. One Step Closer
8. Original Of The Species
9. Electrical Storm
10. Love And Peace Or Else
11. Vertigo
12. Fast Cars
13. Smile
14. Yahweh

Vertigo Alb. Sing. September 2004
1. Vertigo
2. Are You Gonna Wait Forever?
3. Xanax And White
4. Vertigo (Live on BBC)
5. Elevation (Live on BBC)

City Of Blinding Lights Alb. Sing, December 2004
1. City Of Blinding Lights
2. Summer Rain
3. City Of Blinding Lights (Live in San Diego)
4. New York (Live in Boston)
5. A Man And A Woman

Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own Alb. Sing, April 2005
1. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Single Mix)
2. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Alternate Version)
3. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Album Version)
4. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (Live in Chicago)
5. A Man And A Woman (Acoustic Version)

Mercy Alb. Sing, July 2005
1. Mercy
2. Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (Live in Minneapolis)
3. The First Time (Live in Minneapolis)
4. A Sort Of Homecoming (Live in London)
5. Mercy (Live)

Vertigo Tour: U2 Live In Chicago DVD November 2005
1. City of Blinding Lights
2. Vertigo
3. Elevation
4. Cry/Electric Co.
5. Electrical Storm
6. Beautiful Day
7. New Year’s Day
8. Miracle Drug
9. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
10. Love and Peace or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. Running To Standstill
14. Pride In The Name Of Love
15. Where The Streets Have No Name
16. One
17. Zoo Station
18. Discotheque
19. The Fly
20. Mysterious Ways
21. All Because Of You
22. Original Of The Species
23. Yahweh
24. Mercy

Mirrorball Man Live-EP November 2006
1. Desire
2. Ultraviolet
3. With Or Without You
4. Love Is Blindness
5. Famous Phone Calls (Montage)

Mr. MacPhisto Live-EP November 2006
1. Desire
2. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
3. Ultraviolet (Light My Way)
4. Lemon
5. With Or Without You
6. Love Is Blindness
7. Famous Phone Calls (Montage)

Zoo TV: Live In Adelaide DVD November 2006
1. Zoo Station
2. The Fly
3. Even Better Than The Real Thing
4. Mysterious Ways
5. One
6. Unchained Melody
7. Until The End Of The World
8. New Year's Day
9. Numb
10. Tryin’ To Throw Your Arms Around The World
11. Angel Of Harlem
12. Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
13. Satellite Of Love
14. Dirty Day
15. Bullet The Blue Sky
16. Running To Stand Still
17. Where The Streets Have No Name
18. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
19. Daddy’s Gonna Pay For Your Crashed Car
20. Lemon
21. With Or Without You
22. Love Is Blindness
23. Can’t Help Falling In Love
Bonus: Ultraviolet, Whose Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, Desire and Heaven & Hell

This Is Why I Sing- U2 Live in Milan DVD May 2007
1. Please
2. Where The Streets Have No Name
3. Mothers Of The Disappeared
4. City Of Blinding Lights
5. Vertigo
6. Pride (In The Name Of Love)
7. New Year’s Day
8. Miracle Drug
9. Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own
10. Love And Peace Or Else
11. Sunday Bloody Sunday
12. Bullet The Blue Sky
13. Running To Stand Still
14. Electrical Storm
15. The Ocean
16. With Or Without You
17. Original Of The Species
18. Fast Cars
19. Hold Me. Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
20. Discotheque
21. Last Night On Earth
22. Mysterious Ways
23. Love Is Blindness
24. Mercy

Popmart: Live In Mexico City DVD August 2006
1. .Pop Muzik
2.Mofo
3.I Will Follow
4.Gone
5.Even Better Than The Real Thing
6.Last Night On Earth
7.Until The End Of The World
8.New Year's Day
9.Pride (In The Name Of Love)
10.I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For
11.All I Want Is You
12. Do You Feel Loved? (acoustic)
13. Staring At The Sun
14. Miami
15. Bullet The Blue Sky
16. Please
17.Where The Streets Have No Name
18.Lemon (Perfecto Mix)
19.Discotheque
20.If You Wear That Velvet Dress
21.With Or Without You
22.Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
23.Mysterious Ways
24.One
25.Wake Up Dead Man
Bonus: Miss Sarajevo, Desire, Sunday Bloody Sunday, If God Would Send His Angels and Edge Karaoke
 
Great, great job, but "The Reason"? WTF? That's a HOOBASTANK album! (I don't even need to comment on them) :eyebrow: :yell:
 
Zoo TV Adelaide DVD November 2006 ???????

Pop Mart Mexico DVD August 2006 ??????

What the hell is all that ?
:eyebrow:
 
Changing some of the titles was a bit off, and some of the album lists:

Pride ending UF
Gloria ending October
Yahweh ending HTDAAB when Mercy is on that album

don't bode well for me, otherwise it's prettay prettay good :up:
 
ponkine said:
Zoo TV Adelaide DVD November 2006 ???????

Pop Mart Mexico DVD August 2006 ??????

What the hell is all that ?
:eyebrow:

I wanted the ZooTV DVD to come out around the time the new book comes out. Pop Mart would come out mid-2007, the 2006 is a typo. I thought it would come out right before thier next album does.

As for the ZooTV being from Adelaide instead of Sydney, I found that Adelaide was a better concert. The MacPhisto set was better and the performance as a whole was in my opinion the best of the whole tour.
 
LemonMacPhisto said:
Changing some of the titles was a bit off, and some of the album lists:

Pride ending UF
Gloria ending October
Yahweh ending HTDAAB when Mercy is on that album

don't bode well for me, otherwise it's prettay prettay good :up:

The whole title thing is probably true. In the case of Pride, since I first saw R&H I always thought that Pride was a closer and a nice note to leave an album on. As for Gloria, I thought it would be better that an album about spiritual doubt should end with some kind of resolution. Gloria is the certainty of one's faith after opening the album with I Fall Down and Is That All? Mercy seemed to fit better in the front of the album. So that should explain those choices, if anyone wanted to know.
 
phillyfan26 said:
I'd make one of these if I knew any B-sides. :|

u2wanderer.org is a really helpful site for that :up:

make one!

you could just do albums+EPs anyways, nothing drawn out like these.
 
Screwtape2 said:


The whole title thing is probably true. In the case of Pride, since I first saw R&H I always thought that Pride was a closer and a nice note to leave an album on. As for Gloria, I thought it would be better that an album about spiritual doubt should end with some kind of resolution. Gloria is the certainty of one's faith after opening the album with I Fall Down and Is That All? Mercy seemed to fit better in the front of the album. So that should explain those choices, if anyone wanted to know.

mmm, I see what you're saying.

Like you said, the spiritual doubt thing is a cool way to end the album, so that's why I'd love to see Gloria start, to see that fall into uncertainty, but your explanation makes sense.

Mercy to me seems like a great closer. The Bomb is riddled with self-doubt and confusion, and Mercy gives it that consesus closer, especially in the "love will come again" line.

That being said, why change the name Zooropa, why??? :sad: :wink:
 
phillyfan26 said:
I'd make one of these if I knew any B-sides. :|

You really need to get the 80's b-sides and some of the 90's b-sides too. U2 fans who haven't heard stuff like Spanish Eyes, Lady With The Spinning Head, Walk To The Water, and Love Comes Tumbling are really missing out. You can order The Best of 1980-1990 with the B-sides online.
 
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